S/o Jewish riddles!

↑ salt ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 12:23 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

This is a very tricky question: Which bracha is recited only on Wednesday?

This was quite a few pages back and I'm not sure if it was answered, but the bracha for Eruv Tavshilin.

But I think you're talking about chutz laaretz, because in ISrael, if Yom Tov falls on Friday, you do Eiruv Tavshilin on Thursday.

Whereas in chutz laaretz there are always 2 day's yom tov so you'd do it on Wednesday.

amother

↑ Maroon ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 2:00 am

salt wrote:

I actually answered it the answer was Birkas Hachama - it's always on Wed cause that's the day the sun was created.

About Eiruv Tavshilin - I think Shavuos can be Friday/Shabbos then you would make the Brocha on Thurs

amother

↑ Maroon ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 2:13 am

LiLIsraeli wrote:

5 of the 6 couples whose names start with the same letter have been identified (as well as some others I didn't have in mind):

Aharon and Elisheva
Noach and Naama
Esther and Achashveirosh
Achav and Izevel
Osniel ben Kenaz and Achsa.

There's one more I had in mind - it's in sefer Bereishis.

I think with the hint I might have gotten it
Eisav and Adda

↑ salt ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 2:42 am

amother [ Maroon ] wrote:

I think with the hint I might have gotten it
Eisav and Adda

Eisav was married to Yehudit. And I believe Ada was from parashat bereishit married to Lemech or Chanoch or someone like that (can't be bothered to look it up).

↑ salt ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 2:43 am

amother [ Maroon ] wrote:

True. so Eiruv Tavshilin can be said either Wed or Thurs.

I didn't know that Birkat hachama is always said on Wednesday.

amother

↑ Maroon ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 3:02 am

salt wrote:

Eisav was married to Yehudit. And I believe Ada was from parashat bereishit married to Lemech or Chanoch or someone like that (can't be bothered to look it up).

She is also called Ada here
עֵשָׂ֛ו לָקַ֥ח אֶת־נָשָׁ֖יו מִבְּנ֣וֹת כְּנָ֑עַן אֶת־עָדָ֗ה בַּת־אֵילוֹן֙ הַֽחִתִּ֔י וְאֶת־אָֽהֳלִֽיבָמָה֙ בַּת־עֲנָ֔ה בַּת־צִבְע֖וֹן הַֽחִוִּֽי:

amother

↑ Maroon ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 3:13 am

theoneandonly wrote:

Who did paroh not let out of mitzrayim? (It's a play on words not literal)

Nacham?

Revafe ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 6:11 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

What's the answer to this one?

In the women's section of the shul LOL

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↑ b.chadash ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 6:16 am

LiLIsraeli wrote:

Which mitzvah can one only do accidentally?

Shikcha

↑ b.chadash ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 6:18 am

amother [ Maroon ] wrote:

Nacham?

I don't get this one. Can you explain?

↑ b.chadash ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 6:19 am

Revafe wrote:

In the women's section of the shul LOL

What was this an answer to?

↑ Revafe ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 6:20 am

b.chadash wrote:

What was this an answer to?

Where you can find sarah by davening

↑ b.chadash ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 6:21 am

amother [ Maroon ] wrote:

Butcher - Avraham Avinu (bris Bein habesarim)
Baker - Sar HaOfeh
Candlestick maker - Betzalel (menorah)

Yes!
I was thinking of someone else for candlestick maker but your answer is better.
I was thinking of Devorah Eishes lapidos.
But really she was a candle maker , not a candlestick maker.

↑ b.chadash ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 6:22 am

Revafe wrote:

Where you can find sarah by davening

Was that the real answer or just a joke?

↑ b.chadash ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 6:23 am

LiLIsraeli wrote:

What do sheep have to do with the Purim story?

Does it have to do with the Torah that Mordechai was learning with the children?

amother

↑ Maroon ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 6:25 am

b.chadash wrote:

I don't get this one. Can you explain?

יזוַיְהִ֗י בְּשַׁלַּ֣ח פַּרְעֹה֘ אֶת־הָעָם֒ וְלֹֽא־נָחָ֣ם

↑ b.chadash ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 6:27 am

salt wrote:

A word that has 3 meanings:

In the Torah it has wings
In the gemara it has horns
In the megilla it appears twice

The riddle sounds better in Hebrew as it rhymes:

בתורה הוא מופיע עם כנפיים
בגמרא הוא מופיע עם קרניים
ובמגילה הוא מופיעה פעמיים

The only thing I can think of in the Torah that has wings are eagles. Al kanfei nesharim.
Am I on the right track?

↑ b.chadash ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 6:27 am

amother [ Maroon ] wrote:

יזוַיְהִ֗י בְּשַׁלַּ֣ח פַּרְעֹה֘ אֶת־הָעָם֒ וְלֹֽא־נָחָ֣ם

Ahhh. Cute