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WorksheetsMishnah Impossible, Chapter 4
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
What do we know about the laws of reading the Megillah? *Check all that apply*
The reader of the Megillah has to be standing as they read
Two people can read the Megillah together
Depending on the custom of the place, the bracha after the reading of the Megillah might be optional
For which day does the Mishnah specify the greatest number of Torah readers?
Rosh Hodesh Hol Hamoed
Yom Kippur
Shabbat
Yom Tov
What do you need a minyan of 10 people for according, to our Mishnah? *Check all that apply*
The repetition of the Amidah
ברכת כהנים/The Priestly blessing
Learning Torah
Public Torah reading
Why must the value of a piece of land be assessed specifically by 9 people and one kohen?
Because of the "restriction following restriction" principle, after the first mention of כהן in Vayikra 27, the other nine mentions come to include non- כהנים as well.
Kohenim were known for their skills in land assessment. It was important to have a group of ten people and to make sure a kohen was included.
This is not specific; it is just a suggestion
How many verses of the Torah should be read at a time before being translated?
3
2
1
As many as you'd like
Generally, three verses of the Haftorah can be read before needing to be translated. When is this NOT the case?
When it is one of the שלש פרישיות; one where each verse constitutes its own paragraph.
On Fast Days
On holidays
When it is the haftorah portion at a bar or bat mitzvah service
What is a minor allowed to do in the tefillah service?
Lead the Repetition of the amidah; עוֹבֵר לִפְנֵי הַתֵּיבָה
Recite the introductory prayers before the shema; פּוֹרֵס עַל שְׁמַע
Read and translate from the Torah; קוֹרֵא בַּתּוֹרָה וּמְתַרְגֵּם
Recite the Priestly Benediction; נוֹשֵׂא אֶת כַּפָּיו
What marks someone as an "outsider" according to our Mishnah?
One who does not answer אמן to a bracha
One who covers their Tefillin in gold
A non-Priest who administers the Priestly Benediction
What does צפה mean?
To slide
To lead prayer services
To say a blessing
To cover
What marks someone as a "heretic" according to our Mishnah? *Check all that apply!*
Placing your tefllin incorrectly on your head and arm.
Eating on Yom Kippur
One who says "יְבָרְכוּךָ טוֹבִים," may the good bless.
Which one of these stories does our Mishnah NOT want us translating?
The second recounting of the Sin of the Golden Calf, חטא העגל
יציאת מצרים, our Exodus from Egypt
Avraham bargaining with God to save the people of Sedom
עקדת יצחק, the binding of Isaac
Are you ready to jump back into Mishnah Club learning after Pesach?!
You bet I am!
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