On Monday evenings, beginning February 6, Rabbi Larry Rothwachs is offering a new lecture series, “Halachic Mythbusters.” Sessions will be held at 8:15 p.m. at Congregation Beth Aaron, 950 Queen Anne Road.

Join in to explore, debate and debunk popular mythical beliefs in the realm of halacha, minhag and Jewish tradition. The weekly topics will be:

February 6: The Times of One’s Life: Lifecycle Myths

February 13: Because Rite Isn’t Always Right: Ritual Myths

February 27: Never in a Million Years: Calendar and Holiday Myths

March 6: New Food for Thought: Mealtime Myths

March 13: These Are Things of the Past: Jewish History Myths

Topics to be discussed as part of the series include: Mezonot bread • covering mirrors in a house of mourning • pregnant women in cemeteries • checking mezuzot and tefillin • fasting before bar mitzvah • shape of the Luchot • wearing a watch with tefillin • burial of one with a tattoo • food that came from a house of mourning • sheva brachot meals • Shabbat preceding a yahrtzeit • using keilim before being toiveled • reciting one’s own Kiddush • mishloach manot menus • seeing stars through the s’chach • Eliyahu ha-Navi’s seder visits • and more.