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Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on June 1st 2023. We compare and contrast the Biblical Sotah (Suspected Woman) and the ritual of the bitter waters to the trial by ordeal found in ancient societies up until the Salem Witch Trials. We ask, what we can learn from this primitive form of justice.
Sefaria Source sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/492460
Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2023/06/01/truth-or-dare/
Given to the weekly NILI women's shiur. Bzchus a rafua shalayma for Shaul Reuven ben Gittel Sasha and Shamir ben Penina
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