The Books in the Torah
What are the 1st and 2nd books (Hebrew and English for double points)?
Genesis/Beresheet
Exodus/Shemot
The parchment on which the Torah is written is made of
Animal skin
True of false: The Torah scroll contains no punctuation or vowels.
True
This is the first thing that adam and eve noticed when they eat from the tree of knowledge
That they had to clothes on
In which of the five books do we first meet Abraham
Genesis or Breisheet
The place where the books are stored at Beth El (hint, its downstairs)
BM or Beit Midrash or House of Learning
Vayikra/leviticus
Bamidbar/Numbers
A Torah pointer is usually shaped like what part of the body?
Hand
What is the name of the person who writes the Torah?
A. A Sefer
B. A Sofer
C. A Spider
D. A Slicer
C. A Scribe
The story of adam and eve shows about the power of peer pressure... explain 2 examples of peer pressure in the adam and eve story
The snake pressured eve
eve pressured adam
In which of the five books does Moses not appear?
Beresheet/Genesis
The 2 cities Abraham attempted to save through his negotiation skills
Sdom and Gemorah
What is the 4th and 5th book of the Torah (Hebrew and English for Double Points)?
Leviticus/Vayikra
Deuteronomy/Dvarim
The hand shaped pointed used to read the torah is called
Yad
Can a scribe write the Torah in gold ink?
No
I took the time to make sure that I was giving a gift that was the best of the best, and ended up dying because of it
Abel
In which of the 5 books do we experience the death of Moses
Deuteronomy/ Dvarim/ The last one
a pillar of salt
What is a Torah called in book form?
Chumash
The Sefer Torah is stored in
the Aron Kodesh, Holy Closet
How many letters are in a Torah Scroll (within 100 is good enough)?
304,805
The first direction God gave Abraham
Go, but I'm not telling you where
What should a Torah reader do if he/she reads a word incorrectly?
Read the word correctly and then continue on
What Abel was going to give as a sacrifice, that got him killed (double points if you know what each brother was giving)
Abel- The best of his first born animals
Cain- Leftover fruit
What are the 5 books of the Torah (English and Hebrew for double points)?
Genesis/Breishit
Exodus/Shemot
Leviticus/Vayikra
Numbers/Bamidbar
Deuteronomy/Devarim
What color must the ink of the Torah be
black
Before writing each word of the Torah on parchment, the scribe must:
A. Pronounce it
B. Say a prayer
C. Bend his knees
D. Wash his hands
A. Pronounce it
2 examples of things that God promised to Abraham and Sarah (3 gives double points)
Desendants as numerous and the stars in the sky
Land
a safe place to live
and Sdom and Gemorah would be safe if there were 10 good people
Name 2 Rabbis who work in Temple Beth El (3 gets you double points)?
Rabbi Jaffe
Rabbi Lundy
Rabbi Linzer
The place where Abraham was when he was asked to Go
Haran