{"id":1414,"date":"2018-02-28T12:14:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T12:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utj.org\/viewpoints\/?p=1414"},"modified":"2024-01-22T21:19:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T02:19:58","slug":"bart-and-lisa-simpsons-as-told-by-the-talmud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utj.org\/viewpoints\/2018\/02\/bart-and-lisa-simpsons-as-told-by-the-talmud\/","title":{"rendered":"Bart and Lisa Simpsons, As Told By the Talmud"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following, originally published here<\/a>, is a faux Talmud based on the Simpsons episode, “Like Father Like Clown.” It makes for good Purim Torah.\u00a0 In the episode, we find out that Krusty the Clown is Jewish, and has been estranged from his father because Krusty became a clown (which for whatever reason wasn’t seen as an honorable profession). Of course, it’s Bart and Lisa to the rescue! They work to convince Krusty’s father, Rabbi Krustofski that the Rabbi should forgive his son. The conversation between Bart and Rabbi Krustofski takes on a talmudic dialectic. Bart quotes many pieces of Talmud which Lisa researches.\u00a0 Most of the quotes are fairly accurate.\u00a0 Rabbi Krustofski replies as to why he is unconvinced by Bart’s argument.<\/p>\n

The following pdf includes the Talmud piece and translations.\u00a0 You can also download the pdf here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The following, originally published here, is a faux Talmud based on the Simpsons episode, “Like Father Like Clown.” In the episode, we find out that Krusty the clown is Jewish, and has been estranged from his father because Krusty became a clown (which for whatever reason wasn’t seen as an honorable profession). Of course, it’s Bart and Lisa to the rescue. They work to convince Krusty’s father, Rabbi Krustofski that the Rabbi should forgive his son. The conversation between Bart and Rabbi Krustofski takes on a talmudic dialectic. Bart quotes many pieces of Talmud which Lisa researches.\u00a0 Most of the quotes are fairly accurate.\u00a0 Rabbi Krustofski replies as to why he is unconvinced by Bart’s argument.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,134,139,77],"tags":[],"coauthors":[89],"class_list":["post-1414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holidays","category-holidays-2","category-purim","category-torah-talmud"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t