Today’s Talmud page, Sotah 20, introduces the idea that a woman who has learned Torah can delay the effects of the cursed waters. Producer Robert Scaramuccia shares his interview with Alexandra Casser, one of only a few female Torah scribes in America. What is it like to be so intimately connected to the Torah, letter by letter? Listen and find out.

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