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Shevuot 6

“They keep dying on me,” with Dr. Tevi Troy

May 7, 2025

Today’s Talmud page, Shevuot 6, finds the rabbis talking about what happens when you compare two great kings. Dr. Tevi Troy, our very own Presidentischer Rav, returns to explain how the Talmud’s dual approaches to power informed Ronald Reagan in his struggle with the Soviet Union. How to handle a global adversary and win? Listen and find out.


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Shevuot 6
"They keep dying on me," with Dr. Tevi Troy
May 07, 2025
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