Josh Kross
Take One

Take One: Berakhot Pages 14 and 15

Today’s daily pages of Talmud teaches us the correct order of doing things, from revering God to handling our daily affairs

January 17, 2020
Josh Kross

Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Berakhot 14 and 15, tackle a difficult question: What’s the correct order of doing things in life, from serving God to handling our earthly affairs? Shira Hecht-Koller, director of education of 929 English, returns for a close reading of a complex Talmudic disagreement that leaves us with unexpected clarity about the relationship between learning, teaching, and doing. Why should we never opine freely before we’re absolutely sure we understand the thing we’re opining about? Listen and find out.

Take One is Tablet Magazine’s daily Daf Yomi podcast.