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WebYeshiva.org, the world’s first fully interactive online Torah study program, was founded in 2007 by Rabbi Chaim Brovender with the goal of making Torah accessible to every Jew around the world.

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November 15, 2021 MythBusting: Jewish Urban Legends & Misunderstood Texts with Rabbi Uri Cohen - Session 12
Class description
Here are the topics for Session Twelve:
Urban Legend:
“You can fulfill Seudah Shlishit with Divrei Torah instead of food!”
An Unlikely Story:
“The Chofetz Chaim’s grandchildren refused to use his Kiddush cup, since it wasn’t big enough for the Chazon Ish!”
Street Torah:
“A woman shouldn’t make Havdalah, and certainly shouldn’t drink the wine!”
Folk Etymology:
“The word ‘cholent’ is from the Yiddish for when you eat it: ‘shul ende’!”
Don’t Know Much About History:
“Rashi’s daughters put on tefillin!”
Misunderstood Text:
“The Gemara says we shouldn’t save the life of a non-Jew on Shabbat!”
Stranger Than Fiction:
A strange statement in the Shulchan Arukh is the result of meddling printers who didn’t cover all their tracks.
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1h 5min
November 15, 2021 MythBusting: Jewish Urban Legends & Misunderstood Texts with Rabbi Uri Cohen - Session 11
Class description
Here are the topics for Session Eleven:
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.
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1h 6min
November 10, 2021 MythBusting: Jewish Urban Legends & Misunderstood Texts with Rabbi Uri Cohen - Session 10
Class description
Here are the topics for Session Ten:
Urban Legend:
“We say ‘Migdol’ in Birkat HaMazon on Shabbat because of a misunderstanding!”
An Unlikely Story:
“The Sha’agat Aryeh was crushed to death by a bookcase!”
Street Torah:
“A Chanukah menorah is disqualified if the candles are at different heights!”
Folk Etymology:
“The letters on a dreidel stand for ‘Nes gadol hayah sham’!”
Don’t Know Much About History:
“The Maccabees played dreidel to cover up for learning Torah!”
Misunderstood Text:
“The third Beit HaMikdash will not have animal korbanot, according to the Rambam and Rav Kook!”
Stranger Than Fiction:
Hebrew U makes millions a year because Albert Einstein was ahead of his time.
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1h 5min
November 10, 2021 MythBusting: Jewish Urban Legends & Misunderstood Texts with Rabbi Uri Cohen - Session 9
Class description
Urban Legend:
“During Birkat Kohanim, don’t look or you’ll go blind!”
An Unlikely Story:
“The Chofetz Chaim woke up his daughter to go pay a tailor in the middle of the night!”
Street Torah:
“Women are exempt from positive time-bound mitzvot because they’re too busy taking care of their children!”
Folk Etymology:
“The word ‘afikoman’ means dessert in Greek!”
Don’t Know Much About History:
“The Netziv closed the Volozhin Yeshiva rather than allow any secular studies!”
Misunderstood Text:
“The Gemara says ‘Woe to someone whose children are girls’!”
Stranger Than Fiction:
A prominent rabbi gave haskamot to books that he himself had published anonymously.
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1h 3min
November 10, 2021 MythBusting: Jewish Urban Legends & Misunderstood Texts with Rabbi Uri Cohen - Session 8
Class description
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.
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1h 2min
November 10, 2021 MythBusting: Jewish Urban Legends & Misunderstood Texts with Rabbi Uri Cohen - Session 7
Class description
Urban Legend:
“We don’t eat giraffes because we don’t know where to shecht them!”
An Unlikely Story:
“Rav Gustman was impressed by the milkman – Rav Aharon Lichtenstein!”
Street Torah:
“Saying ‘Jesus’ is not allowed!”
Folk Etymology:
“The Satmar sect of Chassidim is from a town whose name means St. Mary!”
Don’t Know Much About History:
“Rashi’s pregnant mother was saved when the shul wall miraculously moved!”
Misunderstood Text:
“The halakhah says a woman shouldn’t wear tefillin because she doesn’t have a clean body!”
Stranger Than Fiction:
The “I’m really Amish” story actually happened – with a well-known Chassid.
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1h 2min
November 10, 2021 MythBusting: Jewish Urban Legends & Misunderstood Texts with Rabbi Uri Cohen - Session 6
Class description
Urban Legend:
“Eliyahu’s cup at the seder is called that because he shows up and drinks from it!”
An Unlikely Story:
“There’s an orange on the seder plate (of liberal Jews) because a man once yelled, ‘A woman belongs on the bimah like an orange belongs on a seder plate’!”
Street Torah:
“Tzara’at was a punishment for Lashon HaRa only!”
Folk Etymology:
“The anointing oil included k’neh bosem, which is clearly cannabis!”
Don’t Know Much About History:
“Jewish life shifted from Babylonia to Spain because of the four captive rabbis!”
Misunderstood Text:
“Mitzvot in the Torah are all meant to be Lekhat’chilah!”
Stranger Than Fiction:
Rabbis have discussed what berakhah the Jews would have said on manna.
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1h 5min
November 10, 2021 MythBusting: Jewish Urban Legends & Misunderstood Texts with Rabbi Uri Cohen - Session 5
Class description
Urban Legend:
“Some Orthodox Jews have sex through a hole in a sheet!”
An Unlikely Story:
“When Rav Preil’s daughters sang zemirot, Rav Baruch Ber walked out!”
Street Torah:
“You have to be forty in order to learn Kabbalah!”
Folk Etymology:
“The word ‘teiku’ stands for ‘Tishbi yitaretz kushyot ve’ibayot’ (Eliyahu will resolve all difficulties)!”
Don’t Know Much About History:
“Ellis Island officials made my family change their last name!”
Misunderstood Text:
“A midrash says that the first woman was Lilith, but she was too feminist for Adam!”
Stranger Than Fiction:
176 is the length of the longest parashah, the longest perek of Tehillim, and the longest masekhet.
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1h 5min
November 10, 2021 MythBusting: Jewish Urban Legends & Misunderstood Texts with Rabbi Uri Cohen - Session 4
Class description
Urban Legend:
“The Gemara starts with Daf Bet in order to teach us an important lesson!”
An Unlikely Story:
“When Rav Moshe Feinstein found out that he drank non-Cholov Yisroel milk, he made himself throw up!”
Street Torah:
“If a Sefer Torah falls, everyone has to fast for forty days!”
Folk Etymology:
“The word ‘abracadabra’ comes from the Aramaic for ‘I will create as I speak’!”
Don’t Know Much About History:
“The Rambam was Saladin’s doctor!”
Misunderstood Text:
“The Gemara says that you have to eat meat on Yom Tov!”
Stranger Than Fiction:
The spread of Shavuot all-night learning is associated with the spread of coffee.
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1h 4min
November 10, 2021 MythBusting: Jewish Urban Legends & Misunderstood Texts with Rabbi Uri Cohen - Session 3
Class description
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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1h 8min

FAQs about WebYeshiva.org:

How many episodes does WebYeshiva.org have?

The podcast currently has 832 episodes available.