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WorksheetsVisual Introduction to Gemara Quiz 1
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
When Hashem gave the Torah at Har Sinai, what did the people first hear?
A Sefer Torah
The Aseres Hadibros
The 613 Mitzvos
When were the Jewish people told the 613 Mitzvos?
At Har Sinai
During the 40 years in the desert
After going into Eretz Yisrael with Yehoshua
What was given orally and not written down in the Sefer Torah?
The 613 Mitzvos
The Aseres Hadibros
The explanations of the Mitzvos
There were 2 ways the explanations were handed down. The 1st one is called Mesora. Explain what this means.
The explanations that Moshe explained directly
The explanations that Moshe explained indirectly
The tools that Moshe gave over to know the rules how to interpret the Pesukim
The 2nd way the explanations were handed down is knows as the י"ג מדות שהתורה נדרשת בהן. What does this mean?
The explanations that Moshe gave directly
The explanations that Moshe gave indirectly
The tools that Moshe gave over to know the rules how to interpret the Pesukim
The Rabbis were also given the power to make new rules as well. Takanos, Gezeiros and Minhagim. What are Gezeiros?
Decrees to protect people from doing an Aveira
The tools that Moshe gave over to know the rules how to interpret the Pesukim
New customs
What are Takanos?
Laws made by the Chachamim to protect someone from doing an Aveira
Laws made by the Chachamim to improve something needed
A custom that the Chachamim introduced to strengthen Yiddishkeit
What are Minhagim?
Laws made by the Chachomim to protect someone from doing an Aveira
Laws made by the Chachomim to fix something or make something better
A custom that the Chachomim introduced to strengthen Yiddishkeit
Neiros Shabbos Kodesh is a
Gezeira
Takana
Minhag
Muktze is a
Gezeira
Takana
Minhag
Eating hot foods on Shabbos is a
Minhag
Gezeira
Takana
In the first 1300 years (until the end of the Sanhedrin) what would happen if there was a doubt in an explanation that Moshe Rabbeinu had given over directly?
Each community would follow their Rabbi's way
The Sanhedrin would argue it out and go according to the majority
The Sanhedrin would explain the correct way and everyone would accept that
During this period, what would happen if there was a disagreement in how to apply one of the rules that Moshe Rabbeinu had given to interpret the Pesukim?
Each community would follow their Rabbi's way
The Sanhedrin would argue it out and go according to the majority
The Sanhedrin would explain the correct way and everyone would accept that
