About this episode
Today’s Daf Yomi page, Shabbat 13 , revolves around a grizzly story of a pious man who studied Torah, served his rabbis, and still died suddenly at a very young age. His bereaved widow walks around from synagogue to synagogue demanding an explanation, until the prophet Elijah delivers a very thorny explanation that has to do with sexual conduct. Dr. Batsheva Marcus , a certified sex therapist, joins us to wrestle with this difficult story, and talk about how we approach the laws of nida , or ritual purity. How to read the Talmud's plethora of strictures and warnings in the modern age? Listen and find out.