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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #520 on: July 22, 2020, 09:41:33 PM »
Leap year.
The younger one first?

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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #521 on: July 22, 2020, 09:43:27 PM »
The younger one first?
Just fooling around. Yes, leap year is the answer. When the older one was born at the end of Adar 1 and the second one was born at the beginning of Adar 2.

The year of the bar mitzva was a regular year, so the younger one was bar mitzva first.

See Shvus Yaakov Chelek 1 siman 9.

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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #522 on: July 27, 2020, 09:02:56 AM »
Imagine you are born at the end of Adar I - say on the 21st. You want to lein megila for your bar mitzvah, which makes logical sense, because you were born before purim - except you can't, because your bar mitzvah year is in a non-leap year.
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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #523 on: July 27, 2020, 09:10:17 AM »
If we're on to jewish riddles, here's are a couple of "Gabbai" Riddles for you:

There are a lot of times we lein for a week (or more) days in a row - Succos, Pesach, Chanukah. If Rosh Chodesh is Tuesday and Wednesday, we lein 4 days in a row - in what situation would we lain more than 4, but less than 7 days in row?

In how many situations do we take out 3 sifrei torah on shabbos morning, and what is the maximum number of times that it can happen in a given calendar year?

I once met a man who redeemed his firstborn son twice! How is that possible?



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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #524 on: July 27, 2020, 09:59:17 AM »
There are a lot of times we lein for a week (or more) days in a row - Succos, Pesach, Chanukah. If Rosh Chodesh is Tuesday and Wednesday, we lein 4 days in a row - in what situation would we lain more than 4, but less than 7 days in row?

When Rosh Hashana falls out Thurs & Fri and Tzom Gedaliah is nidche to Sunday. (5 days- Thurs through Mon)

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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #525 on: July 27, 2020, 10:42:27 AM »
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There are a lot of times we lein for a week (or more) days in a row - Succos, Pesach, Chanukah. If Rosh Chodesh is Tuesday and Wednesday, we lein 4 days in a row - in what situation would we lain more than 4, but less than 7 days in row?

When Rosh Hashana falls out Thurs & Fri and Tzom Gedaliah is nidche to Sunday. (5 days- Thurs through Mon)

Correct :)

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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #526 on: July 27, 2020, 11:17:02 AM »
In how many situations do we take out 3 sifrei torah on shabbos morning, and what is the maximum number of times that it can happen in a given calendar year?
2 situations, I believe once a year
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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #527 on: July 27, 2020, 01:25:12 PM »

I once met a man who redeemed his firstborn son twice! How is that possible?
Married a second lady who also had her first child a boy.

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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #528 on: July 27, 2020, 01:46:00 PM »
2 situations, I believe once a year
3, 2

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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #529 on: July 27, 2020, 05:12:04 PM »
3, 2

One of those can't fall out on Shabbos

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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #530 on: July 27, 2020, 05:33:45 PM »
One of those can't fall out on Shabbos
? Shabbos Chanukah r"ch. Is one. Other two are shekalim and hachodesh that fall on r"ch, but both can't be on the same year. Hence, 3 and 2, respectively

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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #531 on: July 28, 2020, 10:58:23 AM »
? Shabbos Chanukah r"ch. Is one. Other two are shekalim and hachodesh that fall on r"ch, but both can't be on the same year. Hence, 3 and 2, respectively

Correct! Only one of Shekalim and Hachodesh can fall out on Shabbos in the same year.

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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #532 on: July 28, 2020, 11:00:14 AM »
Married a second lady who also had her first child a boy.

Correct - Pidyon haben is based on the mother - so if a man was married twice and had a son with each wife that was her firstborn, they would each have a pidyon haben.

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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #533 on: July 28, 2020, 11:03:22 AM »
I once met a man who redeemed his firstborn son twice! How is that possible?

Married a second lady who also had her first child a boy.

Correct - Pidyon haben is based on the mother - so if a man was married twice and had a son with each wife that was her firstborn, they would each have a pidyon haben.

The question is worded wrong. He only has 1 firstborn.
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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #534 on: July 28, 2020, 11:08:09 AM »
The question is worded wrong. He only has 1 firstborn.

Fair enough - sorry about that

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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #535 on: July 28, 2020, 11:10:39 AM »


Correct! Only one of Shekalim and Hachodesh can fall out on r"ch in the same year.

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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #536 on: July 28, 2020, 11:14:46 AM »


I once met a man who redeemed his firstborn son twice! How is that possible?

The question is worded wrong. He only has 1 firstborn.
How about:  I once met a man who made a pidyon haben for his son twice!  How is that possible?
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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #537 on: July 28, 2020, 11:18:13 AM »
How about:  I once met a man who made a pidyon haben for his son twice!  How is that possible?
That could be if someone redoes it if they find a Cohen of more certain lineage. I've heard of that.

How about:  I once met a man who made a pidyon haben for two of his sons!  How is that possible?
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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #538 on: July 28, 2020, 11:26:43 AM »
Feelings don't care about your facts

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Re: Riddles!
« Reply #539 on: July 28, 2020, 02:17:21 PM »
And simchas torah in EY :)

Simchas torah does require 3 seforim anywhere, no? V'Zos, Maftir, and Bereishis? How is EY different in that regard - an no, I didn't include it in my chesbon.


Which leads me to a few more leining riddles:
- What is the most commonly read haftorah, how many times is it read per year?
- What is the most commonly read torah section, and the max number of times per year it is read?
- What haftorah is read on different days in Golus and in EY (hint, not everyone reads it in EY)?