<p>Today’s Talmud page, <a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Sanhedrin.56a.17?lang=bi&amp;with=all&amp;lang2=en">Sanhedrin 56</a>, is all about blaspheming. But what precisely is blasphemy? And why should its very complicated Talmudic definition drive us to watch our tongue lest we use our words to destroy rather than create? And what does Taylor Swift have to do with any of it? Listen and find out</p>

Sanhedrin 57 - Shoot to kill

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