Hey there, and welcome back to take one, the podcast, that brings you just one

incredible page of Tomlin each day.

And I say incredible because today's

Duff, Manachot 37 begins with an incredible question. Have a listen. The sage Palermo raises a dilemma

before a bioudan a see in the case of one who has two heads. On which of them does he don philacteries or to Finland?

Is it a ridiculous question? I mean, yes, but we've had our share of ridiculous scenarios,

like trying to figure out, say, if a succor is kosher if one of its sides consists of an elephant, how does the great

rabbi udonassi answer palamus query? Let's check in. Rabiudanasi said to him,

either get up and exile yourself from here or accept upon yourself excommunication for asking such a ridiculous question.

Now, we can easily understand Rebbe's consternation.

There's a reason, after all, why people often use the term Talmudic to describe questions

that are, shall we say, pointlessly annoying and seem to erect problems and complications for their own sake.

There are plenty of great halakhic questions to be asked,

Rebbe seems to suggest, without coming up with ludicrous scenarios like people with two heads.

So far, so good.

But this is the Talmud, friends.

So obviously, something astonishing has got to happen.

And sure enough, it soon does.

In the meantime, the Talmud continues,

a certain man arrived and said to Rabiudanasi,

A firstborn child has been born to me who has two heads.

How much money must I give to the priest for redemption of the firstborn?

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