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Gemara Quizizz #3

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 7hrs 30mins

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Class
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1.

In the Rabbi Akiva story (last page of Makkot), what did the rabbis see? (Check all answers)

a)

Foxes walking through Har HaBayit

b)

The ruins of the Bet Hamikdash

c)

A dove flying over the ruins

d)

The Bet Hamikdash fully rebuilt

2.

Why did the rabbis cry when they saw the foxes?

a)

Because they were scared of the Romans

b)

Because one day children will walk in streets of Jerusalem

c)

If a stranger walks into the kodesh kedoshim, they die, but now foxes are walking there

d)

Because Rabbi Akiva laughed

3.

Whose nevuot (prophecies) did Rabbi Akiva connect?

a)

Uriah HaKohen

b)

Yeshayahu

c)

Zecharia

d)

Yirmiyahu

4.

Which navi (prophet) lived during the times of Bayit Rishon (1st Temple)?

a)

Yirmiyahu

b)

Uriah HaCohen (or Micah)

c)

Zechariah

d)

Yeshayahu

5.

Which navi (prophet) lived during the times of Bayit Sheini (2nd Temple)?

a)

Yirmiyahu

b)

Uriah HaCohen (or Micah)

c)

Zechariah

d)

Yeshayahu

6.

So why did Rabbi Akiva laugh?

a)

Because that was how he mourned.

b)

Now that the 2nd prophecy came true, he knows the 1st one will.

c)

Because he liked foxes.

d)

Now that the 1st prophecy came true, he knows the 2nd one will.

7.

What was the first prophecy?

a)

Foxes will enter the Bet HaMikdash

b)

Zion (Israel) will be totally destroyed (plowed like a field)

c)

Elderly ppl and children will walk and play in the streets of Jerusalem

d)

All Jews will return to Israel from all over the world

8.

What was the second prophecy?

a)

Foxes will enter the Bet HaMikdash

b)

Zion (Israel) will be totally destroyed (plowed like a field)

c)

Elderly ppl and children will walk and play in the streets of Jerusalem

d)

All Jews will return to Israel from all over the world

9.

What was the rabbis' reaction to Rabbi Akiva after he explained his reaction?

a)

Which way back to Yavneh?

b)

עקיבא, נחמתנו, עקיבא, נחמתנו - Akiva, you comforted us, Akiva, you comforted us.

c)

How can you laugh when the Temple is destroyed?

d)

How do you know the 2nd prophecy will actually come true?

10.

Where can you find the pasuk from Zecharia's prophecy in Jerusalem today?

a)

Near Yad VaShem

b)

The Old Rova in the Old City

c)

The Shuk

d)

Next to the Kotel

11.

What case did Rav Hisda originally ask Rav Nachman about?

a)

Can you take the law into your own hands if someone if taking your water?

b)

How much do you pay for boshet if you hit someone with a shovel?

c)

How much do you pay for boshet if someone steals your water?

d)

Can you hit someone who steals your water?

12.

Where should rabbis not be collecting fines?

a)

Israel

b)

Bavel

c)

Rome

d)

All of the above

13.

In the case, what did the person do first when he saw someone using the well not on his day?

a)

He hit him with a shovel

b)

He went to Bet Din

c)

He said that it was his day.

d)

He threatened to hit him with a shovel

14.

What did Rav Nachman mean when he said: מאה פנדי פנדא למחייה - you could have hit him 100 times!

a)

That he was NOT justified in hitting him with the shovel

b)

That he was justified in hitting him with a shovel

c)

That this is a case of boshet

d)

That this is not a case of עביד איניש דינא לנפשיה

15.

What does עביד איניש דינא לנפשיה mean? (it's the issue we are debating)

a)

A person CANNOT take the law into his own hands.

b)

A person CAN take the law into his own hands

c)

Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me

d)

Use your words and not your shovel

16.

Everyone agrees you can take the law into your own hands/עביד איניש דינא לנפשיה, if:

a)

It's not a case of loss

b)

It is a case of loss

c)

You already asked nicely

d)

The person is threatening you

17.

So when do the rabbis disagree over עביד איניש דינא לנפשיה/taking law into your own hands:

a)

If it is a case of loss

b)

If it is NOT a case of loss

c)

If it is a case of boshet

d)

If the person asked nicely first

18.

Why does Rav Nachman believe (when there is no loss) that עביד איניש דינא לנפשיה/you can take law into your own hands?

a)

Since you are stronger than the other person, your claim is correct

b)

Since there is no loss, why not wait and go to court?

c)

Since the law agree with you, we don't trouble you to wait to go to court.

d)

All of the above

19.

Why does Rav Yehuda believe (when there is no loss) that לא עביד איניש דינא לנפשיה/you CANNOT take law into your own hands?

a)

Since you are stronger than the other person, your claim is correct

b)

Since there is no loss, why not wait and go to court?

c)

Since the law agree with you, we don't trouble you to wait to go to court.

d)

All of the above

20.

What does פסידא mean?

a)

Disagree

b)

Loss

c)

Shovel

d)

Hit

21.

What does מחייה mean?

a)

Disagree

b)

Loss

c)

Shovel

d)

Hit

22.

What does פנדא mean?

a)

Disagree

b)

Loss

c)

Shovel

d)

Hit

23.

What does פליגי mean?

a)

Disagree/argue

b)

Loss

c)

Shovel

d)

Hit

24.

What does איכא mean?

a)

There is not

b)

There is

c)

Loss

d)

Argue

25.

What word is the opposite of איכא?

a)

פליגי

b)

איניש

c)

ליכא

d)

טרח

26.

What does טרח mean? (hint: this is part of why Rav Nachman says you can take the law into your own hands)

a)

Loss

b)

Trouble you

c)

Force you

d)

Gain