Session Six’s topics:
Urban Legend:
“Eliyahu’s cup at the seder is called that because he shows up and drinks from it!”
An Unlikely Story:
“There’s an orange on the seder plate (of liberal Jews) because a man once yelled, ‘A woman belongs on the bimah like an orange belongs on a seder plate’!”
Street Torah:
“Tzara’at was a punishment for Lashon HaRa only!”
Folk Etymology:
“The anointing oil included k’neh bosem, which is clearly cannabis!”
Don’t Know Much About History:
“Jewish life shifted from Babylonia to Spain because of the four captive rabbis!”
Misunderstood Text:
“Mitzvot in the Torah are all meant to be Lekhat’chilah!”
Stranger Than Fiction:
Rabbis have discussed what berakhah the Jews would have said on manna.