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Review Halacha Flashcards

Review of basic information

1
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What year was Matan Torah in?

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2448

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2
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What was different about Bnei Yisrael during the time of the Rishonim?

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They were divided between Sifardi and Askanazi

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3
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What year was the first Beit Hamigdash made?

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2930

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4
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What year was the destruction of the first Beit Hamigdash?

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3340

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What year was the second Beit Hamigdash made?

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3410

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What year was the destruction of the second Beit Hamigdash?

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3830

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7
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What are 2 of the anshi keneset hagidolah’s contributions?

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They compiled Shmoneh Esrei and they compiled the Tanach

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8
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Who are the three anshei kenset hagidolah?

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Ezra, Nechemia, and Mordechai

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9
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What is Baal Hatoorim’s famous work known as?

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Tour

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10
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What was the goal of baal hatoorims work?

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To simplify all of halacha and condense it

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11
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Who did Baal Hatoorim base him work on?

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  1. Ra-sh
  2. Riff
  3. Rambam
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12
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What are 2 of the most important historical facts that happened at the time of the misorah?

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It was the era of first and second Beit Hamigdash and it was the transition of open miracles to hidden miracles. (Also Rabbi Yehudah Hanassi compiled the mishnah)

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13
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If there was a machloket (contridiction) in halacha, whose opinion did Baal Hatoorim choose?

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His fathers opinion, the Ra-sh

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14
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Which sefer is based on the Tour?

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Shulchan Oreh

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15
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What are the four sections of Baal hatoorims sefer and what are they about?

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  1. Orech Chaim= Shabbat, Holidays an Prayers
  2. Iben Eztra= divorce/marriage
  3. Choshen Mishpat=court laws
  4. Yorah Deia=Kosher and Eating
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16
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Who wrote the Shulchan Arech and what was his goal when writing it and what kind of halacha is it?

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Rav Yosef Kairo, Simplifying the halachot even more, sefardi

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17
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Who wrote the askenaz halacha in he shulchan aruch? Give full name and acronym

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Ramah(resh, Mem, Alef)- Re Moshe Iserlis

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18
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What made the Shulchan Aruch revolutionary?

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It was super accessible because of its simplicity

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19
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Name someone who commented on Shulchan Aruch (name and commentary’s name)

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Chofetz Chaim-Mishnah birorah.

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20
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What was the Achronims main role?

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The explain Rishonim and make Halacha more applicable to modern day

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21
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Who are the four ta’anaim?

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Beit Shamai, Beit Hillel, Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Gamliel

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22
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What’s a fact about Beit Shamai?

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He’s more strict (מחמיר)

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23
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What’s a fact about Beit Hillel?

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He’s more lienient (מיקל)

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24
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What’s a fact about Rabbi Akiva?

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He became religious at 40

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25
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What’s a fact about Rabbi Gamliel?

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He was a nasi

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26
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What is the role of the Ta’anaim?

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They analyze the torah and understand the halachot

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27
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What made the tinaim’s work revolutionary?

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They are the first people to write down תורה שבל פה

28
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What is the זרעים for?

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Farming

29
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What is the מעוד for?

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Holidays

30
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What is נשום for?

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Marrige and divorce

31
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What is נזיקים for?

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Money and damage

32
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What is קדשים for?

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קרבנות

33
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What is טהרות for?

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Purity and impurity

34
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What was the emorim’s main role?

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To analyze Mishnayot and Briot

35
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What is the gemara mainly composed of?

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מחלוקים

36
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What are the two kinds of Gemara and why?

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Talmud Yerushalmi because it was written in Yerushaliam and Talmud Bavli because it was written in Bavel

37
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Who was the first Amorah?

A

Rav

38
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Who compiled the gemara?

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Ravina and Ravshi

39
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What does גאון mean?

A

Genius

40
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Who are two of the גאונים?

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רב שריאגאון and רב האיגאון

41
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What are the two main schools of the גאונים

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רב סעדיה גאון and סרא פומפדיתה

42
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Where were these schools located?

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Bavel

43
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Why were the schools there?

A

Because Jews were settling there

44
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What does שו’‘ת stand for?

A

שאלות and תשובות (questions and answers)

45
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What was the difference between Bnei Yisroel durin the time of the ראשונים?

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Sefardi and Ashkanazi

46
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Who are the ראשונים?

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Rambam, Ramban, Rashi, Tosfos and the Raush

47
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What is the Ba’al Haturim’s work known as?What

A

The Tor

48
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What is a fact about the Rambam?

A

He was the first to organize halacha by topic

49
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What is a fact about Ramban?

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He comments on almost all of the torah and gemara

50
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What is a fact about Rashi?

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He makes the Tanach and Torah easier to access and understand

51
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What is a fact about Tosfos?

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The Rashbam and Ramintam wrote a lot of it

52
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What is a fact about the Raush?

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He describes Ashkenazi psak

53
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What was the goal of the Ba’al Haturim’s work?

A

To simplify/condense all of halacha

54
Q

what Torah Shebichtav

A

the written torah-chumash, told to moshe by hashem

55
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What is Torah Shebaal Peh

A

Tirah that was passed down as speech

56
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define and give an example of a Halcha LiMoshe MeiSinai

A

Things hashem told moshe on har sinai. there is no debate if its right. an example is tifilin

57
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define and give an example of a Gizira

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fence/extra precaution. an example is dont pick up pencils on shabbos

58
Q

define and give an example of a Minhag

A

tradition, upsherins

59
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define and give an example of a Diorye-ta

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from the torah, rosh chodesh

60
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define and give an example of a Dirabanan

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from the rabbis, migilah

61
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define and give an example Choomrah

A

strict, gebrach

62
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define and give an example kolah

A

lenient, eating gebrachs

63
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define and give an example miztvat asei

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mitzvah you do, lighting candles

64
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define and give an example mitzvat lo tasei

A

things you dont do, idoltry

65
Q

What’s a fact about the gra

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Gra-founded the most important yeshiva in the past 100 years

66
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What’s a fact about Rav Moshe Feinstein

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Rav Mose Feinstien-Wrote the Agirat Moshe which was a bunch of question and answers

67
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What’s a fact about Rav soloveichick

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Rav Soloveitchick-he mixed general studies and torah

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