Saturday, May 10, 2025

28th day of the Omer- Doing Passover All over Again?


        Shauvot!-

Daf yomi?

Day of the homer -- https://homercalendar.net/Welcome.html

Shavu-what?

Mackenzie’s Homework.

 

            Bimbam-  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEcwkaIjpmk

Saleinu- Handout,  Old school version:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJXpkNMTrRw

Akdamus! Or Akdamut  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBRBzRHsnV4

Ruth Quiz!

 

Pesach Sheni! Matza!

            Handout

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfgZocjHx8c

 

Hebrew

 Banana Cookie pudding!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huShuBqacdI

            OR

        Pecan Pie!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lIHvULQW9s

Aleinu – va’anachnu

THE BOOK OF RUTH is set in the time of the Shof’tim,  the chieftains and judges of Israel. This is after Joshau leads the people into the land,  and before the time of the kings. But what else is there to know about the book?

1)     The book of Ruth is in which part of the Tanakh/Hebrew bible?

a.     Torah

b.     Nevi’im

c.     Ketuvim

d.     Mishnayot

e.     The book of Ruth is not in the bible, Dude. It’s in the Mashehu.

 

2)    In terms of length, the book of Ruth is

a.     The shortest in the bible. Just one chapter.

b.     Pretty short. 4 chapters

c.     Medium length- 20 chapters

d.     Pretty long,  35 chapters.

e.     The longest book in the Bible, 150 chapters.

 

3)    Ruth, the heroine of the story, is actually from

a.     Jerusalem

b.     Tekoa

c.     Modi’in

d.     Beit El

e.     Moav, a nation outside of Israel.

 

4)    Naomi flees her home town in Judah because of famine with her two sons. They marry local girls in Moav, and then they

a.     Become leaders in Moav

b.     Become really wealthy in Moav

c.     Both divorce their wives

d.     Both die in Moav

e.     Both create a k-pop band that is huge in Japan. Google said so.

 

5)    Orpah tells Naomi she’s going back to her family. What does Ruth not tell Naomi?

a.      Where you go, I will go.

b.     Your people will be my people

c.     Those you hate, I will hate

d.     Your god will be my God

e.     Where you are buried, I will be buried

 

6)    Because of these words, what part of the Jewish community finds celebration with the book of Ruth?

a.     Kohanim

b.     Converts

c.     Divorced people

d.     The Jewish burial society

e.     Satmar Chasidim

 

7)    Naomi and Ruth go back to Naomi’s home town, Beit Lechem, which in English is

a.     Jerusalem

b.     Modiin

c.     Nazareth

d.     Bes Lechem

e.      Bethelehem

 

 

8)    What commandment allows Ruth and Naomi to actually have food?

a.     Honest Weights and Measurements

b.     Fish must have fins and scales

c.     Not loaning at interest

d.     Leaving gleanings and corners of fields for the poor

e.     Eating lobsters with lots of butter

 

9)    Boaz is the good guy of the story.  What does he do that makes him the hero?

a.     He makes sure Ruth has nice clothes and fine jewels

b.     He fights off men harassing Ruth

c.     He sues in court a man claiming to be Ruth’s husband

d.     He trains Ruth how to fight with the spear

e.     He just makes sure she has food and is treated properly.

 

10) In time,  Boaz marries Ruth and they have a son, Oved, whose grandson is

a.     Abraham

b.     Moses

c.     King David

d.     The prophet Isaiah

e.     Rabbi Boris Yapchick, first rabbi of Temple Sholom





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