Take One

Yoma 9

In today’s Daf Yomi page, learning how to argue about politics without burning down the house

April 20, 2021

Today’s Daf Yomi page, Yoma 9, teaches us what might, without much exaggeration, be called the Talmud’s most urgent lesson: How to have profound disagreements without devolving into tribalism and needless hatred. This conversation between Liel Leibovitz and Jay Michaelson — two radically divergent thinkers who disagree on everything from Israel to American politics — is a lesson in how to put this sage wisdom to the test. How do you talk to someone who sees the world in a radically different way? Listen and find out.

You can find the entire unedited conversation here.

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