MythBusting: Jewish Urban Legends & Misunderstood Texts with Rabbi Uri Cohen - Session 15
Class description
Here are the topics for Session Fifteen:
Urban Legend:
“Orthodox Jews serve men before women!”
Frauds, Fakes, Forgeries:
“The Radziner Rebbe reinstituted the original tekhelet!”
Street Torah:
“Following the law of the land isn’t required in the Land of Israel!”
Factitious Fiction:
The Merchant of Venice: “A Jew can demand a pound of flesh for defaulting on a loan!”
People Thought the Darndest Things!:
“The redemption will involve flying miraculously to the Land of Israel!”
Misunderstood Text:
“The Gemara says that people doing mitzvot can’t get hurt!”
Stranger Than Fiction…
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