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WorksheetsSefirat HaOmer - The counting of the Omer
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What position should one be in when counting Sefira?
standing
sitting
either standing or sitting
it's a machlokes
What does "עומר" mean?
counting
a measurement (of barley)
another name for the second day of Pesach
Say
If someone forgot to count at night, and he remembers the next morning, what should he do?
Count without Brocho that day and later days with brocho
Count with Brocho that day and following days
Just continue counting from that night with a brocho
Just continue counting from that night without a brocho
If you forgot to count one night, and you only remembered the following night, what should you do?
Continue counting all nights without a Brocho
Continue counting all nights with a Brocho
You don't need to count anymore
It's a Machlokes
If someone asks you, after sunset, what day of the עומר he is supposed to count, what should you not answer?
Tonight is ...
Yesterday was ...
Point to the number
Show him on your fingers
Why should you not tell someone what that night's number is if it's after sunset?
because then you have fulfilled the Mitzva and can no longer make the Brocho
because he should know it on his own
In case you mix him up
because everyone is meant to say it themselves
Which sad event happened during the period of Sefirat Haomer?
The Jews of Beitar were massacred by the Romans
The students of Rabbi Akiva passed away
Jews were massacred during the crusades
Jews were massacred during the Cossack uprising
How many students did Rabbi Akiva have?
24,000
12,000
2,400
48,000
Which of these things can't we do during Sefira?
There is more than one answer. You must select all of them
Marriage
Engagement
Haircuts
Singing
What did not happen on ל"ג בעומר?
The students of Rabbi Akiva stopped dying
Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai passed away
Rabbi Akiva passed away
Why can we not begin the Yom Tov of שבועות early?
so that we have 7 complete weeks of Sefira
because the Jews slept in to the giving of the Torah
because it doesnt have a specific date on the calendar
so that we rest before staying up the whole night
What month and day do we start Sefirat Haomer?
15 Nissan
6 Sivan
16 Nissan
1 Iyar
Sefirat Haomer is counted between which two holidays?
Pesach and Shavuot
Pesach and Lag BaOmer
Purim and Pesach
Lag BaOmer and Shavuot
How many days and how many weeks do we count?
40 days, 7 weeks
28 days, 4 weeks
50 days, 7 weeks
49 days, 7 Weeks
On Motzei Shabbat, what comes first, Havdala or Sefirat Haomer?
Havdallah
Sefirat HaOmer
What day of the Omer is Lag BaOmer?
13th
49th
50th
33rd
What two things do we commemorate on Lag BaOmer?
The students of Rabbi Akiva stopped dying
We received the Torah from Har Sinai
We brought the Korban Omer in the Beit Hamikdash
Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai passed away
Which one of these do we NOT do on Lag BaOmer?
Keep the laws of mourning
Light bon fires
Visit the Kever (burial site) of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai
Make a Parade to show Jewish pride and unity
Why did the students of Rabbi Akiva die?
Because they had too much respect for each other
Because they were old
Because they did not act with enough respect to each other.
What is Pesach Sheini according to the Torah?
A day that we eat Matzah
The day we left Egypt
A second chance to bring the Korban Pesach
The day we received the Torah
