Who's Who
What does רשי stand for?
Rav Shlomo Yitzchaki
Why didn’t Hashem destroy the generation of the tower of bavel like he destroyed the generation of the mabul?
Achdus
Who wrote the Sefer Hachinuch?
Anonymous
How many times does the Torah tell Avraham לך לך?
twice
What number rebbe in the Slonim chain was the Nesivos Shalom?
11th
What does רמבן stand for?
Rav Moshe Ben Nachman
Who else in the Torah is called a tzadik?
Yosef
What two mitzvot, other that bris milah, are also called an אות?
1) Tefillin
2) Shabbos
What were the two challenges of לך לך?
1) Leave your home
2) Sacrifice your son
How is the פלא יועץ categorized?
According to the Aleph Beis
Aside from his commentary on the Torah, what other famous work did the בעל התורים write?
Tur, Halacha Sefer, the basis of the Shulchan Aruch
What does the Pele Yoetz compare achdus to
Bundle of Straw, Extra 100 if you explain how it's compared to that.
What caused lot to have all of his possessions?
Being with Avraham
How do those two types of challenges translate to our lives?
1) daily challenges
2) few time big challenges
Does Rashi seem to think Noach was a tzaddik (100)?
How do we see that he thinks that (200)?
1) Yes
2) its the first of the two opinions that he brings
How old was the Or Hachaim when he passed away?
47
Who wrote the פלא יועץ?
Rabbi Eliezer Papo
What does the bris milah do to the human form?
Completes it
Why does the story of the Akeida focus on Avraham more than Yitzchak?
Teaching us to live al kiddush Hashem
What can we learn about our spiritual growth from bris milah?
Just as we human beings perfect the physical form of man, so too we can perfect our spiritual form as well.
Who does the gemara say was the greatest of Hillel’s students?
Yonatan Ben Uziel
If Hashem was already making a miracle for the ark (by making all the animals fit in that size of an ark), then why did he make Noach build an ark? Why not just make Noach and the animals float or fly (2 answers)?
2) because it's our job to do all we can according to nature, and Hashem will do the rest with a miracle.
What is the order of obligation for having the bris done (3 people)?
1) father
2) Beis Din
3) child himself
Why doesn’t the Torah explicitly tell us the story of Avraham going into the pit of fire?
Our goal in this world isn't to die al kiddush Hashem
What places in the world did the Ibn Ezra learn (we mentioned 8)?
Africa, Egypt, Israel, Babylon, Persia, Italy, France, England