Early Bird
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Other מצוות
Delayed
On the Same Paige
100

According to רב, when can you lein without a מנין?

When it's in the proper time.

100

What makes a village into a big city?

10 בטלנים

100

When do we have the סעודה when we read מגילה early?

In the proper time, on the 14th.
100

What are עצי כהנים?

Yisraelim took turns bringing wood for the מזבחץ

100

The actor John Gielgud believed that of all Shakespeare's characters Hamlet is probably the one most like Shakespeare himself–since, of all Shakespeare's characters, only Hamlet can be imagined to have written all the Shakespearean plays. How good an understanding of Hamlet's character does Gielgud's belief reflect?

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200

How did רב פסקין when an actual incident occured?

He said to get a מנין like רב אסי.

200

How do we calculate a year: 12 months, or 365 days?

12 months.

200

Can you fast on the day you read the מגילה early?

Yes.

200

Why can't you do תשעה באב early?

We don't advance punishments.

200

In his Book of Questions, Gregory Stock asks, "If you could spend one year in perfect happiness but afterward would remember nothing of the experience, would you [spend a year that way]?" How would you answer Stock's question? Address either the psychological or philosophical issues raised by your response.

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300

What did we think רב said that contradicts what he said earlier?

He implied that you do not need a מנין when reading early.

300

Why do we calculate a month based on the number of days instead of the number of hours?

The פסוק says עד חדש ימים, that a month is made of days.

300

When reading early, what other מצוה is done on that day?

מתנות לאביונים.

300

Why can't you do הקהל or חגיגה early?

You can't do a מצוה before its time.

300

: Water flows through a horizontal pipe at a constant volumetric rate. At a location where the cross sectional area decreases, what happens to the velocity of the fluid?

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400

How did we resolve the contradiction in רב?

We said he really meant you shouldn't read on Thursday, like רבי.

400

Exactly how many days are in a solar year? 

365 1/4

400

Why can't you read מגילה later?

The פסוק says "ולא יעבור".

400

What kind of קרבן is a חגיגה?

A שלמים.

400

In triangle ABC, the measure of ∠B is 90°, BC=16, and AC=20. Triangle DEF is similar to triangle ABC, where vertices D, E, and F correspond to vertices A, B, and C, respectively, and each side of triangle DEF is 13 the length of the corresponding side of triangle ABC. What is the value of sinF?

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500

What was the statement of רב that we thought contradicted himself?

He said that when the 14th is on a שבת, we read on Friday "like the proper time."

500

Give an example of a הלכה in which it would make a difference how we calculate the year.

If a guy takes a נדר for a year, it would change when his year ends.

500

How does the פסוק tell us that you can't read מגילה later?

It says you can't pass over, meaning you can't read past the proper day.

500

What is the מערכה?

The pile of firewood on the מזבח.

500

If shoppers enter a store at an average rate of r shoppers per minute and each stays in the store for average time of T minutes, the average number of shoppers in the store, N, at any one time is given by the formula N=rT. This relationship is known as Little's law.

The owner of the Good Deals Store estimates that during business hours, an average of 3 shoppers per minute enter the store and that each of them stays an average of 15 minutes. The store owner uses Little's law to estimate that there are 45 shoppers in the store at any time.

Little's law can be applied to any part of the store, such as a particular department or the checkout lines. The store owner determines that, during business hours, approximately 84 shoppers per hour make a purchase and each of these shoppers spend an average of 5 minutes in the checkout line. At any time during business hours, about how many shoppers, on average, are waiting in the checkout line to make a purchase at the Good Deals Store?

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