| Krias HaTorah | The Moon | Teves | Shevat - Adar | Tamuz - Av |
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How many aliyos are there on Shabbos?
7 aliyos
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How long does it take for the moon to orbit the Earth?
29 days 12 hours and 793 chalakim
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What is one of the changes that the zekeinim made to the translation of the Torah, and why?
arneves because that was Talmai's wife's name
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What happened on aleph Shevat?
On this day Moshe Rabbeinu began his 37 day speech before his death.
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What happened on Shivah Asar B'Tamuz?
The walls of Yerushalayim were broken and the luchos were broken.
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From which part of Tanach is the haftarah?
Neviim
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How many days is a solar year?
365 days
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What happened on ches Teves?
On this date, Talmai Philodolphus forced the zekeinim to translate the Torah from Greek.
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What is the date of Moshe Rabbeinu's birth and death?
Zayin Adar
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What begins on Shivah Asar B'Tamuz?
The Three Weeks begin on this date.
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When do we take out three sifrei Torah?
Shabbos Rosh Chodesh Chanukah
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How many months are there in a lunar leap year?
13 months
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What is the date of the last day of Chanukah?
beis or gimmel teves
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What does the bnei Yisoschor say we have a minhag to daven for on Tu Bishevat?
a good esrog
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What happened on Tisha B'Av?
Both batei mikdash were destroyed.
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How many aliyos are there at shachris on Yom Kippur?
6 aliyos
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How long does it take for the Earth to orbit the Sun?
365 and 1/4 days
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What happened on tes teves?
Ezra and Nechmiah died.
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What do we do on Tu Bishevat?
We have a minhag to eat the Shivas Haminim and to make a shehecheyanu on a new fruit.
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What is one of the restrictions we observe on Tisha B'av?
We shouldn't greet people the whole day.
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What is the topic of the krias HaTorah/maftir/haftarah read on a Yom Tov?
It is related to the Yom Tov.
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How many days is a lunar year?
354 days
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What special event takes place on Beis Teves?
Mrs. Karp's birthday
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What is the significance of the time period from aleph shevat to zayin Adar?
It's a special time for renewal in Torah and mitzvos.
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When does the aveilus of the three weeks end?
on yud Av at chatzos
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