Today’s Talmud page, <a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Bava_Batra.72b.10?lang=bi&amp;lookup=Rav%20Ashi%20said%3A%20Didn%E2%80%99t%20we%20learn%20in%20the%20mishna%20here%3A%20In%20what%20case%20is%20this%20statement%20said%3F%20It%20is%20said%20with%20regard%20to%20one%20who%20sells%20a%20field%2C%20but%20with%20regard%20to%20one%20who%20gives%20it%20away%20as%20a%20gift%2C%20it%20is%20assumed%20that%20he%20gives%20all%20of%20it.%20Apparently%2C%20one%20who%20gives%20a%20gift%20gives%20generously.%20Here%20too%2C%20then%2C%20say%20that%20one%20who%20gives%20a%20gift%20gives%20generously%2C%20even%20if%20he%20is%20not%20always%20precise%20in%20his%20wording.%20Therefore%2C%20it%20should%20be%20assumed%20that%20the%20donor%20intended%20to%20give%20the%20recipient%20the%20entire%20house%2C%20which%20contains%20more%20than%20100%20barrels.&amp;with=Lexicon&amp;lang2=en">Bava Batra 72</a>, gives us the story of the grafted carob as metaphor. What's so special about this tree that it was considered both a tree and akin to land? And what lesson does its seemingly contradictory status have to teach us as we go on a spiritual detox in preparation for the High Holidays? Listen and find out. Like the show? <a href="https://tabletm.ag/takeonenewsletter">Subscribe to our weekly newsletter</a>. Send us a note at <a href="mailto:takeone@tabletmag.com">takeone@tabletmag.com</a>. Follow us on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/TakeOneDafYomi">@takeonedafyomi</a> and join the conversation in the Take One <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/takeonepodast">Facebook group</a>.We think that you may also enjoy Liel's new book <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324020820">How the Talmud Can Change Your Life: Surprisingly Modern Advice from a Very Old Book,</a> available directly from the <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324020820">publisher</a>, or wherever you purchase books.Listen to the <a href="http://testimoniesarchive.com/">Testimonies Archive</a>, a partnership between Tablet Studios and the USC Shoah Foundation, for eyewitness audio accounts from Israel in the wake of the Oct 7 Hamas attacks.Check out all of Tablet’s podcasts at <a href="http://tabletmag.com/podcasts">tabletmag.com/podcasts</a>.

Bava Batra 73 and 74 - The Fault in Our Stars

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