General Knowledge
What brocha do you make on a strawberries?
and whats one step to check strawberries for bugs?
בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה
Cut off the green leafy tops (calyx), as insects often hide under or around them.
Name Moshes
Wife
Sons
Father in law
Wife : Tzipporah
Sons: Gershom and Eliezer
Father in law: Yitro
What do we shake on Sukkot?
Lulav and Esrog
What is the significance of the 33rd day of the Omer count, which falls on the 18th of Iyar? and what happened on that day?
Lag Bomer- and Rabbi Akivas students stopped dying
What "tefillah" do you say at night to prevent you from having bad dreams?
Hamapil
What was Moshe's reaction to Yitro’s advice?
Moshe listened to Yitro and implemented his advice, delegating responsibilities to others.
What tefillah do we say on Friday night to Welcome in Shabbos?
Lecha Dodi
What things cant we do during Sefirah?
1. Have haircuts
2. listen to music (accapella allowed)
3. have weddings
4. Wear new clothes
What comes first in the siddur
קבלת שבת or מנחה של שבת
קבלת שבת
Where did Yitro go at the end of the Perek Yud Chet?
Back to Midyan to convert his family
What was the name of the man that didnt think twice and jumped into the Yam Suf?
Nachshon ben Aminadav.
How is Rus and Dovid Hamelech related ?
Rus is Dovid Hamelechs Great Grandmother
Whats the heaviest animal in the world?
blue whale:
Weight: Up to 200 tons (about 400,000 pounds or 180,000 kilograms)
Length: Can reach over 100 feet (30 meters)
Heart: About the size of a small car
Tongue: Can weigh as much as an elephant
Diet: Eats mostly krill (tiny shrimp-like creatures), consuming up to 4 tons of krill per day during feeding seaso
New Perek: Where did Bnei Yisroel camp ?
At the foot of Har Sinai
What tefillah expresses the basic Jewish belief in one God, recited twice a day?
Shema Yisroel
How many weeks of Sefriah?
7 weeks or 49 days
On Yom Kippur the men in shule wear a certain garment.
a) What is it ?
b) Why do we wear it ?
a) kittel.
b) The white color symbolizes purity and spiritual cleanliness, just like angels.
What did Bnei Yisroel need to do in order to prepare for the giving of the Torah?
Bnei Yisroel needed to sanctify themselves, wash their clothes, and abstain from physical relations for three days in preparation.
What Navi nointed King Dovid as the future king of Bnei Yisroel?
Shmuel
Name one dibbur of the Eseres Hadibros
1. Honour your father and mother
2. keep shabbos
3. dont steal
4. dont kill