Chullin 125 - Heart-Shaped Box

Chullin 125 - Heart-Shaped Box

September 2, 2026 · 5 min · Season 41 · Episode 125

About this episode

The episode discusses a rule of ritual impurity and its implications for personal repentance and the purity of one's core identity.

On today’s page, Chullin 125, the rabbis consider a curious rule of ritual impurity: Under the right circumstances, it can get out of an enclosed space but cannot get in. Their technical discussion becomes a powerful argument for repentance and the possibility that, no matter what we’ve done, something at our core remains forever pure. Can our worst mistakes ever change who we truly are? Listen and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tablet Magazine

Books & works: Chullin 125

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