WorksheetsDinei Tefila
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
How should one be dressed for Tefila?
however you want - pajamas, bathing suit, etc.
appropriately - we are talking to Hashem
Before tefila one should (click all that apply)
do a mitzva like give tzedaka
wash hands
go to the bathroom
eat breakfast
Should a person say birchot hatorah if s/he is going to work after davening and not intending to learn torah?
no
yes
the paragraphs following birchot hatorah
are not connected to birchot hatorah
are words of torah, mishna and gemara so we will have learned torah and not made the brachot on torah learning for no reason.
A ברכה ארוכה is:
a long paragraph ending with a bracha
a tefila that begins with a bracha and ends with a bracha
The purpose of the section of of davening from ברוך שאמר through ישתבח is:
to put us in the right frame of mind to daven shemone esray
to give us something to do prior to davening shemone esray
פסוקי דזמרה are like a _____________________ because it starts with a bracha of ברוך שאמר and a ends with the bracha in ישתבח.
ברכה ארוכה
ברכה רגילה
Many of the verses in פסוקי דזמרה come from
תנ"ך
תהילים
The verses in פסוקי דזמרה talk a lot about
everyday miracles that happen in nature and praise of Hashem
words of complaint against Hashem
It is a mitzva to say Shema _________ times per day.
3
2
One of the basics of our Judaism is contained in the first sentence of shema. What is it?
Hashem will punish us
Hashem is one
In Shema we talk about several mitzvot. Some of them are:
tzitzit, tefilin, mezuza
davening, torah learning, eating healthy
If we include the beginning words that we say when we are not with a minyan (א-ל מלך נאמן) how many words are in Shema?
248
365
There are ________positive mitzvot in the torah.
365
248
A positive commandment is:
a commandment telling us to do something
a commandment telling us not to do something.
When saying Shema, one needs to concentrate fully on the first line. If one does not focus, s/he
should just keep on going
should say that first line again
What must we emphasize when saying the words of the first sentence of Shema?
the entire sentence
the ע of shema and the ד of אחד
During the time of the Beit HaMikdash, who used to say Shema and who used to say ברוך שם כבוד מחכותו?
Kohanim used to say Shema, the nation responded with baruch...
Nation used to say Shema, the kohanim responded with baruch
What do we do when we say the first line in order to improve our concentration?
say the words out loud
cover our eyes
We also say Shema
right when we wake up in the morning
before we go to sleep
