• August 15, 2026
  • 1 5786, Elul
  • פרשת שופטים

Session Twenty (11-25-21)

The final session, Session Twenty’s topics:

Urban Legend:
“On Tu BiShvat, you’re supposed to eat dried fruit!”

Frauds, Fakes, Forgeries:
“A Sephardic rabbi discovered the long-lost Talmud Yerushalmi on Kodashim!”

Street Torah:
“Chanukah presents are just a variation of the older custom of Chanukah gelt!”

Factitious Fiction:
The Rabbi Small Mysteries:
“Judaism doesn’t believe in an afterlife or petitionary prayer!”

People Thought the Darndest Things!:
“Eating fish with meat is dangerous!”

Misunderstood Text:
“The Mishnah Berurah says women don’t have to light Chanukah candles, because they’re not as important as men!”

Stranger Than Fiction:
“Sufganiyah” (Chanukah donut) is related to “sponge.”