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Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Pesachim 57 and 58, tell the story of a wise man who was sent as the Jewish community's emissary to the seat of power, Rome. Tevi Troy, former Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Bush and the author of several books about presidents and the people who serve under them, joins us to talk about the role of ambassador, how it has changed, and what some of the most prominent Israelis dispatched to Washington, D.C. made of their sensitive post. What habits did Israeli ambassador, and later Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin, pick up when on the Hill? Listen and find out.
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Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Pesachim 57 and 58, tell the story of a wise man who was sent as the Jewish community's emissary to the seat of power, Rome. Tevi Troy, former Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Bush and the author of several books about presidents and the people who serve under them, joins us to talk about the role of ambassador, how it has changed, and what some of the most prominent Israelis dispatched to Washington, D.C. made of their sensitive post. What habits did Israeli ambassador, and later Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin, pick up when on the Hill? Listen and find out.

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