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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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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.

2026-04-10 6 min
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