Shalosh Regalim 1
What is a special minhag we have to do on the first night of shavuot?
Stay up all night and learn
What do we celebrate on Shavuos?
Receiving the Torah
How many days is Pesach celebrated in Israel, and how many days in chutz laaretz?
7 in israel & 8 in chutz laaretz
What season does pesach occur in?
Aviv- spring
What goes on top of a sukkah?
Schach
What Megillah do we read on shavuos?
Megilat Rut
What are the arbah minim?
lulav, hadasim, aravot, and etrog
What name does the Torah call the holiday of Pesach?
חַ֥ג הַמַּצּ֖וֹת, /chag haaviv
What are the four sons we read about at the seder?
Chacham, rasha, tam, sheino yodel lishol
Name the 10 plagues
How many steps are there in the leil seder?
15
How many weeks and days do we count the omer for?
49 days from Pesach to Shavuot (7 full weeks of 7 days)
Why do we lean at the seder?
Because we are free people, like kings
What followed bnei yisrael in the midbar?
clouds/ ananei hakavod daytime, fire at night
How many years were bnei yisrael in the midbar?
40
What is the date of sukkot?
15th of tishrei
What are the two different opinions about why we sit in a sukkah? (what does the sukkah represent?)
There is a debate in the Gemara about whether we sit in sukkot to remember actual buildings we lived in when we traveled to Israel, or to remember the clouds that Hashem used to protect us in the desert
What are two exceptions of Malacha that we are allowed to perform on Yom Tov?
ochel nefesh, such as cooking and carrying objects for your benefit
What part of the field must be left over for the poor and converts?
פְּאַ֤ת שָֽׂדְךָ֙
What is the holiday called on the last day of sukkos?
Simchat torah/ shmini atzeret
What time of day did Bnei Yisrael bring the Korban Pesach?
בֵּ֣ין הָעַרְבָּ֑יִם
What are the 6 things on the seder plate?
Zroa, maror, charoset, chazeret, karpas, beitzah
Why do we have the custom to eat dairy on shavuos?
Because we commemorate the time before we received the Torah where we didnt know how to properly schecht animals
Because torah is compared to honey and milk
What special mitzvah do parents have to do with their children on pesach?
וְהִגַּדְתָּ֣ לְבִנְךָ֔ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא לֵאמֹ֑ר בַּעֲב֣וּר זֶ֗ה עָשָׂ֤ה ה׳ לִ֔י בְּצֵאתִ֖י מִמִּצְרָֽיִם
What is the date Bnei Yisrael brought the Korban Pesach? (פֶּ֖סַח לַה)
בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן בְּאַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר לַחֹ֖דֶשׁ