S/o Jewish riddles!

effess

Tue, Dec 05 2023, 1:28 am

dena613 wrote:

How broad can the term "raised" be?
Nevuchadnezzar (was he the one raised by wolves, or was it someone else?)
Basya to Moshe
Devorah meinekes Rivkah
Bilhah to yosef and Binyomin
Mordechai to Esther
Eli to shmuel

Great work!

dena613

Tue, Dec 05 2023, 1:41 am

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dena613

Tue, Dec 05 2023, 1:41 am

effess wrote:

Great work!

Do you have more ideas?
Can you give hints, like which sefer they are in?

effess

Thu, Dec 07 2023, 11:52 pm

Chanukah trivia

Explain all these numbers as they relate to Chanukah. Most are super obvious, some less so.

25
44
8
1
56
5
7
89
3448
I’ll add more later

dena613

Thu, Dec 07 2023, 11:54 pm

effess wrote:

Chanukah trivia

Explain all these numbers as they relate to Chanukah. Most are super obvious, some less so.

25
44
8
1
56
5
7
89
3448
I’ll add more later

Here are more Chanukah numbers
36
44

Edited to fix a mistake in the number

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#Happymom

Thu, Dec 07 2023, 11:55 pm

effess wrote:

Chanukah trivia

Explain all these numbers as they relate to Chanukah. Most are super obvious, some less so.

25
44
8
1
56
5
7
89
3448
I’ll add more later

25 kislev
44
8 nights of chanuka
1 jug oil
56 total lights
5 sons of Mattisyahu
7 lights on menorah in beis hamikdash
89
3448 year of chanuka story

dena613

Thu, Dec 07 2023, 11:57 pm

effess wrote:

Chanukah trivia

Explain all these numbers as they relate to Chanukah. Most are super obvious, some less so.

25
44
8
1
56
5
7
89
3448
I’ll add more later

7 eradicate shabbos
8 days of Chanukah
5 sons of matisyahu
3448 I guess is the year
1 day oil should have lasted

effess

Fri, Dec 08 2023, 1:02 am

All Correct!
besides 3448 it is not the year of the story of Chanukah but it is significant as it relates to Chanukah
Hint: Chanukah happened later.

cbsp

Fri, Dec 08 2023, 1:04 am

I have 36 +8 for each day's shamash =44 total neiros. How do you get 56?

effess

Fri, Dec 08 2023, 1:07 am

cbsp wrote:

I have 36 +8 for each day's shamash =44 total neiros. How do you get 56?

Total lights of the miracle
7 lights x 8 days

dena613

Fri, Dec 08 2023, 1:17 am

effess wrote:

All Correct!
besides 3448 it is not the year of the story of Chanukah but it is significant as it relates to Chanukah
Hint: Chanukah happened later.

Year of Alexander the great?

cbsp

Fri, Dec 08 2023, 1:25 am

effess wrote:

Total lights of the miracle
7 lights x 8 days

Oh. Of course!

effess

Fri, Dec 08 2023, 1:27 am

dena613 wrote:

Year of Alexander the great?

Correct!
Year he met Shimon ha tzaddik

effess

Sun, Dec 10 2023, 1:28 am

Parshas miketz trivia

Cows: aside from korbanos where else in the Torah do we learn about cows?
Midrashim included
Bulls included

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effess

Sun, Dec 10 2023, 1:29 am

Miketz trivia:
List all the ppl in Tanach who were in jail
Good ppl and lhavdil the bad ones too
Include Midrashim

dena613

Sun, Dec 10 2023, 1:37 am

effess wrote:

Parshas miketz trivia

Cows: aside from korbanos where else in the Torah do we learn about cows?
Midrashim included
Bulls included

Bris bein habesarim
Para aduma
Egel hazahav
Cows bringing Aron in Navi
Bechor shoro hadar lo
Vayehi li shor vachamor

effess

Sun, Dec 10 2023, 2:11 am

dena613 wrote:

Bris bein habesarim
Para aduma
Egel hazahav
Cows bringing Aron in Navi
Bechor shoro hadar lo
Vayehi li shor vachamor

Great start!
There are more

#Happymom

Sun, Dec 10 2023, 4:28 am

effess wrote:

Great start!
There are more

Yeravam introduced golden calves as Avodah Zarah in Malchus Yisrael.

Har HaCarmel, with Eliyahu Hanavi and Nevii Baal with their two young twin bulls.

7 fat and skinny cows in Pharaoh's dreams

And Geichazi caused a calf to rise up with strong magnets

dena613

Mon, Dec 11 2023, 12:17 am

effess wrote:

Miketz trivia:
List all the ppl in Tanach who were in jail
Good ppl and lhavdil the bad ones too
Include Midrashim

Yosef
Eldad uMeidad - Adoni Moshe, kelaeim!
Kings in Navi?
Daniel?

shanie5

Mon, Dec 11 2023, 10:10 pm

#Happymom wrote:

25 kislev
44
8 nights of chanuka
1 jug oil
56 total lights
5 sons of Mattisyahu
7 lights on menorah in beis hamikdash
89
3448 year of chanuka story

So what is 89?