Session Eleven’s topics:
Urban Legend:
“Mordechai was Esther’s uncle!”
An Unlikely Story:
“Rabbi Akiva Eiger naively called a regular Jew the leader of world Jewry!”
Street Torah:
“The entire Zohar was written by Rav Shimon bar Yochai!”
Folk Etymology:
“The word “baal” means a husband because “baal” actually means an owner!”
Don’t Know Much About History:
“Targum Yonatan on the Torah was written by Yonatan ben Uziel!”
Misunderstood Text:
“Kiddushin is a kinyan, which means the groom is buying the bride!”
Stranger Than Fiction:
People don’t realize that the broken Vav in Parashat Pinchas is supposed to be there.