Sacred Space Unit

Abba Binyamin taught that prayer is only heard in the beit knesset.

• True

• False

Rashi believed that "a place of song" refers to a beit knesset because...

• it is a big building with good acoustics

• it is a microcosm of the Temple

• it is a place where people sing

• all prayer is offered in the form of song

Which verse does Rav Ashi use to argue that a person who intends to do a mitzvah but is prevented from doing so is still considered as if they had performed the mitzvah?

• Among the divine beings He pronounces judgement (Psalms 72:1)

• A book of remembrance was written before Him for them that fear the Lord and think upon His name. (Malachi 3:16)

• God stands in the grand assembly (Psalms 72:1)

• Rejoice with trembling (Psalms 2:11)

What is the difference between two people learning Torah and one person learning Torah?

• There is no difference

• One counts as a mitzvah and the other doesn't

• Real learning can only happen with at least two people

• God records the Torah learning of two people but not of one

When ten people gather to pray...

• the gates of prayer are opened

• God enters the room before they do

• their prayers are always answered

• their prayers are not heard

According to Rabbi Yochanan a person should only pray in a room with a...

• Piano

• Sefer Torah

• Window

• Balcony

According to Rav Kahanna a field where people are often crossing is a good place for prayer.

• True

• False

What does Benayahu ben Yehoyada think having a window in the beit knesset symbolizes?

• How God is distant but not totally removed

• How the gates of prayer are always open

• The purity of the human soul

• The correct hours for offering prayers

According to Rav Hisda, what should there be when a person enters a beit knesset?

• At least two windows

• A ner tamid

• A sefer torah

• An antechamber, so that you walk through two doors to get into a sanctuary

The stama d'gemara suggests what alternative reading of Rabbi Hisda?

• That it is only the space of two doorways, not literal doorways

• That it is literal doorways

• That it can be arches instead of doorways

• That they must face east