Reasons for Haftorah / Events
Where was מלכות ישראל?
North
Who tries to take the throne at the end of Dovid's life?
Adoniyahu
Who was Achav's wife?
Izevel
What's this week's parshah?
Emor
Who is the evil king in Shrek?
Lord Farquaad
Which shevatim were in מלכות יהודה?
Yehudah and Binyamin
Who sang a שירה and for what?
Devorah and Barak sand a שירה thanking Hashem for allowing them to defeat Sisera
Give two of Yechezkel's נבואות
1. Warnings about חורבן ביה"מ
2. נבואות of better times to come
3. Combining the branch of Yehudah with the branch of Yosef, representing that the two kingdoms will unite
4. Detailed vision of the 3rd Beis Hamikdash
How long is Sefer Ovadia?
One perek
What is מסכת קינים about?
Bird korbanos
Explain the three step cycle of the Shoftim
1. Bnei Yisrael serve ע"ז
2. We are defeated by our enemies
(3. תשובה)
4. Hashem sends a שופט who saves us
Give two miracles that happened through Elisha?
1. Ovadia's wife filled all of her jugs from one jug of oil
2. Elisha promises a woman that she will have a son and his promise comes true
3. Elisha revives the son after he dies
What did Ovadia have a nevu'ah about?
The destruction of Edom
Give one person in the Torah who saddles their own donkey
1. Avraham
2. Bilaam
Which US presidents are on Mount Rushmore?
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln
Around how long was it between the exile of the ten tribes and the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash?
100
Where did the woman who hosted Elisha live?
שונם
Who wrote Eichah?
Yirmiyahu
How many chariots did the Egyptian army have when they chased Bnei Yisrael into the ים סוף?
600
NBA's three highest scoring games (which player and how much did they score)
1. Wilt Chamberlain - 100
2. Bam Adebayo - 83
3. Kobe Bryant - 81
Give the 3 reasons why we lain haftorah
1. There was a decree not to lain from the Torah
2. It was part of the original תקנה of קריאת התורה
3. They used to learn נביא every day after davening, but nowadays we only have time on Shabbos
What's the brachah on a food which has an ingredient which is mezonos as well as other ingredients?
Mezonos unless the mezonos ingredient is just to hold the food together
Who had נבואה outside of Eretz Yisrael?
Give a time that Chanukah appears in Mishnayos
1. Last time to bring ביכורים (in מסכת ביכורים)
2. Informing the בני הגולה when Rosh Chodesh Kislev was (in מסכת ר"ה)
3. Damaging with Chanukah candles (in בבא קמא)
4. Laining on Chanukah (in the 3rd Perek of Megillah)
During what decade was Duane Reade founded?
1960