How do we understand the role of chaos in our lives, which feels so omnipresent right now? How can we defend against the mayhem? On this episode of Texting, Elana Stein Hain and Leora Batnitzky examine two passages from the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds and explore the surprising ways that chaos can be contained.

This episode of TEXTing is sponsored by Nancy and Brad Bell.

Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin 10:2

Mishnah Sukkah 5:4

Sukkah 53a