Episode 31: Chapter 18a - The Creation of the World (Day Seven)

Beis Shammai and Beis Hillel disagree over whether the Heavens were created first or the Earth was / Reducing Their Dispute to its Core: The House Shammai = Idealists, The House of Hillel = Pragmatic / Applying this Paradigm to Many Different Examples / Why do we pasken like Beis Hillel? / In the Future, we will pasken like Beis Shammai / Hillel continues Aharon's role as the peacemaker / Aharon's death as a prelude to the destruction of the Holy Temple / The Story of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza / Rabbi Zecharia ben Avkulis's Humility / Balancing between Flattery and Rebuke