Names
why is it called זמן מתן תורתנו?
Its the day Hashem gave us the Torah on Har Sinai
What is it a מנהג to eat and why?
Milchig foods, because they got the הלכות of milk and meat and didnt have time to kosher and shecht.
Who was the rich man? who was his wife?
Elimelech and Naomi
What does the word חלב have to do with שבועות? (gematria)
What was special about the way the Yidden were camped by הר סיני?
They were כאיש אחד בלב אחד. united like one.
Why is it called שבועות?
Because we count 7 weeks between פסח and שבועות
what do we decorate? with what and why?
our homes and shuls with flowers becasue Har Sinai became beautiful with flowers.
What were Elimelech and Naomi's children's names?
Machlon and Kilyon
What does Milk have to do with Moshe and Shavuos?
What can we learn from הר סיני?
To be humble but not to be like a valley
Why is ti called חג הביכורים?
We bring ביכורים, the first of the שבעת המינים fruits.
What do we say lots of and why?
Tehillim. It was written by Dovid Hamelech who was born and Niftar on Shavuos
Whose field did Rus go to collect wheat?
Boaz
Milk stays fresh in earthenware and spoils in gold or silver what does this have to do with Torah?
Torah stays with the simple and humble people.
Why was the Torah given in the Midbar? Desert?
why is it called חג הקציר?
It is the time of the harvest and we bring the korban of wheat on Shavuos.
What Megilla do we read? why?
Rus. This story happened during the time of harvest. Also she was the great grandmother of Dovid.
What did Rus say to Naomi?
What is הר סיני called in Tehillim and what does it have to do with milchig?
Har Gavnunim. It sounds like גבינה cheese.
Who are the guarantors?
The children
it is the end of the time of the ספירת העומר?
Why do we stay up all night?
To learn Torah. This is to fix the mistake of the Yidden who slept in on the morning of מתן תורה.
What Halachos do we learn from this megilla?
The Halachos of what to do when a non Jew wants to become Jewish (convert גר)
Milk purifies like the Torah. What else purifies?
Honey.
Why does נעשה come before נשמע?
listening comes before understanding.