Quiz on תענית כ

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How do we know the sun changed course for משה ?
1. אתיא אחל אחל
2. אתיא תת תת
3. אשר ישמעון שמעך ורגזו וחלו מפניך i.e. when the sun stopped for משה .
4. It stopped for יהושוע and not משה ???!!!
5. Machlokes all but D.
The Pasuk which speaks of one city receiving rain, and another not, means both as a curse. What is the curse of the one that gets rain?
1. It gets too much.
2. It gets...but not enough.
3. Everyone else is jealous of it.
4. It is attacked by its neighbors.
5. The rain is sulfurous
ירושלים is כאלמנה like a widow. Meaning what?
1. Exactly like a widow.
2. Like a woman whose husband is away for a long time....but will return.
3. Worse than a widow. A wman who is an Aguna as the fate of her husband is unknown.
4. Machlokes A&B.
5. Machlokes A&C.
Jews being despised is a ברכה . Why?
1. They won't be appointed as tax collectors.
2. They will remain humble.
3. They will have time to learn.
4. They will be able to support themselves with menial jobs.
5. No one will bother with them.
How can a sturdy building בריאות still be bound for collapse?
1. It can't. Metaphor.
2. It is too tall.
3. It is too close to a river.
4. It is subject to Jewish lightning.
5. B or C.
Every Friday Rav Huna would send people to buy the leftover vegetables and throw them into the river. Why didn't they feed them t the animals?
1. There are some things even an animal won't eat.
2. It was too close to Shabbos.
3. They didn't think of it.
4. He held one is not permitted to give food that is fit for humans to animals.
5. They were not hungry.