Trivia and Halachic Insights for Succos

1. וְהָיִיתָ אַךְ שָמֵחַ - and you will only have joy is written in the Torah by the chag of
   A. Pesach.
   B. Shavuos.
   C. Succos.
2. “וְהָיִיתָ אַךְ שָמֵחַ ” is
   A. a mitzva.
   B. a promise.
3. The mitzva of simcha (וְשָמַחְתָ בְחַגֶּךָ) applies
   A. only to on Yom Tov.
   B. to Yom Tov and Chol HaMoed.
4. There is a mitzva even on Chol HaMoed to have two seudos (one at night and one during the day) with bread.
   A. True.
   B. False.
5. What is something that we do on Succos that has simcha in its name?!
6. The minimum height of the succah walls is
   A. 2 meters
   B. 10 tefachim
7. The maximum height of the succah is
   A. 5 meters
   B. 20 amos
   C. Unlimited
8. The walls must reach the sechach.
   A. True.
   B. False.
9. Throughout Succos, a person is allowed to smell the hadassim of his Arba Minim set.
   A. True.
   B. False.
10. Throughout Succos, a person is allowed to smell the esrog of his Arba Minim set.
    A. True.
    B. False.

Akiva showed his esrog to a Rav to see if it was kosher. The Rav replied, “I cannot answer you, until I know the country in which this esrog grew.” How will the knowledge of that esrog’s origin help the Rav to make that halachic decision?!