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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.