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  • #960075
    Shticky Guy
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    Nobody answered yet how long they ate matza after coming out of mitzraim. Clue: until the mon fell. How long was that? Anybody?

    ……………..

    New riddle: When was the first time that klal yisroel kept shabbos en masse?

    #960076
    goody613
    Member

    shticky guy- its a gemara in kidushin,first 14 days if im not mistaken and it tasted like mon

    #960077
    emlf
    Member

    Morah Reyna: amar oyaiv erdof asig achalaik (Az Yashir) – I heard this one before.

    Shticky: mon fell on 16 Iyor, so they ate matza from 15 Nison to 16 Iyor.

    This isn’t a riddle, but rather knowledge. There seem to be two opinions as to the identity of the boy that Elisha brought back to life (the son of the Isha HaShunamis). Any idea who it could be? Hint: either one is a novi.

    Name a person with the same name as a city in Eretz Yisroel.

    #960078
    Shticky Guy
    Participant

    Any answer on the 1st time klal yisroel kept shabbos en masse?

    #960079
    Shticky Guy
    Participant

    OK Here’s the answer:

    The first time they kept ??? en masse (as brought down in the ??????) was in ????? , when ??? asked ???? for a day off each week for the Yidden so that they would be more productive and be able to work better, and when ???? agreed they got ??? off.

    #960080
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    The first time they kept ??? en masse (as brought down in the ??????) was in ????? , when ??? asked ???? for a day off each week for the Yidden so that they would be more productive and be able to work better, and when ???? agreed they got ??? off.

    That may have been the first time they stopped working for a day en masse, but they certainly didn’t keep the halachos of Shabbos en masse. Shabbos, as you are well aware, is not merely the ceasing of labor. There’s no reason to expect that absent a specific command to do so (which did not exist) that no one wrote a single word, or engaged in borer or even cooked a meal.

    The Wolf

    #960081
    mosherose
    Member

    “That may have been the first time they stopped working for a day en masse, but they certainly didn’t keep the halachos of Shabbos en masse. Shabbos, as you are well aware, is not merely the ceasing of labor. There’s no reason to expect that absent a specific command to do so (which did not exist) that no one wrote a single word, or engaged in borer or even cooked a meal.”

    If the midrash sez they kept shabbas, then tehy kept shabbas. Who do you think you are to argue against a midrash?

    #960082
    Shticky Guy
    Participant

    In the beginning of ?????? ???? ????? it says ????? ???? ??? ??? that Hashem retrospectively brought forward the gift of ???. The ?????? explain this to mean that Moshe arranged with Paraoh to davka be given shabbos off, even before ???, in spite of the fact that a lot of ????? had yet to be given.

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    The answer to the mon is from rashi in shmos 16:1 who says on the pasuk that they arrived in midbar sin on 15th of the second month: that this stop in the desert was because the food that they had brought with them from mitzraim ended and they now needed mon, which teaches us that they ate remains of the dough for 61 meals.

    And the Ramban says they now complained of lack of food, and it was a miracle that they were all fed on relatively small amounts of food for so long.

    #960083
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    In the beginning of ?????? ???? ????? it says ????? ???? ??? ??? that Hashem retrospectively brought forward the gift of ???. The ?????? explain this to mean that Moshe arranged with Paraoh to davka be given shabbos off, even before ???, in spite of the fact that a lot of ????? had yet to be given.

    I wasn’t disagreeing with that point. But simply taking a day off from work is not keeping Shabbos. Keeping Shabbos means refraining from the 39 melachos. There is no reason to say that that’s what they did in Egypt before the Halachos of Shabbos were given. So yes, they may have taken the day off from work, but they might have still written things, engaged in borer, carried in and out of their homes and so on. They may have had the day of Shabbos off from their toils, but I don’t think you can say that “kept Shabbos.”

    The Wolf

    The Wolf

    #960084
    Shticky Guy
    Participant

    but I dont think you can say that “kept shabbos”.

    You’re 100% correct. I cant say that that’s called keeping shabbos. But the meforshim can and do. Thats how they explain the piyut.

    And that remains true no matter how many times you put your name at the end of your post 🙂 lol

    #960085
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    You’re 100% correct. I cant say that that’s called keeping shabbos. But the meforshim can and do. Thats how they explain the piyut.

    So, you’re saying then that they kept Shabbos in Mitzrayim, with all the Halachos? If so, then what was given at Marah?

    And that remains true no matter how many times you put your name at the end of your post 🙂 lol

    That’s only because I’m a poor editor. I go back and edit my post and mistakenly sign my name again.

    The Wolf

    #960086
    Shticky Guy
    Participant

    No they werent given ALL the halachos but the basic principle of resting. Dont forget, the 39 melachos of shabbos are learnt out from the mileches hamishkon which at that time had yet to be built (though it wasnt built by moroh either, I hear you say).

    Shticky Guy

    Shticky Guy

    Shticky Guy

    (I love editing my posts).

    #960087
    mosherose
    Member

    “So, you’re saying then that they kept Shabbos in Mitzrayim, with all the Halachos? If so, then what was given at Marah?”

    Yur still arguing on a midrash? Do you think you know what happened in mitzrayim better than chazal?

    #960088
    fan of pd
    Member

    i know a Rav that makes up torah riddles for him family all the time—and they are really hard, from what i hear

    #960089
    Shticky Guy
    Participant

    So why dont you try to get hold of them and post them here, then I’ll be a fan of fan of pd

    #960090
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    No they werent given ALL the halachos but the basic principle of resting.

    OK, so we agree then. We’re just quibbling over the meaning of the words “keep Shabbos.”

    The Wolf

    #960091
    am yisrael chai
    Participant

    Name a person with the same name as a city in Eretz Yisroel.

    Ariel.

    #960092
    am yisrael chai
    Participant

    the Shunamite’s son was Ido Hanavi (her sister was Avishag Hashunamis)

    #960093
    Shticky Guy
    Participant

    How many times in last week’s sedra (shelach lecha) does it mention the word Meraglim?

    #960094
    giggle girl
    Participant

    emlf: isn’t one explanation Yona?

    #960095
    on the ball
    Participant

    Shticky Guy – the answer is none.

    Here’s a few:

    Who in tanach had the same name as her sister-in-law?

    Give 3 examples of men in tanach employed by their shver to be?

    Who was ‘the upside down horn’?

    #960096
    blinky
    Participant

    otb- for your second riddle heres 2 ppl so far- Moshe and Yaakov

    #960097
    postsemgirl
    Member

    on the ball- Yaakov, Moshe, and Dovid

    #960098
    on the ball
    Participant

    Besides for Aharon – who else was a brother of Moshe Rabenu.

    #960099

    We all know the phrase

    ??? ???? ????

    in Megilas Esther.

    But where does say

    ??? ???? ????

    #960100
    on the ball
    Participant

    When is better to davka wash hands without a cup after using the bathroom?

    #960101
    yentish
    Participant

    5 two letter words in a row: ki yad al keis kah

    5 words starting with alef in a row: omar oyeiv erdof asig achalek (shalal…) from oz yashir

    men employed by their shver: yaakov/lavan, moshe/yisro

    there’s a great book called crack it! with an orange cover that has alot of these torah riddles

    #960102
    yichusdik
    Participant

    Morah Reyna – five words with the same letter? That’s in Az Yashir., in Parshas Beshalach

    -Amar- Oyev -Erdof -Asig -Achalek Shallal

    On The ball –

    Yaakov employed by Lavan as a shepherd (Rachel, Leah)

    Moshe employed by Yisro to tend his flock Shemos 3:1 (Tziporah)

    David Hamelech Employed by Shaul Hamelech as a musician and a Warrior Shmuel Alef, 18:20(Michal)

    #960103
    on the ball
    Participant

    So, employed by a shver-to-be we have so far Yaakov, Moshe and Dovid. I can think of one more – anyone?

    #960104
    on the ball
    Participant

    Here’s a real riddle:

    Take away one letter from my new name and you have my king’s name.

    Who am I?

    #960105
    postsemgirl
    Member

    on the ball- was the other one Yosef?

    #960106
    blinky
    Participant

    otb- is it Yosef? Cuz was worked for potifar and he ended up marriying asnas.

    Not sure cuz he wasn’t employed exactly he was a slave

    #960107
    am yisrael chai
    Participant

    just got on…kudos to everyone for posting these riddles 🙂

    ??????? (Yirm. 37:3,13)

    (Nechemya 3:30, 13:13)

    (Ezra 10:39)

    #960108
    on the ball
    Participant

    yes I was thinking of Yosef

    #960109
    am yisrael chai
    Participant

    (Bamidbar 15:11) ??? ???? ????

    #960110
    on the ball
    Participant

    Am Yisrael Chai – what do you mean by those references in Yimiyahu, Ezra and Nechemiah?

    #960111
    am yisrael chai
    Participant

    otb, btw it’s better to use koach gavra when washing w/o a cup by manually turning the faucet on & off each time.

    This is to be done when the cup is ng (a hole, slanted, etc.)

    #960112
    am yisrael chai
    Participant

    Avigail (w/o yud is Dovid’s sister,w/ yud is Dovid’s wife)

    #960113
    on the ball
    Participant

    AYC – Re sisters in law – correct.

    Re – the washing hands riddle; I was thinking of a time when it’s better to use no keli than a perfectly kosher keli.

    #960114
    am yisrael chai
    Participant

    if it’s tamei l’mais, e.g.?

    #960115
    on the ball
    Participant

    perfectly kosher and tahor

    #960116
    am yisrael chai
    Participant

    the name Shelemiya is in those references; remove the yud to get Shlomo

    #960117
    ravshalom
    Participant

    OTB, when you will eat bread immediately afterwards, according to the opinion that you should not be mafsik with Asher Yatzar between the bracha Al Netilas Yadayim and eating.

    #960118
    on the ball
    Participant

    Sorry AYS, Shelemiya wasn’t a new name was it? Also I meant a contemporary king.

    #960119
    on the ball
    Participant

    Ravshalom – thats’s right.

    #960120
    on the ball
    Participant

    That is – according to some shitos, I hasten to add

    #960121
    am yisrael chai
    Participant

    ???? & ???? were the new names for ????? & ????? (Divrei Hayamim aleph 4:22) & ??? ??

    ADD a letter to get King Yehoash! (not what u r looking for,I know!)

    #960122
    on the ball
    Participant

    So – nobody knows who was Moshe Rabenu’s brother besides for Aharon? It’s not a trick question. He was his real brother.

    Another riddle:

    My brother’s name is four words but mine is only two.

    Who am I?

    #960123
    am yisrael chai
    Participant

    ????? ????? ???? ?? ?????? ?? ????, ??????? ?? ????? ?? ??? ???? ????? ???? ???? ?????? ?????, ??? ???? ??????? ?? ??? (?????? ????? ??,??)

    #960124
    blinky
    Participant

    otb- can be the shevatim Dan or Gad (in hebrew) and Yosef

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