Ahhh, Morah Torah! I always dreaded finding out all those things our Morah taught was false all along! That must be why there are so many kollelim – to learn everything all over again, this time with the correct pshat…
My daughter came home one day this year (3rd grade), just before Purim, and i discussed the Purim story with her. When we got to the part about Vashti growing a tail, she told me her Morah taught that it is just a moshul and it wasn’t really a tail…
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(a moshul? really? not in MY gemorah!)