Parsha
What about the process of the Parah Adumah makes it so difficult to understand
It purifies the impure and makes the pure (the cohanim involved in the process) impure
“I am not a crook.”
A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.
True
Jack Sparrow
Jonny Depp
This 17th-century man from Izmir claimed to be the messiah, convinced half the Jewish world… and then converted to Islam.
Shabbetai Tzvi
In a dramatic scene, serpents bite the people. What object does Moshe create to heal those who look at it?
A copper snake
we shall fight on the beaches,
we shall fight on the landing grounds,
we shall fight in the fields and in the streets,
we shall fight in the hills;
Winston Churchill
Humans share about 50% of their DNA with bananas.
True
Erik Killmonger (Black Panther)
Michael B. Jordan
This breakaway Jewish sect from the Middle Ages rejected the authority of the Oral Torah — and still exists today in small numbers.
Karaites
This people refuse to let Bnei Yisrael pass through their land- as a result they are never allowed to marry into the Jewish people
Edom
“Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.”
George W. Bush
There is a basketball court on the top floor of the Sydney Opera House.
False
Elle Woods (Legally Blonde)
Reese Witherspoon
In the 1800s, this Indian city became home to a wealthy community of Baghdadi Jews, including the Sassoons, known as the “Rothschilds of the East.”
Bombay (Mumbai)
We are told by Rashi that Jewish people ran out of water in Parshat Chukat because of this
Miriam passed away, and we lost access to her supernatural well
Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”
John F. Kennedy
Sharks are older than trees.
True (Sharks evolved ~400 million years ago; trees ~350 million)
Enola Holmes
Millie Bobby Brown
In the 1940s, the Mir Yeshiva became a rare haven for European Jews fleeing the Holocaust when it was moved to this Asian city. It has since relocated to Jerusalem
Shanghai
This seemingly minor detail is emphasized when describing the Parah Adumah—it must never have done this.
Worn a yoke
“I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man. I will not.”
Julia Gillard
In Queensland, it is illegal to own more than 6 pigeons.
False
Max Rockatansky (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Tom Hardy
In the 1930s, a Japanese diplomat named Chiune Sugihara in THIS COUNTRY defied orders and issued thousands of visas to save Jews from the Holocaust.
Lithuania