only for Talmidei Chachomim.

According to the Rambam, there are two Tisha B’av Halachos that are applicable exclusively & only for Talmidei Chachomim.

Which 2 Halachos?

For answer click here

Shavous Trivia

What do Erev Shavuos & Hoshana Rabah have in common ?

There is something  forbidden to be done on only two days (weekday) in the year..

The two days are, Erev Shavuos & Hoshana Rabbah.

Torah Trivia-Parshas Pekudei

This week (Vayakhel- Pikudei) when doing Sh'nayim Mikra v'echod Targum,

you have to make sure you do this, otherwise you will not be yotzei (Sh'nayim Mikra--).???

PART 1 Hakdama to the answer re Shnayim Mikroh 

Next week (Parshas Vayikrah) many children will come home from school or cheider with

a “teitch (translation) sheet on Parshas Hashavua. Some sheets will have the  incorrect

translation of  Vayikra – And he called. The correct translation is He called. (no and)

A vav at the beginning of a word can serve as three functions

1) Vav hachibur ,connecting  to the previous word or sentence (and)

2 ) Vav hamehapech , reverse future to past or past to future.

3)  Vav hachibur + hamehapech , both functions.( 1+2)

                                      Examples

1) Moshe V’aharon                         _          Moshe and Aharon

2) Yikrah = he will call (future)        –        Vayikrah = he called (past)

2) Osoh = he made (past)                _        Veosoh = he shall make (future)

3) Yomar  = he will say(future)       --       Vayomar = a) he said (past)  – b) and he said (past+ and)

Vyikrah is a new Parsha and Chumash. The vav can’t be a chibur it has no connection

to the previous Parsha. The vav can act only as a mehapech.

In this week’s  Parsha  (Vayakhel) one of the gedolei  olam made a mistake with the

Vav of Veosoh Betzalel. (Shmos 36 – 1)

Eight Questions for Chanuka

Biala Rebbe lights the menorah

1) When should one light eight Chanukah candles, every single day of the eight days Chanukah?

2)When is the Shamash considered a Ner Mitzvah and we may not benefit from it, the same as with the other Chanukah candles ? 

3) Two Shemen Zayis oils, both are of equal burning quality. Both oils are equal status. (i.e.. not one is orlah etc. and the other is not) One is inedible (bitter) the other is edible. When would it be, you have to light the bitter oil ? 4)This oil may be used only for Shabbos candles and not for Chanukah candles. Which oil is it? 5)A house with two entrances, one must light at both entrances. At the first entrance the Brachos are recited. At the second entrance no Brachos are said because the sole purpose of lighting there is (חשד ) people shouldn't accuse him of not lighting the Menorah. When are Brachos recited at both entrances? 6)A house with two entrances creates a (חשד ) in Hilchos Chanukah (light both entrances) In which Halacha, is it the opposite , having one entrance there is (חשד ) and two entrances removes the (חשד ) ? 7)בימי מתתיהו בן יוחנןכהן גדול Who was the Kohen Godol a)Yochanon b)Matisyahu c)Both  d)none  8)The Rambam ( Hl. Chanukah # 3) starts the first two Halachos with the history of Chanukah. No other Yom Tov does the Rambam find it important to teach the story behind the Yom Tov. Why is Chanukah different that the Rambam felt it was important to tell us the story & why we celebrate Chanukah? For Answers Click Here

Two Riddles

1) Just for eating the apple requires him to make 20 Brachos.

2) Some years, if he eats the apple in the week of Parshas ואתחנן
he doesn't make the 20 Brachos.

FOR ANSWER CLICK HERE 

Todays Torah Trivia -Where Else ???

When Davening Sh'moneh Esrei & saying Kedusha one should keep his feet together

(O.Ch 95:1- 125:2)

Where else should one keep his feet together?

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A Kaporeh-LZ"N HACHOVER AVRAHAM ASHI BEN R. SHMUEL HY"D YAHRZEIT 15 TEVES

A pregnant mother does not drink an additional four kosos of wine at the seder ,

for the baby that is inside her.

A katan   who has not reached the age of chinuch we don’t make him do  mitzvos.

Why is it that the minhag of Kaparos is different and we do Kaparos on infants

and even on unborn children?

Almost all mitzvos and minhagim we do, are because The Torah or Chazal commanded us to do so. Some mitzvos come along with a segula,* 1  but the primary reason for doing it, is not for the segula but because the Torah commanded us to do so. The  minhag of Kaparos is different, the sole purpose to do it is for the segula. Rashi (Shabbos 81b) brings the Teshuvas Hagaonim . “ Twenty two days or fifteen days  before Rosh Hashana they planted for every child in the house a  bean in a   flower pot.  On erev Rosh Hashana they swung the new plant over the head  of the child and said zeh chalifasi etc. Afterwards the plant was thrown into the river*2. The Magen Avraham (O. Ch 605) claims this Rashi(Teshuvas Hageonim) to be the mekor for Kaporos.                                                            The Segulah If there was chas v’sholom a gezeira for someones child to die, by doing this exercise  and davening the gezeira should be transferred to a different zerah (the bean) we confuse the satan between his zerah (child) and the zerah (plant) in the flower pot. (We find the concept k’dei l’arvev hasatan in other places as well). Kaparos for infants and the unborn are done for the sole purpose, that they shouldn’t die ch.v. The Tur (O.Ch. 605) brings our minhag of using chickens for kaparos. Here again it is to confuse the satan. A man is called gever and a rooster is called gever. We daven that the gzeiras misa should be transferred from the gever (man) to the other gever (rooster) We do not use a rooster for a female because she is not called gever.  We still need  to find a reason why we use a hens  for females. ·         *1  kibbud av v’eim-arichas yomim ·         *2 Most children die from misas askera, drowning & askera are both misas chenek

Trivia For Chanuka- POST YOUR ANSWER IN THE COMMENT SECTION

1) When does a boy*  not become Bar Mitzvah on his(בו ביום) 

birthday?

2)Two boys were born on the same day, the same year,

and same city one at 1.00pm the second on 1.02pm (afternoon)

One becomes Bar Mitzvah a day earlier than the other.

(Hint: This could have happened last year but  not this year)

FOR ANSWER CLICK HERE

Riddle Of The Day-Parshas Yisro

שבת לה' אלוהיך לא תעשה כל מלאכה 

How do you have, someone doing a Melocho on Yom Tov he is Chayav and on Shabbos, he does the exact same Melocho, not only is he not Chayav, he may even go ahead and do it Lekatechila.?

For Answer Click Here

Why do they give an Aliyah to the Ba’al Tokeah, on Rosh Hashana ?

Why do they give an Aliyah to the Ba’al Tokeah, on Rosh Hashana ?

Photo Credit Eichlers

The Levush (O.Ch.584 : 2 ) writes "A person who gets an Aliyah is happy.

Pikudei Hashem Yeshorim  Mesamchei Leiv.

A happy Ba'al Tokeah has more strength and will blow the Shofar without

interruptions and mistakes."

Was the Red Heifer-.....Red

What colour was the Parah Adumah ?

  We find in the Torah and Chazal , the colour “Adom” can mean a) the actual red colour

 (red rose)   b) the red family, colour (brown , orange etc.)

Bereishis 25 – 30  Haliteini noh min Ha’adom Ha’adom Hazeh

 It is called red lentils, but its colour is brown.

        Zecharya  1 – 8  Ish Rochev Al Sus Adom – Susim Adumim (A man riding on a red horse-red horses)

There  are no red horses .There are brown horses.

 Succah 35b  An Esrog that was peeled and looks like a red date. Rashi says All peeled  fruits

        Nehefach l’admimus (turn red).

        Peeled or cut fruits turn brown not red.

        Bechoros 6a Rashi Stam Susim Adumim   (horses are usually red)

       Never heard of red horses

The colour of a Parah Aduma was brown .The uniqueness of the P.A. was not that it

was red. It was unique by being completely brown, not having two strands of hair in

a different colour other than brown.

Whats Different About Shemoine Esrei In Nissan

       All three  weekday שמונה עשרה in the entire month of Nissan are different than most weekday שמונה עשרה of the year.  ?

Hallel Riddle

When where & why?


3 people stand next to each other
(same place same time)

Person 1 says the complete Hallel
Person 2 says short Hallel (no לא לנו & אהבתי)
Person 3 says Hallel with לא לנו but skips אהבתי

Riddle

Which תענית do they

sometimes fast a week apart

between two different countries? 

for answer click here 

Who Is This Kohein -Can You Answer This Riddle

  כהן מיוחס This

  (kosher) married to a kosher wife and is

100% frum (isn't מטמא למתים  etc.) 

He does Birkas Kohanim

yet the Gabbai doesn't give him the כהן Aliya 

(no Mitzvas וקדשתו for this כהן) ??

הלכה מפורשת בשו"ע                              

When else should this be done?

During שמונה עשרה& קדושה, one should 

straighten the feet and keep them together.

When else should this be done?

FOR ANSWER CLICK HERE

when, where & by who?

Parshas Hashavua-Parshas Lech Lecha 

When, where & by who is this ברכה recited?

"ברוך אתה ה' אמ"ה אקב"ו במצות וחוקים של אברהם אבינו"

for answer click here

Another Yom Kippur Riddle

He is a גדול and not a חולה yet he is not מחויב in Tosfos Yom Kippurim.

2 answers

Yom Kippur Riddle

Only one day in the year

Doing this during the year is forbidden.

This עבירה is so severe, that in some cases

you put the person in חרם.

According to some Poskim, he is חייב מיתה

(בידי שמים)

Only one day in the year, on Yom Kippur,  not 

only is it permitted to do, but some Poskim 

consider it commendable.

This is the only thing that is allowed on Yom Kippur 

and אסור all year*. 

????

*(Saying  Boruch Ssheim   K’vod Malchuso , aloud  is also done on

 Erev Rosh Chodesh., Yom Kippur  Katan, in most places)

Brochos Riddle

All he had was a glass of water yet he is מחויב to Bentch (ברכת המזון (מדארייתא.

FOR ANSWER CLICK HERE