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Taanis P2 1-5

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is the שופר blown during the last seven fast?

a)

Yes

b)

No

2.

What is taken out to the street during the last seven fasts?

a)

All the chairs and benches from the שול

b)

Any leftover food is burnt in to ashes

c)

The ארון הקודש

3.

During the last seven fasts special דרשות were said to arouse them to do תשובה

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Which of the following is correct?

a)

They all sprinkled on each other with ashes of the פרה אדומה

b)

Someone placed ashes on the heads of the נשיא and אב בית דין

c)

The נשיא and the אב בית דין would put ashes on their own heads

5.

Which of the following פסוקים is written in the תורה regarding the people of ננוה?

a)

וירא האלוקים את שקם ואת תעניתם

b)

וירא האלוקים את מעשיהם כי שבו מדרכם הרעה

c)

וקרעו לבבכם ואל בגדיכם

6.

The אב בית דין said the words which conquer their hearts.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

To be the חזן during the seven fast days you must be fluent in Davening.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

To be the חזן during the seven fast days you must be at least 45 years old.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The חזן must have

a)

Ashes on his head

b)

A very loud voice

c)

Children

d)

A broken down house

10.

What is the meaning of וּבֵיתוֹ רֵיקָם his house is empty?

a)

Empty from עבירות

b)

Empty from money

c)

Empty from children.

11.

Why does the חזן need all these qualifications?

a)

His תפלות will be with much more כוונה.

b)

He will be able to finish the extra long שמונה עשרה quickly.

c)

So people will not bored of his Davening.

12.

How many extra ברכות were added in שמונה עשרה, during the seven fast days?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

13.

What was special about the ברכה of גואל ישראל during the 7 fast days?

a)

It was an extra ברכה added to שמונה עשרה.

b)

It was omitted.

c)

It was made very long by adding extra parts to it.

14.

Who cried out to ה' in גלגל?

a)

שמואל

b)

אליהו

c)

יהושע

15.

Where was יונה when he cried out to ה'?

a)

מצפה

b)

במעי הדגה

c)

ירושלים

16.

According to תנא קמא in משנה ג' which of the following was not said.

a)

מלכיות

b)

זכרונות

c)

שופרות

17.

What is the connection between our fathers on the ים סוף and זוכר הנשכחות?

a)

The couldn’t remember the way to ארץ ישראל

b)

The אידן were like forgotten in מצרים

c)

Our fathers were fighting עמלק which we always must remember

18.

(משנה ה') A seven day fast was decreed during the days of?

a)

רבי חלפתא & רבי חנניה בן תרדיון

b)

רבי יהודה

c)

רבן גמליאל

19.

What is the מחלוקת between רבי חלפתא ורבי חנניא בן תרדיון and the חכמים?

a)

If we should answer אמן after the בית המקדש was destroyed.

b)

If we should answer ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו... quietly or out loud.

c)

If it is permitted to answer ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו... outside the בית המקדש.

20.

According to חכמים only in the בית המקדש we may answer ברוך שם instead of אמן.

a)

True

b)

False