Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Yoma 63 and 64, kick things off with a meditation on causality that sounds like something straight out of a trippy science fiction novel. Author Gavriel Savit joins us to talk about Judaism's view of alternate universes, and how it inspires him as a fantasy writer. What advice does the Talmud have for aspiring Tolkiens? Listen and find out. 
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