Session Four’s topics:
Urban Legend:
“The Gemara starts with Daf Bet in order to teach us an important lesson!”
An Unlikely Story:
“When Rav Moshe Feinstein found out that he drank non-Cholov Yisroel milk, he made himself throw up!”
Street Torah:
“If a Sefer Torah falls, everyone has to fast for forty days!”
Folk Etymology:
“The word ‘abracadabra’ comes from the Aramaic for ‘I will create as I speak’!”
Don’t Know Much About History:
“The Rambam was Saladin’s doctor!”
Misunderstood Text:
“The Gemara says that you have to eat meat on Yom Tov!”
Stranger Than Fiction:
The spread of Shavuot all-night learning is associated with the spread of coffee.