Today’s Talmud page, Nedarim 71, asks the thorny question of just how final is divorce. Tablet Editor in Chief Alana Newhouse joins us to discuss what saying goodbye really means, and how the Talmud's concept of marriage may be radically different, and more soulful, than our own. What did the Talmud's rabbis teach Mrs. Doubtfire? 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, Quinn Waller and Elie Bleier. Our team also includes Stephanie Butnick, Josh Kross, Mark Oppenheimer, Robert Scaramuccia, and Tanya Singer. 

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