Parshat Bo

Question 1

The Jews were commanded to take a lamb on what date?

Answer 1

The 10th of Nissan

Question 2

What animal could be used for the Korban Pesach?

Answer 2

A goat or a sheep

Question 3

How old was the animal used for the Korban Pesach

Answer 3

Within its first year

Question 4

Where was the Korban Pesach kept and for how long?

Answer 4

In the house for four days.

Question 5

The korban pesach was lamb per ….

Answer 5

Family

Question 6

If a family was too small to eat a whole lamb by themselves, then what should they do?

Answer 6

Join together with another family.

Question 7

The Korban Pesach was slaughtered (or offered) on what day?

Answer 7

The 14th of Nissan

Question 8

What were the Jews commanded to do with the blood of the Korban Pesach?

Answer 8

Paint it on the sides and lintel of the door of the house in which they would be eating the Korban Pesach.

Question 9

What was eaten together with the Korban Pesach?

Answer 9

Matzah and marror.

Question 10

What was the 8th plague?

Answer 10

Locusts אַרְבֶּ֖ה

Question 11

Did the plague of locusts come with a warning?

Answer 11

Yes

Question 12

In the middle of the plague of locusts, who did Pharaoh offer to free?

Answer 12

Only the Jewish men.

Question 13

How many species of locusts were there in the plague in Moshe’s time?

Answer 13

One

Question 14

When else in history was there a terrible locust plague?

Answer 14

In the time of Yoel

Question 15

What was the difference between the plague in the time of Moshe and the plague in the time of Yoel?

Answer 15

Moshe’s plague only had one species of locust whereas the plague in the time of Yoel had many different species.

Question 16

What happened to the locusts at the end of the plague?

Answer 16

They disappeared so the Egyptians would not be able to catch them and eat them.

Question 17

What was the 9th plague?

Answer 17

Darkness חֽשֶׁךְ

Question 18

Was there a warning before Darkness?

Answer 18

No

Question 19

How long did the plague of darkness last?

Answer 19

6 days (all the others lasted for 7)

Question 20

How was the plague of darkness divided?

Answer 20

3 days it was so dark a person could not recognize his friend’s face. The second three days were so thick, a person couldn’t move.

Question 21

Who started the plague of darkness?

Answer 21

Moshe

Question 22

Who died during the plague of darkness?

Answer 22

The Jews who did not deserve to be redeemed.

Question 23

What did Moshe instruct the Jews to do during the plague of darkness?

Answer 23

Check the houses of the Egyptians for all their gold and silver but not to take anything.

Question 24

What did Hashem promise Avraham at the Brit Ben haBesarim that is specific to the slavery in Egypt?

Answer 24

Hashem promised Avraham that his descendant would be slaves in a foreign land, but they will leave with great wealth.

Question 25

Why did Hashem ask Moshe to beg the people to ask the Egyptians for their wealth?

Answer 25

So that Avraham would not accuse Hashem and say: ‘You fulfilled your promise to enslave the Jews but not your promise to make them rich.”

Question 26

What are some differences between the lunar year and the solar year?

Answer 26

Lunar Year: 12 cycles of the moon orbiting the Earth (354 days)
Solar Year: The time it takes the Earth to orbit the sun (365 days)

Question 27

Does Judaism use a Solar or Lunar calendar?

Answer 27

Both. The months are calculated according to the Lunar calendar but Pesach needs to fall in Spring so we add leap years to keep the calendar in line with the solar calendar.

Question 28

According to the Torah, the first month is …?

Answer 28

Nissan

Question 29

Why was the Mitzvah of Rosh Chodesh the first Mitzvah?

Answer 29

Because the sign of a free person is if they have control over their time.

Question 30

The 10th plague was ….

Answer 30

Death of the first born מכת בכורות

Question 31

Was there a warning before the 10th plague?

Answer 31

Yes