Gemara Quizizz #3

In the Rabbi Akiva story (last page of Makkot), what did the rabbis see? (Check all answers)

• Foxes walking through Har HaBayit

• The ruins of the Bet Hamikdash

• A dove flying over the ruins

• The Bet Hamikdash fully rebuilt

Why did the rabbis cry when they saw the foxes?

• Because they were scared of the Romans

• Because one day children will walk in streets of Jerusalem

• If a stranger walks into the kodesh kedoshim, they die, but now foxes are walking there

• Because Rabbi Akiva laughed

Whose nevuot (prophecies) did Rabbi Akiva connect?

• Uriah HaKohen

• Yeshayahu

• Zecharia

• Yirmiyahu

Which navi (prophet) lived during the times of Bayit Rishon (1st Temple)?

• Yirmiyahu

• Uriah HaCohen (or Micah)

• Zechariah

• Yeshayahu

Which navi (prophet) lived during the times of Bayit Sheini (2nd Temple)?

• Yirmiyahu

• Uriah HaCohen (or Micah)

• Zechariah

• Yeshayahu

So why did Rabbi Akiva laugh?

• Because that was how he mourned.

• Now that the 2nd prophecy came true, he knows the 1st one will.

• Because he liked foxes.

• Now that the 1st prophecy came true, he knows the 2nd one will.

What was the first prophecy?

• Foxes will enter the Bet HaMikdash

• Zion (Israel) will be totally destroyed (plowed like a field)

• Elderly ppl and children will walk and play in the streets of Jerusalem

• All Jews will return to Israel from all over the world

What was the second prophecy?

• Foxes will enter the Bet HaMikdash

• Zion (Israel) will be totally destroyed (plowed like a field)

• Elderly ppl and children will walk and play in the streets of Jerusalem

• All Jews will return to Israel from all over the world

What was the rabbis' reaction to Rabbi Akiva after he explained his reaction?

• Which way back to Yavneh?

• עקיבא, נחמתנו, עקיבא, נחמתנו - Akiva, you comforted us, Akiva, you comforted us.

• How can you laugh when the Temple is destroyed?

• How do you know the 2nd prophecy will actually come true?

Where can you find the pasuk from Zecharia's prophecy in Jerusalem today?

• Near Yad VaShem

• The Old Rova in the Old City

• The Shuk

• Next to the Kotel