<p>Today’s Talmud pages, <a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Sanhedrin.54a.17?lang=bi">Sanhedrin 54 and 55</a>, raise a complicated question: Is punishment logical? Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to tackle this thorny subject. How did the rabbis, then, think about punishment? Listen and find out.</p>

Sanhedrin 56 - With apologies to Taylor Swift

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