Re-Counting the Prophets - Rabbi Pinchas Frankel

Test Your Haftarah IQ

Haftarah of Parshat Tazria - 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.

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Column 1 Answer Column 2
1.  The leave-taking between Eliyahu and Elisha was marked by …

a.  a chariot of ice and horses of ice!
b.  a chariot of fire and horses
of fire!
c.  great matzoh-balls of fire!

2.  Elisha cried out, "…"

 

 

a.  "My Father! My Father! Chariot of Israel and its Cavalry!"
b.  "Great Matzoh-Balls of
Fire!"
c.  "My Father-in-Law! My Father-in-Law! Chariot of Israel and its Cavalry!"

3.  Elisha supported …. prophets

a.  2
b.  2,200
c.  2,200,000

4.  True or False? 
The loaves were more than enough for the prophets.

a.  True
b.  False

5.  Who was Naaman at the beginning of the Haftarah?

a.  a great general of Aram
b.  a great believer in Hashem
c.  a great general of Egypt

6.  What did Naaman also become by the end of the Haftarah?

a.  a great general of Aram
b.  a great believer in Hashem
c.  a great general of Egypt

7.  Who was serving as a slave in the house of Naaman?

a.  Joseph 
b.  the butler and the baker
c.  a little captive girl from Israel

8.  The disease contracted by Naaman was …

a.  West Nile Virus
b.  tzaraat
c.  malaria

9.  What is King Yehoram's reaction to the letter from Aram?

a.  He makes a party in the morning
b.  He tears his clothes as a
sign of mourning
c.  He makes a paper plane out of it and throws it into the fire

10.  Naaman came to Elisha …

a.  as a poor man begging
b.  as a rich man begging
c.  as a proud and arrogant military officer

11.  Elisha's response was to …

a.  come running out
b.  toss him his magic wand
c.  send Gechazi out to tell him to immerse himself in a river

12.  Naaman's initial response was to …

a.  jump in the lake
b.  jump in the river
c.  be furious

13.  Naaman emerged from the river with the skin of …

a.  a young boy
b.  an old man
c.  a tanned hide of leather

14.  Who was the "Best Supporting Actress?"

a.  The little Hebrew girl
b.  The wife of Potiphar
c.  Esther HaMalkah

15.  Which were the two chariots?

 

 

 

a.  The fiery chariot of Naaman and the earthly chariot of Eliyahu
b.  The fiery chariot of Eliyahu
and the earthly chariot of
Naaman
c.  The flying chariot of Naaman and the bouncing chariot of Eliyahu

16.  Yaakov was coming from Padan-…

a.  Arkansas
b.  Armenia
c.  Aram

17.  Which daughter of Leah "went out?"

a.  Rachel
b.  Rivkah
c.  Deena

18.  The river that Hashem used to cure Naaman was …

a.  the Yarden
b.  the Nile
c.  the Mis-sis-sippi

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