JEWISH GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Which animal caused Adam and Chava to eat from the tree?
נחש
Which nation are we obligated to erase? It is a mitzvah
עמלק
How many letters are there in the Alef Bet, not including the final letters
22
What is the שרש for נעשה
עשה
we make hoadamah on strawberries
Name 4 of the Shivat Haminim in Hebrew and English
Chitah-wheat
Seorah-Barley
Gefen-grapes
Te-einah-figs
Rimon-pomegranate
Zeit Shemen-olives
D'vash-dates
Which nation destroyed the first Bet Hamikdash
Babylonians
482 in gematria
תפב
What is the שרש for the word הוסיפו?
אסף
When do we say ברוך המבדיל ביו קדש לקדש?
Shabbos going into yom tov
Define דן לכף זכות
Judging someone favourably
What does רש''י stand for
רב שלמה יצחקי
How many years did the first בית המקדש stand for?
410 years
What is the שרש for the word ויפגשהו?
פגש
When do we say a different version of the regular Al Hamichya and what are the different words?
When we have a fruit that is from the Shivat Haminim.
We say Al Haetz V'eal Peri Haetz
When is the Aseret Yemei Teshuvah
Between Rosh Hashono and Yom Kippur
Gimmel Tammuz is coming up- who are we remembering on this day and why?
The Rebbe. He passed away on this day
How many years is the יובל cycle?
50 years
What is the שרש for the word וזבחים
זבח
The Pirkei Avot mentions that there were miracles in the times of hte second Bet Hamikdash. How many does it mention and name 3
10
What are fins and scales in hebrew
סנפיר
קשקשת
Who wrote the Shulchan Aruch
Reb Yosef Karo
one of the pitgamim that we have learnt has the number 3 in it-what is the pitgam and in connection to what did we learn this?
(include the yom tov and how it connects to that Yom Tov)
החוט המשולש לא במהרה ינתק
Connects to Shavuot-the Torah Hashem and Bny are all connected and can not be broken when we are
What is the שרש for the word וישתחוו
שחה
What was the name of the Navi/Rebbe who helped Bn''y after the destruction of the first Bet Hamikdash
Yirmiyahu