{"id":28354,"date":"2006-06-29T01:20:19","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/holidays\/yom-kippur\/yonah_qa\/"},"modified":"2016-08-09T06:17:24","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T06:17:24","slug":"yonah_qa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/yonah_qa\/","title":{"rendered":"Yonah Q&A"},"content":{"rendered":"

Questions<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Why do we read the Book of Yonah on Yom Kippur?<\/li>\n
  2. How long was Yonah inside the fish?<\/li>\n
  3. What did the sailors do when they saw their ship floundering in the storm?<\/li>\n
  4. In which well-known sea was Yonah when he was inside the fish?<\/li>\n
  5. What did Yonah do inside the fish?<\/li>\n
  6. How big was the city of Nineveh?<\/li>\n
  7. What length of time were the people of Nineveh given in which to repent?<\/li>\n
  8. How did the people of Nineveh react when they heard Yonah\u2019s prophecy?<\/li>\n
  9. Why did Yonah originally try to escape from delivering G-d\u2019s prophecy to the people of Nineveh?<\/li>\n
  10. Give another answer to question number nine.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Answers<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Why do we read the Book of Yonah on Yom Kippur?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The repentance of the people of Nineveh serves as an inspiration to us to repent, and shows us that repentance can overturn a Divine decree. (Shelah HaKadosh) Also, it teaches that even Yonah could not flee from G-d. (Sefer Hatoda\u2019ah)<\/p>\n

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      1. How long was Yonah inside the fish?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Three nights and three days. (2:1)<\/p>\n

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        1. What did the sailors do when they saw their ship floundering in the storm?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          They prayed to their gods, cast their vessels into the sea, and then drew lots to find out on whose account the storm came about. (1:5-7)<\/p>\n

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          1. In which well-known sea was Yonah when he was inside the fish?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Yam Suf – The Sea of Reeds. (1:6)<\/p>\n

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            1. What did Yonah do inside the fish?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              He prayed. (2:2)<\/p>\n

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              1. How big was the city of Nineveh?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                A three-day walk from end to end.<\/p>\n

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                1. What length of time were the people of Nineveh given in which to repent?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  Forty days. (3:4)<\/p>\n

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                  1. How did the people of Nineveh react when they heard Yonah\u2019s prophecy?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    They fasted, covered themselves in sackcloth, repented and returned all stolen property. (3:5-8)<\/p>\n

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                    1. Why did Yonah originally try to escape from delivering G-d\u2019s prophecy to the people of Nineveh?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      He was afraid that if the non-Jews in Nineveh repented but the Jewish People did not repent it would look bad for the Jewish People. (1:3)<\/p>\n

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                      1. Give another answer to question number nine.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                        He was afraid that the people of Nineveh would think he was a false prophet, since he said that the city would be destroyed and it wasn\u2019t. (4:2)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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