Episode 95 What Image Hangs in the Hermitage?
A painting in St. Petersburg has been interpreted as depicting two very different stories from the Book of Samuel.
In this episode, Rabbi Soloveichik analyzes a painting of Rembrandt’s hanging in the Hermitage Museum in Russia.
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