Names
How many names does the Yom Tov Shavous have?
5
Baal Shem Tov's name?
Yisroel
Yishai
Name of Rut's father?
Eglon
One reason for Minhag of milchig?
The Jews were given the laws of כשרות by מתן תורה, which was on Shabbos. They were unable to then Kasher their dishes and had to eat only Milchig.
The Torah is compared to חלב ודבש milk and honey so we eat milk and honey foods on the day the Torah was given.
חלב= 40.To remember the 40 days and nights that Moshe was up on Har Sinai learning with Hashem.
Weeks
Oath
What message did the Baal Shem Tov's father tell him?
To fear no one aside from Hashem
What famous book did Dovid write?
Tehillim
Which nation did Rut come from?
Moav
What is a minhag men do on Shavous night? Why?
We are נוהג to stay awake and learn Torah the night of Shavuos. This is to correct the mistake that בנ"י made when they slept in on the morning of מתן תורה.
What is the reason that the Torah didn't call Shavous
זמן מתן תורתנו we only find it in Tehillim?
Hashem did not want to set a special day as מתן תורה because a person should look at the תורה as if he received it every day as a new day of קבלת תורה.
Summarise the story behind Baal Shem Tov's birth?
How many Perakim in Tehillim?
150
What was Naomi's response when Rut said she wants to come with her back to Eretz Yisroel?
Why?
Discouraged her. It's what you should do before someone converts.
3 mitzvot of Shavous?
1) Going to Best Hamikdash/עלי׳ לרגל
2) Bikkurim
3) Korbanot
What does the name עצרת mean?
Why?
This name means to stop/absorb
We need to now stop and absorb everything we have done to work on ourselves during Sefirat Ha’omer as well as everything we have achieved from Pesach.
The name of the student of the Baal Shem Tov?
Maggid of Mezritch
Connection between Dovid and Shavous?
Dovid was born and passed away on Shavous
Connection between Dovid and Rut?
A reason for decorating our shuls and home with grass?
We decorate our homes and Shuls with grass to remember the grass that grew around Har Sinai. Since Hashem had to warn Moshe that sheep shouldn’t graze there, it’s proof that grass grew there.
Where do the names of Shavous come from?
3 names originate from תורה, one from תפילה of שבועות and one is used in the גמרא when the חכמיםdiscuss יו״ט.
Connection between Shavous and the Baal Shem Tov?
Connection between Shavous and the בעל שם טוב is that through חםידות the בעל שם טוב revealed נםתר דתורה.
Additionally, the בעל שם טוב passed away on Shavous.
How many years did Dovid rule for?
40 years
Name of Rut's sister?
Orpah
If we can't give Bikkurim today, what can we do instead?
We can learn the Halachot of Bikkurim