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Teves
100

What does NEHA stand for?

New England Hebrew Academy

100

What is the address of the Kollel?

62 Cummings Road

100

What Block did Dina Feldman live on while she was in the Kollel?

Colwell 

100

Which herb is traditionally used in pesto?

Basil

100

What is Miara's street name?

William Jackson

100

How many days are usually in the month of Teves?

29

200

What was the name of the old Kosher Grocery store? 

Beacon Kosher

200

Who is the Kollel in memory of? 

Philip Cohen

200

Who came to the Kollel first? Ruchy Luria or Bracha Berzansky?

Ruchy Luria

200

What is the main ingredient in hummus?

Chickpeas

200

What is the name of Rika Simon Landlord?

Krinsky

200

Teves is associated with the siege of Yerushalayim during the reign of which enemy king?

Nevuchadnezar 

300

What town was Chai Odom originally in?

Dorchester!

300

Who is the Greater Boston area was from the original 10 Kollel men?

Rabbi Rabinowitz

300

What is Tzippy Sandler maiden name?

Perlman

300

How many tablespoons are in one cup?

16 Tablespoons

300

Who sells kosher grocery products from his home?

Ira Axelrod

300

About how long did the seige around Yerushalayim last?

About a year and a half!

400

What was the name of Rabbi Eli Doveks two Sisters who lived in Boston?

Mrs. Chava Rivka Margolis and Mrs. Ruth Plotnik

400

Who sang at the Kollel Dinner two years ago?

Simcha Leiner

400

Which two past Kollel n'shei are related to each other?

Bassie Wilhelm and Bracha Berzansky

400

What does “simmer” mean?

Cook just below boiling

400

How many past and Present Kollel N'shei live in the Portina neighborhood? 

13!! (Shepard, Luria, Lebovitz, Schiff, Levin, Fontek, Posy, Sandler, Lindenbaum, Benmergui, Solomon, Willhelm and Dovek)

400

Who was the jewish king at the time of the seige around Yerushalayim?

Tzidkiyahu

500

What year did the Bostoner Rebbe (Bais Pinchos) move to Beacon street?

1961

500

Who's portrait is hanging up the lobby of the Kollel?

Rabbi Yosef Meir Jacobson

500

Which of the current Kollel n'shei grew up in New York?

Rivka Rochel Shepard, Esty Luria, Chayala Schiff, Miriam Schuster, Nechama Reifman and Rika Simon

500

What does “al dente” mean?

Firm to the bite

500

What is the street name of the new daycare?

Henshaw Road

500

In which sefer of Tanach is the event of Asarah B’Teves mentioned?

Sefer Melachim and Sefer Yechezkel

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