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1. bekitzur
   Short and sweet

   This is the new Tanach Trivia thread to replace the other one. PLEASE DO NOT MAKE UP ANSWER!!! The person who has the right answer can ask a new one.

   Here's the first question!
   (It requires a little background so I'm copying and pasting from a website off google)

   The Talmud (Sanhedrin 102b) relates how Rav Ashei told his students that they were going to study the following day about the three kings of the Jewish people who do not have a share in the world to come due to their great sins. He referred to these kings in a slightly disrespectful way by calling them "our colleagues". The following night, King Menashe came to him in a dream and asked him a halachic question that he could not answer. He reproved him by saying, "You call us your colleagues. You cannot even answer this simple question". Rav Ashei asked him, "If you are such a great scholar, how could you go and serve idols?" To this Menashe said, "If you had been in our times, you would have lifted up your garments and run after me to serve the idols." As it says in Pirkei Avos (2:5) "Do not judge your fellow until you have reached his place."

   So my question is,
   What was the halachic question that Menashe asked him? And what was the right answer?

   Posted 7 months ago #

2. popa_bar_abba
   Incorrigible; semi-retarded; eccentric; perhaps a woman; not Mod 80. Sometimes a bit over the top.

   He asked him which part of the loaf you make hamotzi from. (what does that have to do with tanach?)

   Ok.
   Who is the 58th person in Malchus beis Dovid? (As in, shlomo is 1, rechavam is 2, etc.)

   Posted 7 months ago #

3. bekitzur
   Short and sweet

   Basically. It was, "When you make Hamotzei, which part of the bread do you cut into?"
   The answer was, "The middle".

   Posted 7 months ago #

4. Sam2
   Member

   The real question is why we Pasken like that. It's from a dream and a source that should be questionable at best.

   Posted 7 months ago #

5. popa_bar_abba
   Incorrigible; semi-retarded; eccentric; perhaps a woman; not Mod 80. Sometimes a bit over the top.

   Ok, now let's go back to the old thread.

   Posted 7 months ago #

6. bekitzur
   Short and sweet

   Rav Marimar?

   Posted 7 months ago #

7. bekitzur
   Short and sweet

   Sorry, i was counting David Hamelech as 1
   Is the answer Rav Shmuel Reish Kalah Hagaon?

   Posted 7 months ago #

8. am yisrael chai
   We await your rejoining us!

   Sam2
   "The real question is why we Pasken like that."

   Menasheh taught him that the Berachah is to be recited upon the first place that the bread becomes baked.

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9. popa_bar_abba
   Incorrigible; semi-retarded; eccentric; perhaps a woman; not Mod 80. Sometimes a bit over the top.

   I have no idea. I was hoping it would be further than anybody would know, but I guess I should have picked a higher number.

   Posted 7 months ago #

10. bekitzur
    Short and sweet

    NEW RULE! You have to know the answer to the question you're asking!

    The new question:
    After the meluchah was split, Rechavam mobilized his army to fight Yeravam. What was the name of the navi that told him that he wasn't allowed to fight Yeravam?

    Posted 7 months ago #

11. Sam2
    Member

    AYC: My point was why do we Pasken like Menashe, not what the Halacha was.

    Posted 7 months ago #

12. am yisrael chai
    We await your rejoining us!

    Sam2

    For a more detailed explanation, see the following:

    http://www.dafyomi.co.il/sanhedrin/insites/sn-dt-102.htm

    Posted 7 months ago #

13. am yisrael chai
    We await your rejoining us!

    Shmaya (Melachim aleph, 12:22)

    Posted 7 months ago #

14. samhachaim
    Member

    The navi who told Rechavam is Shemayah.

    I have three questions for everyone: 1) Which different people had the following nicknames:Yerubal; Ish Haemtzaey; Bedan?
    2) Which two people in Tanach said "I didn't take anyones donkey"?
    3) Who in Neviim Rishonim is called "Man of hair/Ish Baal Saer" and who is called bald?

    Posted 7 months ago #

15. samhachaim
    Member

    Sorry the second name for question number 1 should be Ish Habaynaim

    good luck:)

    Posted 7 months ago #

16. am yisrael chai
    We await your rejoining us!

    love these puzzles!
    OK, I won't hog them b"n!, I'll just do one! (unless I can't control myself....)

    2. Which two people in Tanach said "I didn't take anyones donkey"?
    -Moshe (Bamidbar 16:15)
    -Shmuel (Shmuel aleph 12:3)

    Interesting that Shmuel says that a king WILL take others' donkeys (Shmuel aleph 8:16)

    Posted 7 months ago #

17. am yisrael chai
    We await your rejoining us!

    3. Ish Baal Saer-(Melachim bais 1:8)
    bald- (Melachim bais 2:23)

    just some sources; left out the actual answers (see, I controlled myself somewhat!)

    Posted 7 months ago #

18. bekitzur
    Short and sweet

    1. Yerubal - Gidon
    Bedan - a desendant of Menashe (ben Ulam)

    2. Shmuel - when Bnei Yisrael asked for a king
    Moshe - when he was talking to Korach

    3. Ish Baal Saer - Eliyahu
    Bald - Elisha

    Posted 7 months ago #

19. squeak
    Makes smalltalk with the 2 most intellegent beings on Earth

    Which of the shoftim served for less than a year? Now they make funerals on that street. Coincidence?

    Posted 7 months ago #

20. bekitzur
    Short and sweet

    sorry - ish habanayim is galyas

    Posted 7 months ago #

21. bekitzur
    Short and sweet

    What was the name of Og's father? and grandfather? and great-grandfather?

    Posted 7 months ago #

22. am yisrael chai
    We await your rejoining us!

    bekitzur
    I suggest you include the correct answers in the other thread
    TIA

    Posted 7 months ago #

23. yitayningwut
    Bruno Michel Iksil

    Sam2-

    Tosfos in Chullin (top 44a) implies that we do not hold l'halacha of the opinion that תורה לא בשמים היא (obviously I am referring to the colloquial usage).

    Posted 7 months ago #

24. Sam2
    Member

    Yitay: Interesting. Tosafos elsewhere seems to say otherwise and I believe that Tosafos in Bava Metzia (114b maybe) explicitly says Lo Bashamayim He that we don't Pasken like Eliyahu Hanavi.

    Posted 7 months ago #

25. writersoul
    Member

    What two-word phrase is repeated three times in a row in Nach?
    What was Avraham's mother's name? (I know, famous question)
    Who was the mother of Yoshiyahu?
    Name five wives of Dovid Hamelech BESIDES Batsheva.
    What was Sarah's previous name?

    Posted 5 months ago #

26. Think first
    Member

    Avrahams mother was Amaslui bas karnivui

    Posted 5 months ago #

27. oomis1105
    Member

    Sarah - Sarai (also known as Yiscah)

    Posted 5 months ago #

28. One of the chevra
    Member

    Question: WHO WAS THE SISTER OF DOVID HAMELECH??

    Posted 5 months ago #

29. writersoul
    Member

    I meant Yiscah when I asked the question.
    I'm kind of obsessed with that name, as it's the name of a friend's sister so thought of this question with it and I'm writing a story with it.

    Posted 5 months ago #

30. writersoul
    Member

    Who/what was Meroz?
    Who was the mother of Menashe? What did this have to do with one particular thing he did during his rule which was especially horrible because of this? Yes, you need her name.
    Who was the daughter of Avraham, according to some? You say her name in Hallel on R"C and in bentching.

    Posted 5 months ago #

31. sam4321
    Member

    B'kol. Who fell of their chair and died?

    Posted 5 months ago #

32. popa_bar_abba
    Incorrigible; semi-retarded; eccentric; perhaps a woman; not Mod 80. Sometimes a bit over the top.

    Meroz was a town whose inhabitants were cursed in shiras devorah for not sending troops to help in the battle against sisrah.

    Ok.
    Who were they planning to make king when they asked shmuel for a king?

    (And take note. Popa knows more tanach than the whole hadar and half of BJJ combined.)

    Posted 5 months ago #

33. writersoul
    Member

    Eli. For the chair one.
    I've actually heard other answers for the Meroz question. Basically, unless you say you have no idea, it's hard to get that one wrong. I think I know of two others, in fact.
    Who was called Avigdor?

    Posted 5 months ago #

34. sam4321
    Member

    Meroz quoted in moed katan was banned he was a person or star,i think some get the idea of aleins from there.

    Posted 5 months ago #

35. sam4321
    Member

    Pba: are you talking about Shmuel himself who ruled for 10 years and one with saul?

    Posted 5 months ago #

36. popa_bar_abba
    Incorrigible; semi-retarded; eccentric; perhaps a woman; not Mod 80. Sometimes a bit over the top.

    sam: No, I was making up questions again. Because we can't make up answers in this tanach thread.

    Posted 5 months ago #

37. popa_bar_abba
    Incorrigible; semi-retarded; eccentric; perhaps a woman; not Mod 80. Sometimes a bit over the top.

    I've actually heard other answers for the Meroz question. Basically, unless you say you have no idea, it's hard to get that one wrong. I think I know of two others, in fact.

    Uhh. Do you mean there was more than one thing called meroz, or that there are different interpretations what devorah was referring to?

    Posted 5 months ago #

38. writersoul
    Member

    The latter.

    Posted 5 months ago #

39. sam4321
    Member

    Who was Tov ,and who was Uzzah?

    Posted 5 months ago #

40. popa_bar_abba
    Incorrigible; semi-retarded; eccentric; perhaps a woman; not Mod 80. Sometimes a bit over the top.

    Oh my. See, I thought meroz was a place. But the gemara Moed koton 16a says it was either a person, or sisra's star.

    See how that is. I knew the tanach, but it was worthless because I didn't know the gemara.

    At least I didn't waste any time learning it wrong. I just remembered it from 20 or so years ago when my sister was learning some song in school for shiras devorah.

    Posted 5 months ago #

41. sam4321
    Member

    Avigdor = Moshe

    Posted 5 months ago #

42. writersoul
    Member

    Tov: one of the guys Rus needed to marry or get chalitzah from.
    Uzzah: one of the people who hosted the aron?
    Who was Abed-nego?

    Posted 5 months ago #

43. cinderella
    If the shoe fits....

    What was Meseg-Ha'ama?

    Posted 5 months ago #

44. OneOfMany
    Today, Nymphadora is sporting One Of her Many noses ^_^

    Gat (Pelishti capital).

    Posted 5 months ago #

45. not2bright
    Member

    Who is the most often mentioned woman in Nevi'im?

    Posted 5 months ago #

46. HolyMoe
    Member

    Tseruya, David's sister (Yoav's mother)is the most often mentioned woman.

    Posted 5 months ago #

47. 1478
    Member

    Can someone please answer: Names of Dovid haMelech' wives (besides Avigayil, Michal, Chagis)
    2-word phrases repeated 3x in Nach?
    grandfather of Og?

    Abed-Nego was Azarya; Yoshiyahu's mother was Atalya; Dovid's other sister was Avigayil.

    Posted 5 months ago #

48. snapplegrl
    Member

    squeak- Shamgar ruled for less than a year.. and theres funerals on that street..

    Posted 5 months ago #

49. 1478
    Member

    what was chiram melech tzur origionally known as?

    Posted 5 months ago #

50. sam4321
    Member

    Eglah

    Posted 5 months ago #

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