Today’s Talmud pages, Ketubot 107 and 108, ask a poignant question: What do you need to survive? Tablet Magazine's Tanya Singer joins us to explain why jewelry and charity are essentials, not luxuries, and share a touching story about her father who had recently passed. Why did the rabbis think so highly of ornaments? Listen and find out.

Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay and Quinn Waller. Our team also includes Stephanie Butnick, Josh Kross, Mark Oppenheimer, Sara Fredman Aeder, Robert Scaramuccia, and Tanya Singer. 

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