Today’s Daf Yomi page, Pesachim 103, gives us strange mnemonics, including one that is making a star turn this year. Dr. Chaya Sima Koenigsberg joins us to talk about the rabbis' love of acronyms, and why one acronym in particular inspired Jewish artists to illustrate Haggadot with, of all things, scenes from the rabbit hunt. What's with Jews and bunnies? Listen and find out.
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