Gittin 68: King Solomon and the Demon
Jul 23, 2023•26 min•Season 19Ep. 68
Episode description
A story with R. Sheshet - in his visit to the exilarch, where he has concerns about the uprightness of the servants, who were not careful with kashrut (in particular, eating a limb from a live animal). With sends them into a fairly graphic show-and-tell, whereby R. Sheshet makes his point, the exilarch accepts it, and the servants try to harm him in return. But he triumphs each time. Also, a deep investigation of the stories about King Solomon and his encounters with demons, 3 stories of which are here, including building the Temple and throwing King Solomon out of the kingdom.
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