Yoma 56 and 57

Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Yoma 56 and 57, ask a searing question: Does God love us even when we’re impure? Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to address this seminal theological conundrum.

What does the High Priest’s sprinkling of blood on Yom Kippur have to do with helping us understand the Creator’s idea of mercy? Listen and find out. 

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