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- Bereishis
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Adam (אדם) had Seth (שֵׁת) when he was 130 years old. He then lived for an additional 800 years (Genesis בראשית 5:3-5 ) How long did he live?
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Adam (אדם) had Seth (שֵׁת) when he was 130 years old. He then lived for an additional 800 years (Genesis בראשית 5:3-5 ) How long did he live?
Yered (ירד) [Jared] lived from the year 460 from creation to the year 1422 from creation. Noach (נח) [Noah] lived from the year 1056 from creation to the year 2006 from creation (Genesis 5:18-21…
The Shulchan (שׁלחן) in the Mishkan (מִשְׁכָּן) was two amos (cubits) long, one amah wide, and one and a half amos high (Shemos 25:23). There was crown around the top of the Shulchan. What was the…
The perimeter of the Shulchan was 6 amos. The length of the Shulchan (table) is twice its width (Shemos 25:23). Use x as the width and y as the length and width of the Shulchan.
The Jews arrived in Mitzrayim (מצרים) with Yaakov (יעקב) in the year 2238 from creation (F.C.) (Bereishis 46:6). Yaakov died in the year 2255 F.C. (Bereishis 47:28). Yaakov’s son who lived the…
Each Jew was commanded to give ½ שֶׁקֶל (shekel) to the בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ (Beit Hamikdash) each year. The Chazon Ish (Yoreh De’ah 182:19) calculates that a shekel is 16 grams or 0.51 troy oz. of…
וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃ דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם אִ֕ישׁ כִּ֥י יַפְלִ֖א נֶ֑דֶר בְּעֶרְכְּךָ֥ נְפָשֹׁ֖ת לַֽיהֹוָֽה׃ וְהָיָ֤ה עֶרְכְּךָ֙ הַזָּכָ֔ר…
The standard hour (SH) that we use is 60 minutes long. A halachic hour (HH) is determined by taking the length of the day from sunrise to sunset and then dividing that time into 12 equal parts. On…
The Talmud (Brachot 26b) discusses different two blocks of time during which one can pray Minchah. The longer block of time is called Minchah Gedola; it begins 6.5 hours after sunrise and ends at…
The Talmud (Brachot 26a) brings the opinion of Rebbe Yehudah that Minchah can only be said until Plag HaMinchah. Plag HaMincha is the midpoint between the beginning and the end of Minchah Ketana. In…
Melachim I (Kings I) 7:23 describes the pool that was built by King Solomon. The verse describes the pool as being circular with a diameter of 10 cubits across and a circumference of 30 cubits…
בְּמַתְנִיתָא תָּנָא: אַל תַּפְסִיעוּ פְּסִיעָה גַּסָּה, וְהַכְנִיסוּ חַמָּה לָעִיר. אַל תַּפְסִיעוּ פְּסִיעָה גַּסָּה — דְּאָמַר מָר: פְּסִיעָה גַּסָּה נוֹטֶלֶת אֶחָד מֵחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת מִמְּאוֹר…
The Torah tells us that in the desert, the twelve tribes of Israel were divided into four camps that surrounded the Mishkan (Tabernacle). Each camp had three tribes, and the Torah gives us the number…
The length of the Teva (Ark) was 300 amos (cubits). The width of the Teva was 50 amos. There were three levels of the Teva. (Bereishis 6:15) What is the total area of floor space on all of the levels…
Noach (Noah) was told to bring seven males and seven females of each kosher animal to the Teva (Ark). Noach was also told to bring one male and one female of each non-kosher animal. (Bereishis 6:19)…
During the flood the water rose 15 amos (cubits) above the highest mountain. (Bereishis 7:20) According to one opinion an amah is the equivalent of 18.9 inches. * How high above the top of the…
During the flood the water rose 15 amos (cubits) above the highest mountain. (Bereishis 7:20) It took 60 days for the water to recede enough to expose the mountaintop. (Bereishis 8:5) The water…
During the flood the water was 15 amos (cubits) over the highest mountain. (Bereishis 7:20) It took 60 days for the water to recede enough to expose the mountaintop. (Bereishis 8:5) The water receded…
There were 70 nations that descended from the sons of Noach (Noah). Fourteen nations came from Yefes (Jepheth). Thirty came from Cham (Ham) (Bereishis 10:1-32). How many came from his son Shem?
Noach (Noah) was born in the year 1056 from creation. He lived 950 years. Avraham (Abraham) was born in the year 1948 from creation (Bereishis 5:28, 11:26). How many years were Noach and Avraham…
At the covenant between the parts Hashem told Avraham (Abraham) to bring three heifers, three goats, three rams, a turtledove, and a young dove as a sacrifice. He cut the animals in half, but he did…
Yishmael (Ishmael) was born to Avraham (Abraham) when he was 86 years old. (Bereishis 16: 16) Avraham performed the Bris Milah (circumcision) on Yishmael when Avraham was 99 years old (Bereishis…
Sarah was 90 years old when Yitzchak (Isaac) was born. (Bereishis 17: 17) Sarah died at the time of the Akeidah (Binding of Isaac). Sarah was 127 when she died (Bereishis 23: 1). How old was Yitzchak…
Avraham (Abraham) paid 400 shekels for the Me’aras Hamachpela (Bereishis 23:16) However, these were especially valuable shekels called centenaria. Each of these special shekels was worth 2,500 normal…