Between the Pieces: Quiz

After the war of the kings, Hashem tells Avram, “Fear not.” What does He say He is to Avram?

• AHis army
• BHis shield
• CHis travel agent
• DHis king

“He took him outside” (Genesis 15:5). According to Rashi, what did Hashem really mean?

• A“Go out of your astrology”
• B“Go get some fresh air”
• C“Leave your father’s house behind”
• D“Go out of the land of Canaan”

Isaiah 40:26, the verse just before the haftarah, says Hashem counts the stars and does what?

• ARearranges them every Rosh Chodesh
• BCalls them all by name, and not one is missing
• CLets them go out one by one
• DCharges them rent

Daniel says those who lead many to righteousness will shine like what?

• AThe sun at noon
• BA freshly polished menorah
• CThe stars forever and ever
• DThe moon at the end of the month

“He believed in Hashem, and He counted it to him as righteousness” (Genesis 15:6). Avram already knew Hashem existed. So what did he believe?

• AThat Hashem would protect him in the next war
• BThat Hashem would keep His promise
• CThat his own merit would earn him a son
• DThat the kiddush would start on time

“Dread, darkness, great, falling on him” (Genesis 15:12). In the midrash, what do these four words stand for?

• AThe four seasons
• BThe four sons of the Haggadah
• CThe four kingdoms of the exile
• DThe four stages of a Monday morning

“Birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Avram drove them away” (Genesis 15:11). When Yeshua’s disciples ask where those “taken” will go, what does he answer?

• A“To heaven, before the trouble starts”
• B“To Jerusalem, on the clouds”
• C“To a better parking spot”
• D“Where the body is, there the vultures will gather”

Who passed between the pieces of the covenant?

• AAvram and Hashem together
• BOnly Hashem, as a smoking furnace and a flaming torch, while Avram slept
• CAvram alone, to prove his faith
• DThe birds of prey, looking for lunch

Hashem told Avram “400 years,” and Exodus says “430 years.” How long were the children of Israel actually in Egypt, according to the sages?

• A40 years
• B210 years
• C430 years
• DLong enough to build two cities and a lot of pyramids, allegedly

According to Rashi, from when are the 400 years counted?

• AFrom the birth of Isaac
• BFrom the day Jacob went down to Egypt
• CFrom the day Pharaoh got grumpy
• DFrom the death of Joseph

Which apostle counts the 430 years from the promise to Avraham, and not from the descent to Egypt?

• APeter
• BJames
• CPaul
• DThe Egyptian tourism board

Some Ephraimites counted the 400 years from the wrong starting point. What happened to them?

• AThey became the first kibbutz
• BThey waited 30 more years and left with everyone else
• CThey got lost and wandered into Midian
• DThey left Egypt 30 years early and were killed by the men of Gath

Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yehoshua argued about the redemption. What did Rabbi Eliezer say it depends on?

• ARepentance
• BA fixed date set by Hashem
• CThe price of oil
• DThe Temple being rebuilt first

“I, Hashem, will hasten it in its time” (Isaiah 60:22). How does the Talmud make both halves true?

• AIt comes faster in Israel than in the diaspora
• BHashem hastens it if we merit, and brings it in its time if we don’t
• CIt depends on the traffic on the Ayalon
• DIt comes in its time for the nations, and early for Israel

At Minchah we read: “At the appointed time (la-moed) I will return to you, and Sarah will have a son.” What else does the Torah call a moed?

• AThe festivals
• BThe Jubilee year
• CThe Shabbat afternoon nap
• DThe new moon only

Avraham was 100 and Sarah was 90 when Isaac was promised. In Hebrew letters, 100 + 90 spells what word?

• AShalom, “peace”
• BKetz, “the end”
• CYeled, “child”
• D“Mazal tov, finally”