JL;DR SUMMARY This episode examines various aspects of Jewish history and figures, including the sale of the Sassoon Codex and its implications for the understanding of Tanach, the contribution of R' Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk to the Ashkenazi community in Israel, and an exploration of the early life of R' Shnuer Zalman of Liadi. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

• At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
• This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
• Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
• But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
• And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.