Deck 1 Flashcards
- What are the months of the Jewish year?
תשרי,חשבן, כסליו, טבת, שבט, אדר, ניסן, אייר, סיון, תמוז, אב, אלול
- What are the names of the Shiv’at Haminim (7 special species of Israel)?
Pomegranates, dates, figs, wheat, grapes, olives, barley.
- What was created on every day of creation?
The first day light and dark. Second day sky and earth. Third day water and land. Fourth day sun, moon and stars. Fifth day birds and fish. Sixth day land animals and humans. Seventh day rest
- What are the signs of kosher fish, animals and birds?
Fish: fins and scales
Birds: can’t be birds of prey with some exceptions
Animals: split hooves and chew its cud
- What are the 7 Noahide laws (laws that even non-Jews should keep)?
- Do not murder.
- Do not steal.
- Do not worship false gods.
- Do not commit adulatory.
- Do not eat a limb removed from a live animal.
- Do not curse God.
- Set up courts and bring offenders to justice.
- What is the correct order in which to cut our nails?
Don’t cut them one after the other.
When do you read the five migilot and what are they
איכה - תישא באב שיר השירים - פסח קוהלת - סוכות אסתר - פורים רות - שבועות
What is the proper way to tie your shoe
Right then left
Tie left then right
Where is the cave of machpela
Hebron - חברון
In which city was the beit hamikdash
Jerusalem
What are the four holiest cities in Israel
חברון
צפת
ירושלים
טבריה
How mitzvot are in the Torah
613
How many positive mitzvot are there in the Torah of things we should do
248
How many negative mitzvot are there in the Torah of things we should not do
365
For how many years did the first beit hamikdash stand before it was destroyed
410
