S/o Jewish riddles!

↑ b.chadash ↓

Wed, Oct 06 2021, 10:45 pm

Coke Slurpee wrote:

Can you please tell me where I can find that Rashi.
TIA

Bamidbar, 31:6 (second Rashi)

↑ b.chadash ↓

Wed, Oct 06 2021, 10:46 pm

amother [ Maroon ] wrote:

ף for bentching

That's what I said!

↑ dena613 ↓

Wed, Oct 06 2021, 10:47 pm

Easy one:
What are the seven names of Yisro?

↑ b.chadash ↓

Wed, Oct 06 2021, 10:48 pm

GrowingUp wrote:

Not sure what you’re referring to here.

The bracha a man can say only once in his life is when he gives himself his own bris milah.

I'm saying that if a bechor was never redeemed as a baby, he can redeem himself as an adult. I'm not sure if he says a bracha though.

amother

↑ Maroon ↓

Wed, Oct 06 2021, 10:48 pm

scruffy wrote:

With a little help from dh it's מר עוקוא, vinegar the son of wine.

Rabbi Chanina be Dosa is my guess

↑ b.chadash ↓

Wed, Oct 06 2021, 10:50 pm

dena613 wrote:

Easy one:
What are the seven names of Yisro?

I teach this to my class in a song, to the tune of London Boys choir "Yekum Purkon"

Yisro, yeser, Chovav, Chever, Keini , Re'uel, Putiel

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↑ b.chadash ↓

Wed, Oct 06 2021, 10:51 pm

Who was the son of a star? (Since we have a theme here)

honeymoon ↓

Wed, Oct 06 2021, 10:52 pm

b.chadash wrote:

I teach this to my class in a song, to the tune of London Boys choir "Yakum Purkon"

Yisro, yeser, Chovav, Chever, Keini , Re'uel, Putiel

I would love to sit into your classroom. You seem like someone who finds passion in knowledge your lessons are most certainly fascinating!

amother

↑ Maroon ↓

Wed, Oct 06 2021, 10:57 pm

theoneandonly wrote:

Who was the father and son of an inanimate object?

Not the answer but for a son..
Peretz ben Tamar

↑ b.chadash ↓

Wed, Oct 06 2021, 10:59 pm

theoneandonly wrote:

Who was the father and son of an inanimate object?

OK, this isn't it, but Yehoshua ben Perachia...son of a flower?
Gotta give me points for that

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Laiya ↓

Wed, Oct 06 2021, 11:00 pm

b.chadash wrote:

Who was the son of a star? (Since we have a theme here)

Bar Kochba?

↑ b.chadash ↓

Wed, Oct 06 2021, 11:04 pm

Laiya wrote:

Bar Kochba?

Yes

↑ dena613 ↓

Wed, Oct 06 2021, 11:09 pm

Which passuk from Nach is an avraham fried song that sounds achdusdik and encouraging, but meforshim say it refers to achdus and encouragement to serve avodah zarah?

↑ b.chadash ↓

Wed, Oct 06 2021, 11:10 pm

dena613 wrote:

Which passuk from Nach is an avraham fried song that sounds achdusdik and encouraging, but meforshim say it refers to achdus and encouragement to serve avodah zarah?

Levinyamin...chazak?

↑ dena613 ↓

Wed, Oct 06 2021, 11:15 pm

b.chadash wrote:

Levinyamin...chazak?

Not levinyamin.
Yes chazak!!!!

↑ b.chadash ↓

Wed, Oct 06 2021, 11:18 pm

dena613 wrote:

Not levinyamin.
Yes chazak!!!!

Chazak, chazak, venischazek, Chazak, oy chazak.....oy oy oy A-ad bias Goel..oyoyoy Chazak!

That one?

↑ dena613 ↓

Wed, Oct 06 2021, 11:22 pm

b.chadash wrote:

Chazak, chazak, venischazek, Chazak, oy chazak.....oy oy oy A-ad bias Goel..oyoyoy Chazak!

That one?

Yes. It's the haftarah of lech lecha. Coming up.
The real passuk is
Ish es reieihu yaazoru uleachiv yomar chazak

↑ b.chadash ↓

Wed, Oct 06 2021, 11:23 pm

honeymoon wrote:

I would love to sit into your classroom. You seem like someone who finds passion in knowledge your lessons are most certainly fascinating!

Lol. I guess you would have to ask my students if that's true. But I do love Jewish knowledge.

↑ b.chadash ↓

Wed, Oct 06 2021, 11:24 pm

dena613 wrote:

Yes. It's the haftarah of lech lecha. Coming up.
The real passuk is
Ish es reieihu yaazoru uleachiv yomar chazak

Interesting! I didn't know that. It was just a wild guess.

Where can we find the words from Simcha Leiner's song: "Ani Yesheina v'libi Er"

↑ dena613 ↓

Wed, Oct 06 2021, 11:26 pm

b.chadash wrote:

Interesting! I didn't know that. It was just a wild guess.

Where can we find the words from Simcha Leiner's song: "Ani Yesheina v'libi Er"

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Easy. Shir hashirim