Re-Counting the Prophets - Rabbi Pinchas Frankel

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Haftarah of Parshat Shemini - Hachodesh - 5760

Instructions:

Select the item from Column 2 that best fits the word(s) in Column 1. Indicate your answer by using the drop-down box in the middle.

All answers can be found at this week's OU.ORG Haftarah Section.

Good Luck!

Column 1 Answer Column 2

1.  Shabbat Hachodesh is the … one of the special Shabbatot in the Purim-Pesach time-frame

a.  first and final
b.  fourth and final
c.  eighth and final

2.  Parshat Hachodesh is about …

a.  the Red Heifer
b.  the destruction of Amalek
c.  the first command to the Jewish People

3.  The Jews in Babylonia …

a.  enjoyed singing songs from the "old home"
b.  were "unable to sing the
Song of Hashem in a foreign
land"
c.  put blood on the door-posts of the "Nasi's" palace

4.  "With the multitude of People is …

a.  less glory for the King than the Queen"
b.  equal glory for the King and
the Queen"
c.  greater glory for the King!"

5.  One of the "deviations" from regular Jewish Law found in the Haftarah is that Yechezkel speaks only of a …

a.  Morning Daily Offering
b.  Evening Daily Offering
c.  Weekly Daily Offering

6.  According to RASHI, the "Nasi" refers to the …

a.  Mashiach
b.  Kohen Gadol
c.  Prophet Eliyahu

7.  Mashiach will build the …

a.  Mishkan
b.  Second Temple
c.  Third Temple

8.  "This is for you the first of the Months" is taken from the …

a.  Parahah
b.  Maftir
c.  Haftarah

9.  The month that is featured in both the Maftir and the Haftarah is …

a.  Nisan
b.  Adar II
c.  Tishrei

10.  In the Maftir, the People of Israel is commanded to prepare the …

a.  Purim Sacrifice
b.  Rosh HaShanah Sacrifice
c.  Pesach Sacrifice

11.  The Battle of Gog and Magog will take place on …

a.  Sukkot
b.  Pesach
c.  Tu B'Shevat

12.  True or False? 

Yechezkel devotes much time and space to Shemini Atzeret.

a.  True
b.  False

13.  Six questions were formulated by …

a.  the RAMBAM
b.  the Wise Son

c.   Don Yitzchak Abarbanel
d.   Don Cordelione

14.  The Traditional Sin Offering is the …

a.  bullock
b.  goat
c.  camel

15.     The Inauguration described in the Haftarah begins in … and ends in …

a.  Pesach, Sukkot
b.  Sukkot, Pesach
c.  Purim, Chanukah

 16.  This Haftarah describes the inauguration period of the …

a.  Burning Bush
b.  Beit HaMikdash of the
Mashiach
c.  "Nasi"

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