Session Eight’s topics:
Urban Legend:
“Mishlo’ach manot need to be two foods that have two different berakhot!”
An Unlikely Story:
“Simon & Garfunkel got the tune for ‘Scarborough Fair’ from ‘Dror Yikra’!”
Street Torah:
“Women aren’t allowed to touch (or look at) a Sefer Torah!”
Folk Etymology:
“The word ‘hamantasch’ means that Haman became weak (tash)!”
Don’t Know Much About History:
“Moshe Rabbeinu’s portrait showed that his natural inclination was to be a bad person!”
Misunderstood Text:
“The halakhah requires us to judge people favorably all the time!”
Stranger Than Fiction:
Rabbi Yisrael Salanter’s list of 13 middot is adapted from Benjamin Franklin.