Summer Reads: Ping-Pong Champ Marty Reisman; Pomegranate Molasses; the Talmud on Positive Thinking

[View this email in your browser]( August 15, 2021 • Av 18, 5782 # [The Essential Pomegranate]( Even more than the fruit itself, pomegranate molasses is a must-have for modern Middle Eastern cooking [BY PAOLA GAVIN](#) # [Smash]( The Booker Prize winner profiles Hardbat ping-pong champ Marty Reisman, who never lost his taste for winning [BY HOWARD JACOBSON](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # TAKE ONE [Ketubot 39 and 40]( Today’s Talmud pages remind us that a positive commandment trumps a mere prohibition. Why is that? And what does it have to do with the latest scientific research into the power of positive thinking? AUGUST 15, 2022 # # This email was sent to you by [Tablet Magazine](#) Tablet Magazine | P.O. Box 20079 | New York, NY 10001 [Remove me from this list]( | [Forward to a Friend]( You are receiving this email because you signed up at our website, www.tabletmag.com. Tablet Magazine P.O. Box 20079 New York, NY 10001 USA Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp [Mailchimp Email Marketing](