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Sukkot 5770 Quiz

By Rabbi Yonatan Kaganoff

- A. They allude to the four letters in God’s name.
- B. They refer to four types of Jews.
- C. They refer to four names of God.
- D. They refer to the four Foremothers.
- E. They refer to four parts of the body.
- A. The joy of the pouring of water.
- B. The joy of the pouring of Divine presence.
- C. The important joy.
- D. The joy of the pouring of the blood of the seventy cows.
- E. None of the above.
- A. The beginning of the exodus from Egypt.
- B. The Manna started falling.
- C. Yaakov Avinu came to the city of Sukkot.
- D. The construction of the Mishkan.
- E. The Jews crossed into the land of Israel.
- A. On Chol Hamo’aed Sukkot you are allowed to write.
- B. On Chol Hamo’aed Sukkot we say a whole Hallel every day.
- C. On Chol Hamo’aed Sukkot we don’t say Tachanun or Laminatzeiach.
- D. On Chol Hamo’aed Sukkot the shemonah esrei is longer.
- E. On Chol Hamo’aed Sukkot we are not allowed to pick fruit.
- A. The Moshiach will arrive.
- B. The revival of the dead.
- C. The battle of Gog and Magog.
- D. The reestablishment of the Sanhedrin.
- E. The destruction of Amalek.
- A. Potato soup
- B. Kneidlach (matzah balls)
- C. Kreplach
- D. Chicken soup
- E. Potato kugel
- A. The first night of sukkot.
- B. The first night and day of sukkot.
- C. Once a day and once a night.
- D. All seven days of sukkot.
- E. Shmini Atzeret.
- A. The clouds of glory that traveled with Israel in the desert.
- B. The tents in which Israel camped when they left Egypt.
- C. The Mishkan that Israel built in the desert.
- D. A & B
- E. All of the above.
- A. 2 (minimum) & 4 (maximum)
- B. 2 1/2 (minimum) & no (maximum)
- C. 4 (minimum) & 4 (maximum)
- D. No (mininum) & no (maximum)
- E. 3 1/2 (minimum) & 4 (maximum)
- A. A sukkah underneath another sukkah.
- B. A sukkah underneath a tree.
- C. A sukkah in a tree.
- D. A sukkah on a porch.
- E. A sukkah underneath a porch.
- A. We take more Aravot (willows) than usual.
- B. We also take the four species during Mussaf.
- C. The commandment is only Rabbinic and not Biblical.
- D. Because of the economic crisis, normally prohibited Etrogim are acceptable.
- E. Because of the Shemittah year, there is a special reason not to have an Etrog from Israel.
- A. Because God told us to.
- B. To reenact Choni Hamagel’s circle when he prayed for rain.
- C. To prepare for simchat torah when we will circle the Bimah seven times.
- D. To commemorate the practice in the time of the Beit Hamikdash when they circled the Altar.
- E. In commemoration for the seven times Israel walked around the city of Jericho before the walls came tumbling down.
- A. The 10 Commandments
- B. Zohar
- C. Shulchan Aruch
- D. Mishneh
- E. Sefer Yetzirah
- A. Wheat
- B. Barley
- C. Fruit
- D. Potatoes
- E. All of the above
- A. They wave the four species during Shir Shel Yom like the custom of the Vilna Gaon.
- B. The Mitzvah there may be Biblical for all seven days of Sukkot.
- C. Waving the four species in Jerusalem, and in particular at the Kotel is a Segulah for rain for the coming year.
- D. Taking the four species around the wall of Jerusalem is a helps protect it from its enemies.
- E. There are those who take extra large willows (aravot) in Jerusalem.

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