S/o Jewish riddles!

↑ dena613 ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 7:07 pm

b.chadash wrote:

There was a famous machlokes in Europe around 300 years ago. On one side was Rav Yaakov Emden. Who was he against and why?

About kameyas etc
Aftermath of shabbetai tzvi.
Can't remember the other side. So embarrassed

↑ b.chadash ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 7:08 pm

amother [ Maroon ] wrote:

Donkey
Avraham Avinu
Bilam
Isha Hasunamis (Ason not Chamor)

Under the tree
3 Malachim
Yishmael
Women in Mitzrayim
Yona

For the donkey, I also thought of Kish the father of Shaul.
And Moshe- he traveled back to Mitzrayim with Tziporah on a donkey.

For under the tree, I thought of
Devorah under a palm tree
Yonah under the kikayon, and
All the jews in the days if Shlomo Hamelech were considered to be sitting "each man under his fig tree and date tree"
Tachas gafno vetachas te'ainaso

↑ bigsis144

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 7:10 pm

dena613 wrote:

About kameyas etc
Aftermath of shabbetai tzvi.
Can't remember the other side. So embarrassed

R’ Yonason Eybeschutz

↑ b.chadash ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 7:13 pm

dena613 wrote:

About kameyas etc
Aftermath of shabbetai tzvi.
Can't remember the other side. So embarrassed

Correct!

↑ b.chadash ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 7:16 pm

bigsis144 wrote:

R’ Yonason Eybeschutz

That's it!

↑ keym ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 7:31 pm

And R Yaakov Emden is the son of Chacham Tzvi.

About the names for Yom Tov.
Rosh Hashanah is Yom Hadin. So can we count Dena, Dan and Daniel? Because if so, Yom Hazikaron- Zechariah.

dankbar ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 7:45 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Inviting all geniuses and wannabe geniuses to join!

This thread is for riddles that are based on Jewish knowledge.

Here are a few easy ones to start off. Please add your own!

1. Where does the word "aish" (fire) appear 23 times in a single paragraph of davening?

2. Which bracha is said without shoes?

3. Name one person in the Torah whose name is also a color.

4. Who was the first musician in history?

4 serach bas osher

↑ dankbar ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 7:46 pm

[quote="SafeAtLast"]No idea!

Which Aleph Bais is not used in bentching?[/quote

End fei

↑ dankbar ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 7:52 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Which two tefillos (not shemone Esrei) are said only once a year?

Tefillas zakeh. Kol nidrei. Bnei udom, for kapparos.
Tashlich.

↑ dankbar ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 7:54 pm

amother [ Yolk ] wrote:

This is more of a riddle than a trivia question:

Where do you find Sarah by davening?

In her shoes, by kosel- wall of her house

Eta

Or in veiber shul. Ladies section of shul.

Riddle is better in Yiddish. The word "shteit" means says and also stand.

Last edited by dankbar on Thu, Oct 07 2021, 8:58 pm; edited 2 times in total

↑ dankbar ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 7:56 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Which bracha is recited 11 or 12 times each year?

Bentch rosh chodesh/kiddush levana

↑ dankbar ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 7:58 pm

amother [ Maroon ] wrote:

Which Brocha is recited once every few years?

Bentch rosh chodesh Adar beis

↑ dankbar ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 8:11 pm

GLUE wrote:

My teacher asked

How come Yaakov was able to hear Serch bas Asher sing?

She played on her guitar

amother

↑ Maroon ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 8:50 pm

b.chadash wrote:

What other names did you think of?

Aviva - Chag He'Aviv
Ilan/Ilana = RH L'Ilanos

As for the clause..would be if we include Parshiyos
Noach, Chaya Sora, Pinchas

amother

↑ Maroon ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 8:52 pm

dankbar wrote:

Bentch rosh chodesh Adar beis

We did answer it earlier it was
להדליק נר של שבת ויום הכיפורים

Pandabeer ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 9:09 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Where does Rashi say- "I don't want your honey and I don't want your sting". ?

Yaakov to Eisov- don't be a brother and then backstab me

↑ LiLIsraeli ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 9:16 pm

theoneandonly wrote:

What is גוח אדזט?

This is the numbers of the leap years in a 19-year cycle. 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, and 19.

↑ Pandabeer

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 9:33 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Who was the first person to have fingers?
Who was the first person to age physically?
Who was the first person who got sick before he died?
Who was the first person who said a tefila ?(al pi pshat- not medresh) and what was the tefila?

1. Noach - all previous were born with fingers grown together
2. V'avruhom zukain bu bayumim
3. Yaakov - he asked hashem that he should know when he will die, until then everyone just gave a sneeze and died (that's why we say Asisa when someone sneezes)
4. Chana?

↑ LiLIsraeli ↓

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 9:36 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Did we ever get an answer for this?

↑ theoneandonly

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 9:45 pm

LiLIsraeli wrote:

This is the numbers of the leap years in a 19-year cycle. 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, and 19.

Yes!