
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 175, warns us that people will always try to make themselves appear poorer than they are so as to receive a bit more money. But as one of the Torah's greatest heroes, Jacob, teaches us, it's far healthier to do just the opposite. Why is Jacob's mantra "I have become small," and why should we, too, adopt it? Listen and find out.
By Tablet Magazine4.8
530530 ratings
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 175, warns us that people will always try to make themselves appear poorer than they are so as to receive a bit more money. But as one of the Torah's greatest heroes, Jacob, teaches us, it's far healthier to do just the opposite. Why is Jacob's mantra "I have become small," and why should we, too, adopt it? Listen and find out.

545 Listeners

1,461 Listeners

342 Listeners

627 Listeners

158 Listeners

193 Listeners

57 Listeners

433 Listeners

1,181 Listeners

3,232 Listeners

1,088 Listeners

37 Listeners

83 Listeners

300 Listeners

78 Listeners

206 Listeners

232 Listeners

38 Listeners

418 Listeners

111 Listeners

15 Listeners

140 Listeners

99 Listeners

78 Listeners

355 Listeners

86 Listeners

16 Listeners

11 Listeners

0 Listeners

9 Listeners

817 Listeners

472 Listeners