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April 15, 2025

Repentance, Rabbinic Courts, and Earl Warren

The Talmud lecture that contributed to the Miranda ruling.

For some, last week marked an important date on the Jewish calendar unrelated to the approach of Passover: the completion on Wednesday of Tractate Sanhedrin in the cycle of daily Talmud study known as daf yomi. This particularly rich volume addresses the structure of rabbinic courts, criminal law, and criminal procedure. David Bashevkin describes a remarkable lecture about one of its themes:

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April 15, 2025

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