5780 — Chukat: Action vs. Intent: Human Domain vs. The Godly Realm

There is no Talmud on Tractate Parah, the Mishnah tractate which deals with the red heifer ceremony. What did the Babylonian rabbis learn from this temple ritual in the course of other discussions? In this podcast, Rav Rahel Berkovits examines a sugya from Tractate Gittin discussing damages and tikkun olam in which the case of the red heifer is brought to elucidate and clarify the issue at stake.

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Rav Rahel Berkovits – Faculty Host for Pardes from Jerusalem
Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant
Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator
Adam Titcher – Executive Producer and Director of Digital Media