Menachot 89 and 90 - Spend or Save
About this episode
The episode discusses the debate among rabbis regarding the amount of oil needed for the Temple menorah and its implications for personal financial management.
On today's pages, Menachot 89 and 90, the rabbis debate how the sages arrived at the precise amount of oil needed to keep the Temple menorah burning through the night — and two completely opposite methods emerge. One school started small and added more each night; the other started lavishly and scaled back. One says the Torah protects the people's money, the other says you don't act like a pauper in God's house. The Talmud, true to form, refuses to pick a winner. So which approach should we follow with our own money? Listen and find out.
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