WorksheetsMeseches Berachos - Sugyah #9
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 44mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
According to Bais Hillel, how should one read the shema?
a)
The morning shema should be read while sitting up, the evening shema should be read while leaning.
b)
It can be read while standing, sitting, walking, leaning or working.
c)
It can be read while standing, sitting, leaning but not walking.
d)
It can be read while standing, sitting, walking, leaning but not working.
2.
Who was eating together?
a)
Hillel & Shamai.
b)
Bais Hillel & Bais Shamai.
c)
Rabbi Yishmael & Rabbi Elazar ben Azaria.
d)
Rav Yosef & Rav Yechezkel.
3.
Who was leaning while eating?
a)
רבי ישמעאל
b)
רבי אלעזר בן עזריא
c)
רב יוסף
d)
רבי יחזקאל
4.
Who was sitting up while eating?
a)
רבי ישמעאל
b)
רבי אלעזר בן עזריא
c)
רב יוסף
d)
רבי יחזקאל
5.
Who leaned when reading Shema?
a)
רבי ישמעאל
b)
רבי אלעזר בן עזריא
c)
רב יוסף
d)
רבי יחזקאל
6.
Who sat up to read the Shema?
a)
רבי ישמעאל
b)
רבי אלעזר בן עזריא
c)
רב יוסף
d)
רבי יחזקאל
7.
Who was offended by the action of the other?
a)
רבי ישמעאל
b)
רבי אלעזר בן עזריא
c)
רב יוסף
d)
רבי יחזקאל
8.
Who was following Bais Shamai when reading Shema?
a)
רבי ישמעאל
b)
רבי אלעזר בן עזריא
c)
רב יוסף
d)
רבי יחזקאל
9.
Who was following Bais Hillel when reading the Shema?
a)
רבי ישמעאל
b)
רבי אלעזר בן עזריא
c)
רב יוסף
d)
רבי יחזקאל
10.
Why should רבי ישמעאל not have sat up?
a)
Bais Hillel also agrees you can lean.
b)
Since רבי אלעזר בן עזריה was sitting up.
c)
Since רבי ישמעאל was a student of בית שמאי.
d)
Since he was old it was difficult for him to move.
11.
To what did רבי אלעזר בן עזריה compare רבי ישמעאל to?
a)
A man who shaved his beard.
b)
A man who was praised for his beard so he wanted to shave it off.
c)
A man who does not have a beard but wanted to grow one.
d)
A man who grew a beard so people will praise him for it.
12.
Why did רבי ישמעאל insist on sitting up?
a)
So that רבי אלעזר בן עזריה would not copy him again.
b)
His back was bothering him from leaning.
c)
So that the students will stop their meal and read the shema as well.
d)
So that the students would not think he follows בית שמאי.
13.
Why would it seem to the students that the הלכה follows בית שמאי?
a)
Since רבי ישמעאל would read the shema while leaning.
b)
Since רבי אלעזר בן עזריה was sitting up and then changed position for the shema.
c)
Since רבי ישמעאל was a student of בית שמאי.
d)
Since רבי ישמעאל was originally leaning and sat up to read the shema.
14.
According to Bais Hillel, it seems that one should not…
a)
…ever read the shema while leaning.
b)
…change positions when the time for shema comes.
15.
What does Rav Yosef say about one who follows Bais Shamai?
a)
He did okay.
b)
It's as if he did nothing.
c)
He should do teshuva.
d)
He gave a wrong impression to the students.
16.
What does Rav Yechezkel say about one who follows Bais Shamai?
a)
He did okay.
b)
It's as if he did nothing.
c)
He should do teshuva.
d)
He gave a wrong impression to the students.
17.
What was brought as a proof to Rav Yosef?
a)
A pasuk by the shema.
b)
A machlokes about how much to eat on Succos.
c)
An argument about a kosher sucah.
d)
A machlokes about what secach to use on a sucah.
18.
What do בית שמאי an בית הלל argue on by a succah?
a)
If a person has to fit most of his body in the succah.
b)
If a person needs to sit in the succah or standing also fulfills the mitzvah.
c)
How big of a table is needed for the succah.
d)
If the succah has to be large enough to fit the table.
19.
How was רבי יוחנן חורנית found when the elders of Bais Shamai and Bais Hillel visited him?
a)
He was sleeping in the succah.
b)
He was eating but his table was outside the succah.
c)
He was leaning while saying shema.
d)
He was sitting up while saying shema.
20.
According to Bais Hillel what did the elders of Bais Shamai tell him?
a)
You are acting properly.
b)
If this is how you act you have never fulfilled the mitzvha.
c)
You should say a beracha out loud.
d)
Nothing.
21.
According to Bais Shamai what did the elders of Bais Shamai tell him?
a)
You are acting properly.
b)
If this is how you act you have never fulfilled the mitzvha.
c)
You should say a beracha out loud.
d)
Nothing.
22.
How does this story prove Rav Yosef's opinion.
a)
It doesn't.
b)
Just as Bais Shamai discounts those who follow Bais Hillel, so to the reverse.
c)
We see that Bais Shamai really accepts the opinion of Bais Hillel.
d)
We see that Bais Hillel really accepts the opinion of Bais Shamai.
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