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Sefirat HaOmer - The counting of the Omer

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

What position should one be in when counting Sefira?

a)

standing

b)

sitting

c)

either standing or sitting

d)

it's a machlokes

2.

What does "עומר" mean?

a)

counting

b)

a measurement (of barley)

c)

another name for the second day of Pesach

d)

Say

3.

If someone forgot to count at night, and he remembers the next morning, what should he do?

a)

Count without Brocho that day and later days with brocho

b)

Count with Brocho that day and following days

c)

Just continue counting from that night with a brocho

d)

Just continue counting from that night without a brocho

4.

If you forgot to count one night, and you only remembered the following night, what should you do?

a)

Continue counting all nights without a Brocho

b)

Continue counting all nights with a Brocho

c)

You don't need to count anymore

d)

It's a Machlokes

5.

If someone asks you, after sunset, what day of the עומר he is supposed to count, what should you not answer?

a)

Tonight is ...

b)

Yesterday was ...

c)

Point to the number

d)

Show him on your fingers

6.

Why should you not tell someone what that night's number is if it's after sunset?

a)

because then you have fulfilled the Mitzva and can no longer make the Brocho

b)

because he should know it on his own

c)

In case you mix him up

d)

because everyone is meant to say it themselves

7.

Which sad event happened during the period of Sefirat Haomer?

a)

The Jews of Beitar were massacred by the Romans

b)

The students of Rabbi Akiva passed away

c)

Jews were massacred during the crusades

d)

Jews were massacred during the Cossack uprising

8.

How many students did Rabbi Akiva have?

a)

24,000

b)

12,000

c)

2,400

d)

48,000

9.

Which of these things can't we do during Sefira?

There is more than one answer. You must select all of them

a)

Marriage

b)

Engagement

c)

Haircuts

d)

Singing

10.

What did not happen on ל"ג בעומר?

a)

The students of Rabbi Akiva stopped dying

b)

Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai passed away

c)

Rabbi Akiva passed away

11.

Why can we not begin the Yom Tov of שבועות early?

a)

so that we have 7 complete weeks of Sefira

b)

because the Jews slept in to the giving of the Torah

c)

because it doesnt have a specific date on the calendar

d)

so that we rest before staying up the whole night

12.

What month and day do we start Sefirat Haomer?

a)

15 Nissan

b)

6 Sivan

c)

16 Nissan

d)

1 Iyar

13.

Sefirat Haomer is counted between which two holidays?

a)

Pesach and Shavuot

b)

Pesach and Lag BaOmer

c)

Purim and Pesach

d)

Lag BaOmer and Shavuot

14.

How many days and how many weeks do we count?

a)

40 days, 7 weeks

b)

28 days, 4 weeks

c)

50 days, 7 weeks

d)

49 days, 7 Weeks

15.

On Motzei Shabbat, what comes first, Havdala or Sefirat Haomer?

a)

Havdallah

b)

Sefirat HaOmer

16.

What day of the Omer is Lag BaOmer?

a)

13th

b)

49th

c)

50th

d)

33rd

17.

What two things do we commemorate on Lag BaOmer?

a)

The students of Rabbi Akiva stopped dying

b)

We received the Torah from Har Sinai

c)

We brought the Korban Omer in the Beit Hamikdash

d)

Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai passed away

18.

Which one of these do we NOT do on Lag BaOmer?

a)

Keep the laws of mourning

b)

Light bon fires

c)

Visit the Kever (burial site) of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai

d)

Make a Parade to show Jewish pride and unity

19.

Why did the students of Rabbi Akiva die?

a)

Because they had too much respect for each other

b)

Because they were old

c)

Because they did not act with enough respect to each other.

20.

What is Pesach Sheini according to the Torah?

a)

A day that we eat Matzah

b)

The day we left Egypt

c)

A second chance to bring the Korban Pesach

d)

The day we received the Torah