Gemara Unit 1 and 2
Past Gemara
This Weeks Parsha
Israel
Sports
100

What does the mishna say about the number of melachot

40-1

100

What makes a lulav forbidden

When it is stolen

100

What is this weeks parsha?

Vayeira

100

Who is the current president of Israel

Isaac Herzog

100

Israeli NBA player Deni Avdija plays for what team

Portland TrailBlazers

200

What are the 4 categories of melacha

Process of making bread, making wool, processing hides, building

200

When can't you use a borrowed lulav

the first day

200
At what age does Avraham get a brit mila

99

200

What ethnic group are exempt from joining the IDF

Haredi

200

Who won the premiership the year after Carlton won in 1999

Essendon

300

How many Melachot are there in the group of making brachot?

11

300

Explain the concept Mitzva Haba B’Aveira

Doing a Mitzva which only comes about through an Aveira

300

Who is the specific owner from whom Avraham buys the burial cave?

Ephron

300

Who was the prime minister during the Yom Kippur War

Golda Meir

300

How many UCL trophies has Real Madrid won?

15

400

When would someone who did 4 acts of melacha only be Chayav once

if they were all under the same Av

400

Why do the merchants need to get the non jews to cut down the hoshanot

In case they were stolen and it was done in their domain

400

What is the lowest number of righteous people Avraham negotiates down to when pleading for Sodom?

10

400

When was the start of the 2nd Intifada and what was the main cause

2000, Ariel Sharon visiting the Temple Mount

400

Which team has the most wooden spoons in the AFL?

St Kilda Saints

500

Which of the 39 melachot is the odd one out, Why?

Carrying – it is the only melacha that is not a change in the object

500

List 3 examples of a Lulav which is Pasul because it is חסר

A piece missing, used for Avoda Zara, too small

500

What is the main message of the parsha?

The core message of Vayeira is that true faith requires both radical kindness toward people and absolute devotion to God. Abraham demonstrates this by opening his tent to strangers and pleading for justice, while ultimately proving his total trust in the Divine during the binding of Yitzchac.
500

Name 4 forms of zionism

any of...

Political

Cultural

Labor

Revisionist

Religious

500

What was the name of the famous 2010 FIFA World Cup match ball that defied physics

Jabulani