1st Grade
What was the Mitzvah that the Baal Shem Tov’s parents excelled in?
Hachnosas Orchim (Having guests)
What is the Baal Shem Tovs birthday
Chai Elul (18th day of Elul)
Why does a Neshama come into this world for 70-80 years?
To do a favor for another yid
According to the Alter Rebbe, do we need physical things or spiritual things?
Both
We add 3 words to Krias Shema to make all the words add up to the number 248, what are those 3 words?
Hashem Eloikeichem Emes
How old was the Baal Shem Tov when he was able to walk and talk?
3 months old
If our body is a city, what are the Yetzer Tov and Yetzer Hara?
Kings fighting over the city
What did the Baal Shem Tov promise the Alter Rebbes parents?
That they’d have a baby a year from that day
What did the Baal Shem Tov say when explaining why he was so happy on when the Alter Rebbe was born?
A new Neshama was born that will bring Moshiach
Why did the Baal Shem Tov tell the Alter Rebbes father to keep the Alter Rebbe away from people?
So there shouldn’t be an Ayin Hara
When was the only time the Alter Rebbe met the Baal Shem Tov?
At his Upshernish
What did the Alter Rebbe’s parents tell the Alter Rebbe when he asked who the Baal Shem Tov was?
They called him Zeide
What did the Baal Shem Tov do by davening when the Alter Rebbe was born that was different than usual?
He was Chazzan
What were the Baal Shem Tov’s parents names? Name at least one
Eliezer and Sarah
What were the Alter Rebbe’s parents names? Name at least one
Baruch and Rivkah
How did the Baal Shem Tov say you could spread Godliness?
By making a Brachah and saying a Passuk of Tehillim
What did the Baal Shem Tov’s father tell him on his deathbed?
Don’t fear anything except for Hashem
Who was the beggar that acted rude while staying at the Baal Shem Tov’s parents home, and what did he promise them?
Eliyahu HaNavi.
That they’d have a baby that will lead the Jewish people
What does the word Shneur mean, and what are “they”?
Two lights
Nigleh
Chassidus
Why is the Baal Shem tov named Yisroel?
He’s named after the Jewish people, because he’s the wake up call for the Jewish people (when a person is sleeping they wake up from hearing their name)
In what special way did the Baal Shem Tov’s teacher teach him Torah?
Like it is learned in Gan Eden
What is Hasgacha Pratis?
That everything you see and hear is a lesson in serving hashem
How old was the Baal Shem Tov when he started teaching chassidus to everyone?
36
What was the name of the town the Baal Shem Tov lived in?
Mezhibuzh
What was the name of the great man who revealed himself to the Baal Shem Tov and said he’d be his teacher?
Achiya (HaShiloni)