Hey there and welcome back to take one, the podcast that brings you just one spectacular page of Tomlin each day and on today's page. Manachas 45, we read a story that is

spectacular. Indeed, the story of Chanina Ben Chiskaya, who saved the book of Ezekiel from being

decanonized. Imagine going through life without the book of Ezekiel because of irreconcilable

differences with the Torah. He did this by bringing get this, not 100, not 200, but 300 barrels of oil for illumination

into an attic so he could read and master the text and explain how it did not contradict

the Torah.

This kind of act of obsession of sitting there and reading something with kind of like great care to details.

I don't know why, but it kind of brought to my mind the sort of scene in every sort of Hollywood political drama where the kind of crackerjack politician slash congressional aid, what have you,

reads the law very, very, very, very, or the bill very, very carefully.

And kind of, you know, at the last second, nails the one sort of clause that saves the day

and shuts down the naysayers.

So obviously, I did what we always do on this podcast when we have something that suggests the intersection of Tom within American politics and history.

I called our great, our esteemed, our beloved, President de Cherov, Dr. Tevi-Troy,

welcome back. Well, Liel, thanks for having me on to talk about two of my favorite subjects, presidents in Gamara, and also reminding us of the importance of Ezekiel Yechazcal. I could not imagine living without the book of Ezekiel because my Bar Mitzvahaf Torah, which is coming up in a few weeks, was indeed from Ezekiel.

So thank you for reminding us with that.

I will say this.

First of all, that's amazing.

The second of all, Yecheskel is the only prophet about whom a big Israeli band,

the Haranotikvoyim, wrote a really great rock song.

So a beloved perennial staple. But let's go back to this image of, you know,

loving a text so much that you would lock yourself up with 300 barrels of oil into an attic

and read it just so you could fight it because you truly believe that the text isn't just a

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