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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.