פסוקים
On Har Sinai, Moshe Rabbeinu did not only receive the Chumash, rather:
All parts of Torah.
What should a person do before he comes into Shul?
Scrape off the dirt from his feet and make sure he’s clean.
What are the מקדשי מעט (small Beis Hamikdash)?
Shuls and Batei Midrash.
What did the old Kohanim hold when they slept?
The keys to the Azarah.
Why were there guards in the Beis Hamikdash?
For honor and respect and greatness.
What does the Yetzer Hara try to tell us? What do we answer him?
That Torah is only for adults, but really Torah is OUR Torah, just like an inheritance is even to a baby.
What should someone do if he has to call his friend from the Shul?
Say a few Pesukim or learn something, or at least sit there a little.
Until when does someone have to honor his father and mother?
Always, even after they pass away.
What happened if one of the Kohanim became Tamei in the middle of the night?
They went down through the hallway to the Mikveh.
Where did the Kohanim sleep?
The old Kohanim on stone ledges, the young Kohanim on the floor.
Why are the first Pesukim of the twelve Pesukim Torah Tziva and Shema?
Those are the first Pesukim a father has to teach his child.
What’s an example of honoring a parent?
To feed them, to clothe them, to help them.
What kind of calculations are allowed to be made in a Shul? Give an example.
Calculations of a Mitzvah, like for Tzedaka.
Where did they keep the keys (not the they were holding when they slept)?
Under a marble tile.
What was the job of the Ish Har Habayis? (3 details)
He goes around to each guard, holding a torch. If they were sitting, he says “Shalom Alecha.” If they were sleeping, he can hit them or burn their clothes.
Why do we hang Shir Hamaalos by kids’ beds? Why do mothers sing “Torah iz di beste schorah” to their children?
So they know they know that Torah is the best thing for them.
What’s an example of fearing a parent?
Not to sit in their place, not to contradict them, not to react even if they do something to you.
In what cases may one sleep or eat in a Shul?
For a Mitzvah, e.g. on the night of Yom Kippur, for a Seudas Mitzvah, or if he learns there so he shouldn’t have to interrupt too much.
Which picture was on the Shaar Hamizrach and why?
Shushan Habirah, because the king of Persia commanded them to draw it so they would remain afraid of him.
Why did the guards stand at the outside corners? Explain.
So that they would be able to sit, because only the kings of Malchus Beis Dovid could sit in the Beis Hamikdash.
What are the two things Torah is called and what does each one teach us?
Toras Chaim, shows us the best way to live our lives.
Toras Emes, the truth of the world, that everything in the world is to help us fulfil our Shlichus in the world.
If someone’s mother asks him for something, and his father asks him who told him to do that, can he say it was his mother?
If it will make his father angry at his mother then he shouldn’t.
Should one wake up his parents for business?
No, unless they will make money and be happy that he woke them up.
How many places did the Kohanim guard? How many places did the Leviim guard?
Kohanim - 3. Leviim - 21.
There were four rooms in the Beis Hamoked. Tell us what were at least three were used for:
One they kept the lambs for the Korban Tamid.
One they made the Lechem Haponim.
One they kept the old stones from the Mizbeach.
One led to the Mikveh.