The Big Four Format: Nouns
and Adjectives
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Suffix
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Meaning
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Examples
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none
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masculine singular
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סוּס (horse)
טוֹב סוּס (good horse)
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ָה
(Kamatz and He)
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feminine singular
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- סוּסָה
(mare)
- סוּסָה טוֹבָה (good mare)
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ִים
(Chirik,
Yud and Mem)
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masculine plural
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- סוּסִים
(horses)
- סוּסִים טוֹבִים (good horses)
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וֹת (Cholam and Tav)
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feminine plural
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- סוּסוֹת
(mares)
- סוּסוֹת טוֹבוֹת (good mares)
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And
sometimes, there is this special suffix….
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ַיִם
(Patach,
Yud with Chirik and Mem)
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masculine and feminine noun dual
form
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1)
How many months is the
Passover seder from the 1st night of sukkot?
a.
5 months
b.
6 months
c.
8 months
d.
9 months, 15 days
e.
You can’t food me. Sukkot is the Hebrew Name of Passover!
2)
Which of the following is
not part of the Passover seder:
a.
Kiddush
b.
Urchatz
c.
Karpas
d.
Yachatz
e.
Maggid
3)
Good job! What else is NOT
part of the seder
a.
Hand washing
b.
Hamotzi
c.
More handwashing
d.
Eating Matza as dessert
e.
Asking four new questions
each year
4)
And anything else that is
not part of the seder
a.
Tzafun
b.
Barech
c.
Hallel
d.
Nirtzah
e.
Kofer
5)
What’s one of the things
many Conservatie Jewish families don’t do in part of the seder after the meal?
a.
Barech (Grace after meals)
b.
Hallel (more singing
praises to God
c.
The Third cup of wine
d.
The Fourth cup of wine
e.
There’s a part of the seder
after the meal??
6)
Which of the following does
not take place in maggid, the telling and asking part of the seder
a.
Four cups of wine
b.
Four questions
c.
Rabban Gamliel’s 3 things
you have to talk about
d.
The ten plauges
e.
Singing Daieynu
7)
Wait, what does Passover
have to do wit this week’s Torah portion
a.
It doesn’t, it’s just Jewish trivia
b.
“My father was a wandering
Aramean” is in the portion and the Haggadah
c.
“The ten plagues “ are in the portion and in he Haggadah.
d.
“Who knows One” is in the
portion and in the haggadah
e.
It doesn’t, Mar Hirsch ran
out of questions on the parshah.
8)
So what else is in this
portion?
a.
Kosher and Treyf (Yiddish for “torn,” or not kosher)
b.
Laws of good and evil
c.
Verses of Blessings and
Curses
d.
A review of all the ancient
Jewish holidays
e.
A warning not to disturb
the Ark of the Covenant.
9)
Anything else in this part
of the Torah
a.
Saving a portion of your crops for the widow a
b.
Saving a portion of your crops for the orphan
c.
Saving a portion of your crops for the stranger
d.
Saving a portion of your
crops for the landless Levites
e.
Dude, you’re supposed to
save a portion for all of those people.
10) Okay, fine. But what is
this about reading a part of the Torah quietly and in a subdued tone?
a.
It talks about the death of
Miriam
b.
It talks about the death of
Aharon
c.
It talks about the death of
Moses
d.
It talks about a whole lot
of curses for not following the Torah
e.
I’m not falling for
this! We always read torah loudly and
clearly.
Devarim Chapter 27: Can I get an “Amen!”???
It was then that Moses charged the people, saying:
After you have crossed the Jordan, the following shall stand
on Mount Gerizim when the blessing for the people is spoken: Simeon, Levi,
Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
And for the curse, the following shall stand on Mount Ebal:
Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
The Levites shall then proclaim in a loud voice to all the
people of Israel:
Cursed be any party who makes a sculptured or molten image,
abhorred by Adonai, a craftsman’s handiwork, and sets it up in secret [for
worship].—And all the people shall respond, Amen!
Cursed be the one who publicly insults father or mother.—And
all the people shall say, Amen!
Cursed be the one who moves a neighbor’s landmark.—And all
the people shall say, Amen!
Cursed be the one who misdirects a blind person who is
underway.—And all the people shall say, Amen!
Cursed be the one who subverts the rights of the stranger,
the fatherless, and the widow.—And all the people shall say, Amen!
Cursed be the one who strikes down a fellow [Israelite] in
secret.—And all the people shall say, Amen!
Cursed be the one who accepts a bribe in the case of the
murder of an innocent person.—And all the people shall say, Amen!
Cursed be whoever will not uphold the terms of this Teaching
and observe them.—And all the people shall say, Amen!
Devarim Chapter 27: Blessings and curses
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Now, if you
obey your God Adonai, to observe faithfully all the divine commandments which
I enjoin upon you this day, your God Adonai will set you high above all the
nations of the earth.
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But if you do
not obey your God Adonai to observe faithfully all the commandments and laws
which I enjoin upon you this day
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All these
blessings shall come upon you and take effect, if you will but heed the word
of your God Adonai:
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All these
curses shall come upon you and take effect:
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Blessed shall
you be in the city and blessed shall you be in the country.
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Cursed shall
you be in the city and cursed shall you be in the country.
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Blessed shall
be your issue from the womb, your produce from the soil, and the offspring of
your cattle, the calving of your herd and the lambing of your flock.
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Cursed shall
be your issue from the womb and your produce from the soil, the calving of
your herd and the lambing of your flock.
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Blessed shall
be your basket and your kneading bowl.
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Cursed shall
be your basket and your kneading bowl.
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Blessed shall
you be in your comings and blessed shall you be in your goings.
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Cursed shall
you be in your comings and cursed shall you be in your goings.
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Ki Tavo—Chapter 26
When you enter the land that your God Adonai is giving you
as a heritage, and you possess it and settle in it, you shall take some of every first fruit of
the soil, which you harvest from the land that your God Adonai is giving you,
put it in a basket and go to the place where your God Adonai will choose to
establish the divine name.
You shall go to the priest in charge at that time and say to
him, “I acknowledge this day before your God Adonai that I have entered the
land that Adonai swore to our fathers to assign us.”
The priest shall take the basket from your hand and set it
down in front of the altar of your God Adonai.
You shall then recite as follows before your God Adonai: “My
father was a wanderer from Aram. He went down to Egypt with meager numbers and made
a long visit there; but there he became a great and very populous nation.
The Egyptians dealt harshly with us and oppressed us; they
imposed heavy labor upon us. We cried to
Adonai, the God of our ancestors, and Adonai heard our plea and saw our plight,
our misery, and our oppression. Adonai freed us from Egypt by a mighty hand, by
an outstretched arm and awesome power, and by signs and portents, bringing us
to this place and giving us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Wherefore I now bring the first fruits of the soil which
You, Adonai, have given me.” You shall leave it before your God Adonai and bow
low before your God Adonai. And you shall enjoy, together with the [family of
the] Levite and the stranger in your midst, all the bounty that your God Adonai
has bestowed upon you and your household.
