Riddles & Trivia
Menucha Magazine | May 08, 2025
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Riddles & Trivia

Menucha Magazine | June 27, 2025
  1. How many times in parshas Kedoshim does the Torah warn a person against saying שקר (a lie)?
  2. The beginning of parshas Kedoshim teaches us about shemiras Shabbos. There is one paradoxical halacha in hilchos Shabbos: Using a certain object in an indirect way for the purpose of achieving a certain result is forbidden, while using it in a direct way for that purpose is permitted! Which object is it?

The ANSWERS are on P.4

RHYMES: “Jew”

RIDDLES: 1. Four. See verses 19:11, 19:12, 19:15 (see Targum Onkolos), 19:35 (see Targum Onkolos) 2. The sun. One may use direct sun rays to cook something on Shabbos, but one may not use indirect sun rays for that purpose (e.g., to cook an egg on a frying pan that was heated by the sun).

  1. How many times in parshas Kedoshim does the Torah warn a person against saying שקר (a lie)?
  2. The beginning of parshas Kedoshim teaches us about shemiras Shabbos. There is one paradoxical halacha in hilchos Shabbos: Using a certain object in an indirect way for the purpose of achieving a certain result is forbidden, while using it in a direct way for that purpose is permitted! Which object is it?

The ANSWERS are on P.4

RHYMES: “Jew”

RIDDLES: 1. Four. See verses 19:11, 19:12, 19:15 (see Targum Onkolos), 19:35 (see Targum Onkolos) 2. The sun. One may use direct sun rays to cook something on Shabbos, but one may not use indirect sun rays for that purpose (e.g., to cook an egg on a frying pan that was heated by the sun).

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