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MythBusting: Jewish Urban Legends & Misunderstood Texts with Rabbi Uri Cohen - Session 2
Class description
Urban Legend:
“A Kohen must marry a virgin!”
An Unlikely Story:
“The Maharal made a golem!”
Street Torah:
“When Rivkah met Eliezer and married Yitzchak, she was three years old!”
Folk Etymology:
“The name ‘MarCheshvan’ means the month is bitter because it has no holidays!”
Don’t Know Much About History:
“The Menorah is hidden in the Vatican!”
Misunderstood Text:
“A midrash says that in the future, pigs will become kosher!”
Stranger Than Fiction:
Rabbis have discussed whether a golem can count in a minyan.
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Urban Legend:
“A Kohen must marry a virgin!”
An Unlikely Story:
“The Maharal made a golem!”
Street Torah:
“When Rivkah met Eliezer and married Yitzchak, she was three years old!”
Folk Etymology:
“The name ‘MarCheshvan’ means the month is bitter because it has no holidays!”
Don’t Know Much About History:
“The Menorah is hidden in the Vatican!”
Misunderstood Text:
“A midrash says that in the future, pigs will become kosher!”
Stranger Than Fiction:
Rabbis have discussed whether a golem can count in a minyan.