Vocab (S.S)
A structure that carried water into Roman cities from the mountains
What is Aqueduct?
The consequences of the Roman-Jewish wars
What is the Romans destroyed the Beit HaMikdash and forced the Jews to leave Yerushalayim.
לחְמֵנוּ
What is like bread\like prey?
מרד
What is To rebel?
According to Rashi, who gives a different amount of dough for הפרשׁת חלה
What is a baker? A baker gives less dough because that's how they make money.
Pax Romana
What is a 200 year time period of peace and stability within the Roman empire?
The year that the Romans destroyed the second Beit HaMikdash
What is 70 CE?
קוֹלָם
What is their voices?
אבל
What is To mourn?
According to Rashi, what are two explanations for the word ויעפלוּ.
What is 1. They were defiant-they did something because they were told not to. 2. Darkness.
Languages that have Latin roots that developed after Rome fell
What is romance languages?
What did the Romans build across their empire for 50,000 miles to improve the travel of armies and trade goods
What is roads?
פִּגְרֵיכֶם
What is your dead bodies?
קרע
What is To rip\tear?
The three reactions to the מרגלים's descriptions of ארץ כנען.
What is
Bnei Yisroel: They cried a lot, until they couldn't anymore.
Moshe and Aaron: They fell on their faces.
כלב ויהוֹשׁע: They tore their clothes.
Satire
What is a writing style that makes fun of others?
The name of Romes first written law code, which was displayed in the Roman Forum
What is Twelve Tables?
אַכֶּנוּ
What is I will hit?
כבד
What is honor\heavy?
What other Mitzvah in the Torah is the Mitzvah of הפרשׁת חלה compared to?
What is תרוּמה?
Organized groups of foot soldiers in the Roman army.
What is legions?
Why was the rediscovery of Pompeii under the layers of volcanic ash an important find for archeologists and historians
What is Pompeii tells us about life in ancient Roman towns and what happened during the volcanic eruption?
יוֹרִשֶׁנָּה
What is Will inherit?
עפל
What is spite?
According to Rashi, the reasons that Bnei Yisroel will wander in the Midbar for forty years
What is 1. One year for each day the מרגלים spied in ארץ כנען?
EXTRA CREDIT: What is 2. Because HaShem wanted them to live till they're sixty?