Exile & return
Place where the Jewish people were exiled for 70 years?
What is Bavel?
King who built the first Beit Hamikdash?
Who is King Shlomo
Place where the big Torah schools were located?
What is Jerusalem
Which empire surrounded and attacked Jerusalem?
What is the Roman Empire?
Who was the great rabbi who saved Torah learning?
Who is Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakai?
Number of years the Jewish people lived in exile?
What is 70 years
King who destroyed the first Beit Hamikdash
Who is King Nebuchadnezzar?
People who taught in the Torah schools?
Name one other empire that ruled the Jews.
Persians or Greeks
Where was Rabbi Yochanan hiding when he escaped Jerusalem?
Inside a coffin
What did the king of Bavel allow the Jews to do after the exile?
What is return to Israel and rebuild the Beit Hamikdash?
Fast day which reminds us of the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash?
What is Tisha B'av (9th of Av)
Times when the Torah schools were open?
What is all day and all night, every day of the year?
What happened to many Jews because of high taxes?
They became poor
What city became the new center of Torah learning?
➡️ What is Yavne?
The name of the Jewish homeland they returned to?
What is Israel
What materials were used to build the Second Beit Hamikdash?
What are gold, silver, and beautiful stones?
Name one thing Jews went to Torah schools to learn.
What is how to do mitzvot / keep kosher / light Shabbat candles / learn Torah?
What did some rulers force Jews to do that was wrong?
Break Torah laws
Who did Rabbi Yochanan meet after leaving Jerusalem and what did he ask him?
Who is General (Emperor) Vespasian? and he asked him to save the Torah schools and teachers?
The King who allowed the Jews to return to Israel and rebuild the Temple
Who is Darius II
the reason Why the Beit Hamikdash is so important to the Jewish people?
What is because it was a holy place where they felt close to Hashem?
Reason why Torah schools were the only way to learn Torah back then?
What is because there was no internet, phones, or books?
What happened when Jews tried to fight back?
What is the Romans attacked Jerusalem and planned to destroy it?
What did rabbis eventually do with all the Torah they learned?
➡️ What is they wrote it down into books?