Moshe
May I Have Your Number?
This One's for the Birds
In Israel
Root & Branch
100

Our branch of the family is descended from this Krakow rabbi

Who is the ReMa/R' Moshe Isserlis?

100

Number of sons of Mattisyahu Cohen Gadol

What is 5

?

100

It must be time for morning Brachos when we hear this bird

What is Sechvi/Rooster?

100

Lots of ministers in this building, but it's not a church

What is the Knesset?

100

Yonah HaNavi mourned the loss of this tree

What is the Kikayon?

200

This artist's original name (not accounting for spelling) is the same as my uncle Mosheh Siegel

Who is Marc Chagall?

200

Mesushelach (Methuselah) was this age when he died

What is 969?

200

This bird famously found its rest on Shabbos

What is Yonah/Dove?

200

Built over older structures marking the site, this building is t he only complete Herodian building to still exist

What is Me'arat HaMachpelah?

200

Chiram sent these trees for the building of the palace of David HaMelech and for the 1st Mikdash

What are Arzei HaLevanon/Cedars of Lebanon?

300

Oscar's cousin on Rechov Sumsum is known by this name

What/Who is Moishe Oofnik?

300

How many things were created Bein HaShemashos on the 6th day of Creation

What is 10?

300

The location of this Mishnaic city offers a bird's-eye view, hence its name

What is Tzippori/Sepphoris?

300

In addition to Meron, many also visit this other kever on Lag Ba'Omer, a day with which the person buried there is closely connected

What is Kever Rabi Akiva?

300

Aharon's branch blossomed and bore this fruit though it was no longer on a tree  

What is Almond/Shkaidiya?

400

Architect Moshe Safdie is famous for this memorial complex

What is Yad VaShem?

400

During the Simchas Beis HaSho'eva, the Levi'im sang shira standing on this many steps, which were between the Ezras Nashim and the Ezras Yisrael

What is 15?

400

Despite the name being one of a good midah, this bird isn't kosher, as it doesn't extend that middah to all, only its own

What is the Chasidah?

400

After the Chuban Bayis Sheini, the Chachamim met in the vineyards of this city, which was protected by an agreement between Vespesian and Rabi Yochanan ben Zakai

What is Yavneh?

400

These trees might be hiding harps on their branches

What are willows/Aravim?

500

This Moshe was famed for his debating skills, though he had to flee his country after winning

Who is the Ramban/R' Moshe ben Nachman/Nachmonides?

500

Chazal name this many Nevi'ot from from Tanach

What is 7?

500

Generally considered a fantasy or mythological creature, this bird actually seems to have Midrashic roots in Sefer Bireishis

What is the Chol/Phoenix?

500

This mountain has an active Jewish cemetery dating back to Malchei Yehudah (one of the oldest active cemeteries in the world) & was used to declare Rosh Chodesh during Bayis Sheini

What is Har HaZeisim/Mount of Olives?

500

Its fruits are already sweet, its shade pleasant, so this is the blessing we give to the ilan

What is shekol neti'osecha yihiyu kemosecha?/That all your offspring should be like you?

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