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The very last parsha in the Torah

What is V'zot HaBracha

100

Staying up all night and studying on erev Shavuot is known as...

What is a Tikkun Leil Shavuot

100

The names of Naomi's two companions

Who are Ruth and Orpah

100

The number of parshayot in the Torah.

What is 54

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The number of different types of Kaddishes

What is 5 (Half, Full, Mourner's, D'rabbanan, Burial)

200
One of the two parshiyot that contain the Ten Commandments

What is Yitro or V'etchanan

200

We traditionally eat this type of food on Shavuot

What is dairy

200

Ruth is directly related to this future king

Who is David

200

These are the four holy cities of Israel, according to Jewish tradition.

What are Jerusalem, Hebron, Tzfat, and Tiberius

200

The name of Moshe's mother

Who is Yocheved

300

The Rosh Hodesh Torah reading is found in this parsha (we read it a few days ago)

What is Pinchas

300

Shavuot occurs this number of days after Passover

What is 50

300

This mitzvah is fulfilled by the workers who let Ruth glean in their fields

What is Leket

300

The name of the first parsha in the book of Vayikra.

What is Vayikra

300

How many days Moshe spent on Mount Sinai

What is 40

400

The minimum number of verses of Torah to be read on Monday and Thursday morning.

What is 10

400

This is the traditional piyyut (liturgical poem) recited on Shavuot

What is Akdamut

400

The name of Ruth's kinsman whom she marries

Who is Boaz

400

Tefillin, when wound around the hand, spell this Hebrew word.

What is Shaddai

400

The Beit Hamikdash was destroyed for the second time by the Romans in this year. 

What is 70 CE

500

The wooden rollers on the Torah are known as...

What are Etz Chayim

500

Shavuot always occurs during this Hebrew month

What is Sivan

500

Ruth's native land

What is Moab

500

This is the name of the traditional wedding canopy at a Jewish wedding

What is a chuppah

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This collection of rabbinic literature, largely written by Rashi's descendants, is found along with his commentary on a traditional page of Talmud

What is the Tosofot 

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