Megillah 22: The Puzzle of Rav and the Stone Floor
Talking Talmud - A podcast by Yardaena Osband & Anne Gordon
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Dividing the Torah's text into aliyot, including very technical parameters of 3 verses in a particular section of the text, as a minimum - and what happens when those parameters cannot be met. Specifically, the Torah reading for Rosh Chodesh. Also, the story of Rav and the question of his prostrating (or not) on a stone floor in prayer, and the fact of his prominence in the community.
