Biur Tefilah

Before reciting מודה אני each morning, we have to first use the bathroom and wash our hands/נטילת ידיים

• True

• False

The Bracha of אשר יצר is focused on:

• Praising Hashem for giving us life each morning

• Praising Hashem for the amazing digestive system we have

• Praising Hashem for forgiving us for doing עבירות/sins

• None of the answers here

Which of the following are reasons for our sages requiring Netilat Yadayim each morning?

• Because our hands may have touched unclean parts of our bodies at night

• Because we are like new beings each morning and must dedicate ourselves, like Kohanim, to serve Hashem

• Both A and B

• None of the answers here

What do we mean when we say that Hashem is ONE? שמע ישראל ה' אלקינו ה' אחד

• That He can't be divided into 2

• That He is not physical

• That there are no other gods aside from Him

• All of the answers here

The mitzvah of ואהבת את ה' אלקיך is difficult to fulfil because...

• It's a lot of responsibility

• We've never "met" Hashem, and how can we love someone we never met?

• There are no details in the Torah on how to do it

• None of the answers here

We explained that the following pesukim explain how to love Hashem

והיו הדברים האלה אשר אנכי מצוך היום על לבבך. ושננתם לבניך ודברת בם

In other words,

• by learning His Torah, you get to know Him and love Him

• by putting a mezuzah on your doorways, and kissing it when you go in and out

• by keeping Shabbat and giving Tzedaka

• None of the answers here

We mentioned another way to come to love Hashem, brought by the Rambam:

• Go to college and get a liberal arts education

• Learn to appreciate great music and you'll feel spiritual

• Study and appreciate nature and you'll appreciate the Designer of the world (Hashem)

In the Shema, it says to love Hashem בכל לבבך. The Mishna explains that this means:

• With all your heart

• With both your Yetzer HaRa and Yetzer HaTov

• Even if your life is in danger

The Mishna in Berachot also says the Shema teaches...

• us to recite a bracha on both good and bad things that happen

• us to believe that Hashem took us out of Eretz Mizraim

• us that Hashem gifted us the Land of Israel

The obligation to bless on both good and bad things that happen is learned from these words:

• בכל לבבך

• בכל נפשך

• בכל מאדך