Re-Counting the Prophets - Rabbi Pinchas Frankel

Test Your Haftarah IQ

Haftarah of Parshat Tzav-Parah - 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.  This Haftarah was spoken by Yechezkel to the Jewish People in …

a.  Jerusalem
b.  Babylonia
c.  Bardonia

2.  A "Parah Adumah" is a ….. heifer (or young cow)

a.   black
b.   green
c.   red
d.  purple people-eating

3.  "Tumah" is ritual or spiritual …

a.  cleanness
b.  uncleanness
c.  obesity

4.      "Taharah," the opposite of "Tumah," is ritual or spiritual …

a.  cleanness
b.  uncleanness
c.  obesity

5.  A "Chok," or Divine Decree, …

a.  must be obeyed
b.  must not be obeyed
c.  is "up to us" to obey or not

6.  What does the expression "I will call for the corn" mean?

a.  Hashem will "pick up" the corn from us
b.  Hashem is promising us a
lot of corn!
c.  Hashem is saying that we will only have corn to eat!

7.  How many "special Parshiyot" are read around Purim-time and Pesach-time?

a.  two
b.  four
c.  eight

8.  The Jewish People has been in Exile …

a.  slightly more than a century
b.  slightly less than a
millennium

c.  slightly less than two millennia

9.  The Jewish People had a Temple in Jerusalem …

a.  never
b.  nearly five years
c.  nearly one thousand years!

10.  In the Haftarah, the Exile is a …

a.  desecration of Hashem's Name
b.  sanctification of Hashem's
Name
c.  neither one nor the other

11.  In the Haftarah, the Redemption will be a …

a.  desecration of Hashem's Name
b.  sanctification of Hashem's
Name
c.  neither one nor the other

12.  In the Haftarah, as what type of "surgeon" is Hashem depicted?

a.  heart-transplant surgeon
b.  brain-transplant surgeon
c.  kneecap-transplant surgeon

13.  Sin is …

a.  fun
b.  deadening
c.  permitted on the moon

14.  "RADAK" stands for …

a.  Rav Kemach Davadi
b.  David Kemach Ravidi
c.  Rav David Kimchi

15.  "RADAK" was a …

a.   prominent heart-transplant surgeon
b.   prominent commentator on Shakespeare
c.   prominent commentator on the Bible

16.  True of False? 
Without the Temple, it is impossible to "do Teshuvah," to repent.

a.   True
b.   False

17.  "Mayim Chayim" means …

a.   to Life!
b.   "living" waters
c.   schnapps

18.  A "Baal Teshuvah," a sinner who repents sincerely, is …

a.  still far from Hashem until Yom HaKippurim
b.  held back always by the
"skeleton in his closet"
c.  very close to Hashem

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