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Megillat Ruth
Hebrew
Customs
General Laws
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What is one reason we read Megillat Ruth on Shavuot?
1. Ruth was King David's great grandmother. King David was born on Shavuot and he died on Shavuot. 2. Like Ruth, who was a convert and thereby accepted the laws of the Torah upon herself, the Jewish people accepted the laws of the Torah upon themselves on Shavuot at Mt Sinai 3. Shavuot is known as the harvest festival. The story of Ruth takes place during the harvest season.
100

What is the Hebrew name of the month of Shavuot

סִיוָן

100
It is custom to eat what type of foods?
Dairy
100

What is the blessings for eating bread?

What is Hamotzi

200
What was Ruth's nationality?
Moabite
200

What is the Hebrew name which means "The Giving of the Torah"?

חַג מַתַן תוֹרָה

200
Why are synagogues decorated with greenery?
Mount Sinai was miraculously covered with greenery and vegetation.
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What is the blessing for eating fruits?

Bore pri Ha-etz

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What is the name of the judge who married Ruth?
Boaz
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What is the Hebrew name for "The Grain Harvest festival"?

חַג הַקָצִיר  

300
What is Tikkun Leil?
The custom to stay up all night and learn Torah
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What is the blessings for lighting the candles on a festival?

Lehadlik Ner Shel Yom Tov.

400
What tribe did Elimelech come from?
Yehuda
400

Name in Hebrew the 3 Pilgrimage holidays, when the Jews went to the Holy temple in Jerusalem.

פֶּסַח, שָבוּעוֹת וְסוּכּוֹת

400
What is the special Shavuot Torah reading about?
We read the 10 Commandments
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What is the blessing for  eating baked foods?

Bore Minay mezonot.

500
What were the names of Elimelech's two sons?
Machlon & Kilyon
500

Name the King who is believed to have been born and died on Shavuot.

הַמֶלֶך דָוִד

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What foods are you not allowed to eat together in Jewish law?

What is milk and meat.