Megillat Rut
Where in Israel did Elimelech and his family live?
Beit-lechem
A reason behind the custom of decorating our homes and shuls with flowers on shavout?
to remind us of the flowers at har sinai,
How many days were the Jewish people given to prepare for receiving the torah?
3
How many generations will be rewarded for those who follow after Hashem?
How many will be punished for those who do evil?
1000
4
What was the omer offering made of?
Barley
During which time period did megillat Rut take place?
בימי השופטים
Why do we have the custom to stay up all night learning on shavout?
There is a Midrash which states that on the morning of the Matan Torah the Jewish people overslept
In what 2 ways did the Jewish people purify themselves for har sinai?
Washing their clothes
Separating from their spouses
What is the reward for כיבוד אב ואם?
Long life
What is the name of the mitzvah, which appears in Megillat Rut, which entails marrying the wife of a deceased relative if no children were born to the deceased?
Yibum
What were the names of Elimelech and Naomi's two sons?
Machlon & Kilyon
What was brought to the temple on shavout?
The bikurim-first fruits
The pasuk in shmot 19:3 says:
כֹּ֤ה תֹאמַר֙ לְבֵ֣ית יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְתַגֵּ֖יד לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
Who are the בית יעקב and בני ישראל according to Rashi
bnei yisrael- men
beit yaakov- woman
In which 2 parshiyot are the 10 commandments listed?
יתרו, ואתחנן
Which mishnayot are customarily learnt from pesach to shavout?
Pirkei avot
עובד
Name at least 3 of the other names for shavout
Hag Matan torah, Hag Hakatzir, Hag Habikurim, Atzeret
what is learned out from וַיִּֽחַן־שָׁ֥ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל נֶ֥גֶד הָהָֽר׃
כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד בְּלֵב אֶחָד
What are the 2 reasons given for observing shabbat in the different parshiyot and what keywords are connected to them
creation-זכור
exodus-שמור
What is one reason we read Megillat Ruth on Shavuot?
1. Ruth was King David's great grandmother. King David was born on Shavuot and he died on Shavuot. 2. Like Ruth, who was a convert and thereby accepted the laws of the Torah upon herself, the Jewish people accepted the laws of the Torah upon themselves on Shavuot at Mt Sinai 3. Shavuot is known as the harvest festival. The story of Ruth takes place during the harvest season.
Who do חז"ל consider the author of רות to be?
שמואל
The Mishnah in rosh hashana says that world is judged 4 times a year, on shavout what we are judged for?
The fruits that will grow
What is another name for har sinai and what other event happend there?
Har chorev, the burning bush
What category of mitzvot do the last five of the 10 commandments fall into?
בין אדם לחבירו
What special mitzvah do we read about everyday in Birkat HaTorah that is connected to Megillat Ruth and Shavuot?
pe'ah-Leaving a corner of one's field for the poor.