Sefer Yonah Scavenger Huntשְׁאֵלוֹת
Find the answers in Sefer Yonah! There are two questions for each chapter. The answers to the last two questions are harder and can be found anywhere in Sefer Yonah.
Chapter 1
1. What three cities are mentioned in this chapter?
2. After discovering that the storm was Yonah’s fault, what two things did the sailors do before throwing him into the sea?
1. What three cities are mentioned in this chapter?
2. After discovering that the storm was Yonah’s fault, what two things did the sailors do before throwing him into the sea?
Chapter 2
3. Was Yonah swallowed by a male fish or a female fish?
4. In Yonah’s prayer, how many times does he mention God’s holy Temple?
3. Was Yonah swallowed by a male fish or a female fish?
4. In Yonah’s prayer, how many times does he mention God’s holy Temple?
Chapter 3
5. According to the king’s decree, who must fast?
6. In this chapter, there are a lot of verbs (action words) that come from the שֹׁרֶשׁ (shoresh, root) ש.ו.ב, which means to turn or return. Whose turning or returning is described?
5. According to the king’s decree, who must fast?
6. In this chapter, there are a lot of verbs (action words) that come from the שֹׁרֶשׁ (shoresh, root) ש.ו.ב, which means to turn or return. Whose turning or returning is described?
Chapter 4
7. Which pasuk reminds you of the words in the י”ג מִדּוֹת הָרַחֲמִים (shelosh esrei middot ha-rahamim, 13 attributes of God’s mercy), which come up a lot in Selihot prayers and on Yom Kippur?
8. What object reminds you of the next holiday coming up on the Jewish calendar?
7. Which pasuk reminds you of the words in the י”ג מִדּוֹת הָרַחֲמִים (shelosh esrei middot ha-rahamim, 13 attributes of God’s mercy), which come up a lot in Selihot prayers and on Yom Kippur?
8. What object reminds you of the next holiday coming up on the Jewish calendar?
Look anywhere in the book to find the answer to these questions!
9. What four objects does God “provide” or “invite,” with the Hebrew word וַיְמַן (vayeman)?
10. What parts of Sefer Yonah remind you of Purim?
9. What four objects does God “provide” or “invite,” with the Hebrew word וַיְמַן (vayeman)?
10. What parts of Sefer Yonah remind you of Purim?
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Answers
- Nineveh, Tarshish, Yafo (1:2-3)
- Rowed hard to try to get to shore and prayed to God (1:13-14)
- We don’t know, because it’s called both דָּג (dag, male fish) and דָּגָה (daggah, female fish) (2:1, 2:2, 2:11). A midrash suggests that there were actually several fish that swallowed and spit out Yonah!
- Two (2:5, 2:8)
- Humans and animals (3:7)
- The people of Nineveh’s (3:8, 3:10) and God’s (3:9)
- 4:2
- The sukkah that Yonah makes (4:5)
- A fish, a plant, a worm, a wind (2:1, 4:6, 4:7, 4:8 – the common word is וַיְמַן)
- Casting lots, wearing rags and ashes
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