S/o Jewish riddles!

effess

Wed, Nov 01 2023, 9:34 pm

dena613 wrote:

Borei meorei haeish first motzei shabbos after banish from gan eden
Fire kivshan haeish
Sedom and emorah destruction
Fire of bris bein habesarim(?)
Akeidas yitzchok
Every time there was a mizbeach...
Burning bush
Amud aish
Fire with ketores of nadav, avihu, men with korach
Fire at har Sinai
Egel hazahav
Maaseh menorah
Fire of gehinnom
Chananya mishael azaryah

These are fantastic!
Keep them coming
There are more

cbsp

Wed, Nov 01 2023, 9:53 pm

effess wrote:

These are fantastic!
Keep them coming
There are more

Fire in makas barad

cbsp

Wed, Nov 01 2023, 9:55 pm

Also, I can't look now, but did anyone say that Rabbi Akiva was bald? DH just asked the kids who was the father of Rabbi Yehoshua Ben Korcha and the answer was Rabbi Akiva, known by that nickname because he was bald (and also needed an alias to hide from the Romans)

doodlesmom

Sun, Nov 19 2023, 10:31 pm

Help with homework: on which date did Yaakov get the brochos instead of Eisav?

effess

Sun, Nov 19 2023, 10:33 pm

More trivia from the parsha…

Last week Yaakov cooked a pot of lentil soup
Where else in tanach or midrash do we learn about someone cooking something for someone?

effess

Sun, Nov 19 2023, 10:34 pm

Another one from last week

List twins in tanach or midrash?

keym

Sun, Nov 19 2023, 10:47 pm

doodlesmom wrote:

Help with homework: on which date did Yaakov get the brochos instead of Eisav?

Pesach.
Hence the goats as a siman.

keym

Sun, Nov 19 2023, 10:49 pm

effess wrote:

Another one from last week

List twins in tanach or midrash?

Well besides Yaakov and Eisav, Peretz and Zerach.
All the shvatim born with a twin sister (except I think Yosef, and Binyomin was born a triplet).
Are Kayin and Hevel twins or do they each have a twin sister. (I know the Medrash says something)

effess

Sun, Nov 19 2023, 10:57 pm

keym wrote:

I think they we’re born separately with a twin sister

I also remember learning that according to done Efraim and menashe are twins, though I might remember wrong.

dena613

Sun, Nov 19 2023, 11:31 pm

effess wrote:

More trivia from the parsha…

Last week Yaakov cooked a pot of lentil soup
Where else in tanach or midrash do we learn about someone cooking something for someone?

Literally cooking or feeding?
Avraham preparing for malochim
Malkitzedek brought bread and wine

dena613

Sun, Nov 19 2023, 11:32 pm

effess wrote:

Another one from last week

List twins in tanach or midrash?

So funny! I asked that on shabbos. Also asked the colors question (a few pages back)

cbsp

Sun, Nov 19 2023, 11:41 pm

dena613 wrote:

Literally cooking or feeding?
Avraham preparing for malochim
Malkitzedek brought bread and wine

After Shaul HaMelech consults with the witch and he receives the bad news from Shmuel she cooks a meal for them.

b.chadash

Sat, Dec 02 2023, 10:32 pm

What are 3 times that the number 400 appears in Sefer Bereishis?

b.chadash

Sat, Dec 02 2023, 10:32 pm

Which 2 people in the Torah were named before birth? Also, who in Navi was named before birth?

effess

Sat, Dec 02 2023, 10:52 pm

b.chadash wrote:

Which 2 people in the Torah were named before birth? Also, who in Navi was named before birth?

Before birth Yitzchok and Dina?

b.chadash

Sun, Dec 03 2023, 12:01 am

effess wrote:

Before birth Yitzchok and Dina?

Correct about Yitzchok.
I wasn't thinking of Dina. Do you have a source for that?

dena613

Sun, Dec 03 2023, 12:05 am

b.chadash wrote:

What are 3 times that the number 400 appears in Sefer Bereishis?

Eisav was coming with 400 men

Bris bein habesarim slavery 400 years

dena613

Sun, Dec 03 2023, 12:06 am

And 400 shekel kesef over lasocher for mearas hamachpelah

cbsp

Sun, Dec 03 2023, 12:23 am

b.chadash wrote:

Which 2 people in the Torah were named before birth? Also, who in Navi was named before birth?

Was Shimshon the one from Navi?

b.chadash

Sun, Dec 03 2023, 12:25 am

dena613 wrote:

And 400 shekel kesef over lasocher for mearas hamachpelah

Correct in all three Very Happy