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MythBusting: Jewish Urban Legends & Misunderstood Texts with Rabbi Uri Cohen - Session 3
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Urban Legend:
“Chazal say that if you make three shiddukhim, you’ll go to Olam HaBa!”
An Unlikely Story:
“The location of the Beit HaMikdash is because of a beautiful story about two brothers!”
Street Torah:
“Covering your head with your hand is no substitute for a yarmulke!”
Folk Etymology:
“The word ‘yarmulke’ comes from the Aramaic ‘yerei malka,’ fear of God!”
Don’t Know Much About History:
“Rashi wrote in Rashi script!”
Misunderstood Text:
“The Gemara says that women are feeble-minded!”
Stranger Than Fiction:
In Raiders of the Lost Ark, Belloq recites part of “Brikh Sh’mei.”
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Urban Legend:
“Chazal say that if you make three shiddukhim, you’ll go to Olam HaBa!”
An Unlikely Story:
“The location of the Beit HaMikdash is because of a beautiful story about two brothers!”
Street Torah:
“Covering your head with your hand is no substitute for a yarmulke!”
Folk Etymology:
“The word ‘yarmulke’ comes from the Aramaic ‘yerei malka,’ fear of God!”
Don’t Know Much About History:
“Rashi wrote in Rashi script!”
Misunderstood Text:
“The Gemara says that women are feeble-minded!”
Stranger Than Fiction:
In Raiders of the Lost Ark, Belloq recites part of “Brikh Sh’mei.”