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Episode 32: Our Hands are Not Tied

Podcast: The Oral Talmud
Published: Jan 19, 2026
Duration seconds: 3856
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“ What this text is trying to say, as is the entire Talmud, is ‘my hands are tied’ is not how we do Jewish. It's never been how we do Jewish, ever since the rabbis at least, and can never be thought of as a legitimately Jewish response to any suffering ever.” - Benay Lappe