This episode is the second part of Elliott's discussion with Rabbi Kath Vardi about the legend of Rabbi Yochanan and Reish Lakish. Together they address the human desire for autonomy, the Rabbis' use and abuse of Scripture, and whether the rabbis really like the idea of disagreement.

Click here to read the legend on Sefaria.org.

This is Elliott's last discussion with Rabbi Kath until the beginning of March, when they will be back with a special Question and Answer episode - so please email in your questions to: [email protected]. You can send it either as a text email or as a voice note. We would really love to hear from you. 

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Next week we are back to weekly episodes coming out on a Monday. We are sticking with the Talmud, but the next episode will be very, very different. I’ll be speaking to Rabbi Daniel Lichman about a particular reading of the Talmud by the philosopher Emmanual Levinas, and the way in which we conceive of the Jewish messiah.

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