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Riddles of the Week

למודי משה | January 15, 2026

(For answers see above)

  1. During the makkah of dam [blood], all the fish in the rivers died. Were Klal Yisrael allowed to eat these fish? If not, how did they have gefilta fish for Shabbos?
  2. List four similarities between the makkah of dam [blood] and the makkah of tzafardea [frogs]?
  3. The longest word in the Torah is in this week’s parsha, what is it?
  4. Did Dovid HaMelech have a special heter [allowance] to learn Torah in the beis hakisay, since it was pikuach nefesh for him, as if he would stop learning the malach hamoves would get him?
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