When?
We <3 Commemorating
One Question, but More Than One Answer
How Many?
Who/What Am I?
100

When is Ta'anit Esther? 

13th of Adar 

100
What are we commemorating (remembering!) on Ta'anit Esther?
How Esther and Mordechai gathered the Jews to pray and fast on Esther's behalf before she approached the king
100

Give three types of people who DO NOT have to fast on Ta'anit Esther (don't give me "someone who is not bar or bat mitzvah"- that's the easy way out!)

1) Pregnant women 2) Nursing women 3) People who are sick (dangerously or not)

100
How many poor people do you need to give matanot la evyonim to, and how much do you need to give them?
2 people enough money to buy a meal (roughly around $6)
100
"מי שנכנס ______ מרבים בשמחה"
The month of Adar
200

When do I hear the Megillah on Purim? 

TWICE: once at night, once in the day 

200
What did Amalek do to us that we have a mitzvah of commemorating (remembering!)?
How Amalek attacked Bnei Yisrael right after Hashem took us out of Egypt, when all other nations were afraid to touch us
200
Give the three berachot on the megillah at night IN ORDER.
1) Al mikrah megillah 2) She asah nissim 3) Shehechiyanu
200
How many foods do you need to have in a mishloah manot and how many people do you have to give to?
2 foods to 1 person
200

We were hanged for our plot to assassinate King Achashverosh. 

Bigtan and Teresh 

300


When do I start and end my fast on Ta'anit Esther?



Dawn until nightfall 


300

Which mitzvah are we commemorating when we "boo" Haman's name? 

The mitzvah to erase Amalek 

300

Give two different reasons why Vashti didn't come to Achashverosh's feast. 

1) According to the Talmud Bavli, it was because Vashti was evil and so Hashem punished her with tzara’at. 2) The Talmud Yerushalmi says that Vashti didn’t want to come to Achashverosh’s party because she was modest. 

300

How many provinces did Achashverosh rule over? 

127

300

I am Queen Esther's other name. 

Hadassah 

400

When do I add in "anenu" to my prayers?

When I am fasting (like ta'anit Esther)

400

What are we commemorating or acknowledging when we dress up in costumes on Purim?

We have a custom of fasting and learning Torah on the day of his birth/death

400

Give the four mitzvot of Purim.

1) Mishteh (eating the Purim meal) 2) Matanot La Evyonim (giving money to the poor) 3) Mishloach Manot 4) Megillah

400

How many days did the first party of Achashverosh, for all of the diplomats of the empire, last? 

180 

400
We are obligated to hear the megillah but not to hear Parashat Zachor.
Women
500

When in the Megillah did Mordechai, possibly, reference Hashem? 

"Revah va hatzalah ya'amod layehudim MIMAKOM acher"- rescue will come for BNY from another "PLACE," Hashem! (we call Him "HaMakom")

500

Explain what happened on the 13th, 14th and 15th of Adar that we commemorate today. 

13th: Haman's decree to have us killed was set for that day, but we fought and defeated our enemies instead 

14th: We celebrated, but the Jews of Shushan kept fighting

15th: The Jews of Shushan celebrated 

500
Give two reasons why someone should give mishloach manot.
1) To spread love and unity between himself and another person 2) To give food to those who need it for their seudah in a respectful and non-embarrassing way
500

Esther tells Mordechai in Perek 4 of the Megillah that Achashverpsh hasn't called her in how many days? 

30 

500

I revealed to Achashverosh that Haman had built a gallows tree to hang Mordechai. 

Harvona 

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