About this episode
Today’s Talmud page, Bava Metzia 78 , introduces us to a new word - angaria , a term used to describe a situation in which the government has the right to seize property for public service. Tevi Troy returns to the show to discuss a personal experience with eminent domain. Is eminent domain the modern version of angaria ? Listen and find out. This episode is in memory of Bernard Dov Troy - Dov Moshe ben Tuviah. Like the show? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter . Send us a note at takeone@tabletmag.com . Follow us on Twitter at @takeonedafyomi and join the conversation in the Take One Facebook group . We think that you may also enjoy Liel's new book How the Talmud Can Change Your Life: Surprisingly Modern Advice from a Very Old Book, available directly from the publisher , or wherever you purchase books. Listen to the Testimonies Archive , a partnership between Tablet Studios and the USC Shoah Foundation, for eyewitness audio accounts from Israel in the wake of the Oct 7 Hamas attacks. Check out all of Tablet’s podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts .