Today’s Talmud pages, Ketubot 58 and 59, raise a metaphysical head-scratcher: Can you consecrate something that doesn't yet exist? Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to talk about Jacob, Esau, promises, and the profoundly distinct ways Jews see both present and future. What was Esau's seminal mistake in selling off his birthright for a bowl of soup? 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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