In today’s Talmud page, Gittin 36, we hear that the rabbis of the Talmud would sign documents with pictorial marks, or what we would call today, emojis. ? To better understand the potential value of emojis, Unorthodox co-host Stephanie Butnick joins us to explore the ways that emojis can be helpful in sharing complicated ideas succinctly. Of all of the emojis one could choose, which is unquestionably the worst? Listen and find out.
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