Yud Tes Kislev Questionaire #1
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בס"ד יט כסלו _______________________________________________________________________________________ י"ט With which Rebbe did the story of.1 ?happen כסלו י"ט כסלו In which year did the story of.2 take place? 3.In which Hebrew year did it take place? 4.When was the earliest time that the chassidim realised something serious is happening? 5.When was the first time the soldiers came to arrest Alter Rebbe? 6.Was Alter Rebbe arrested at that time and why/why not? 7.With which chosid did the Alter Rebbe speak with to discuss his arrest? 8.Was the Alter Rebbe ready to go on mesiras nefesh? 9.What was the Alter Rebbe paving the future road with? 10.Which two reasons was he paving the road for? 11.What was being put to test? 12.When was the Alter Rebbe actually arrested? 13.Into what kind of wagon did they place him? Questions: Rabbi Sholem Perl Illustrations: Mendy Lewis ~ "1 ~ בס"ד יט כסלו _______________________________________________________________________________________ 14.Who was this black wagon usually reserved for? 15.What was the black wagon covered on all sides with? 16.Did the black wagon have windows? 17.Which town was the black wagon headed to? 18.Were the Chasidim angry? 19.Why were the chasidim angry? 20.Did the chasidim ever give up hope? 21.What did the chasidim do on the first night the Alter Rebbe was arrested? 22.How many decrees were made that night? 23.Write down two of the nine decrees? 24.How long were the nine decrees supposed to last? 25.How often did they decide to fast every week? 26.On which days did they decide to fast on? 27.Who was exempt from fasting? Questions: Rabbi Sholem Perl Illustrations: Mendy Lewis ~ "2 ~ בס"ד יט כסלו _______________________________________________________________________________________ 28.On the other days, what were they allowed to eat? 29.On Shabbos, what were they allowed to eat? 30.Were they allowed to arrange any more engagements? 31.In a wedding that was already prepared how many courses could they eat and with how many people? 32.What did the melamdim say together with their students? 33.What were the melamdim supposed to explain to the students about the Alter Rebbe? 34.What was every chossid supposed to explain to all members of his household? 35.What is maamod? 36.What was decided to send to eretz yosroel and why? 37.What was the decision made about their gold and silver and why? a ח"ו What was decided, if.38 chossid passes away during that time? 39.How many committees were set up on the same night? Questions: Rabbi Sholem Perl Illustrations: Mendy Lewis ~ "3 ~ בס"ד יט כסלו _______________________________________________________________________________________ 40.In general what were the three committee set up to do? 41.In which city did the Alter Rebbe live? 42.What night of the week was the Alter Rebbe arrested? 43.What happened six hours before candlelighting time? 44.It was Erev Shabbos of which parsha? 45.Around what time of the morning was it? 46.Who was banging on the inside of the black wagon? 47.What was the Alter Rebbe demanding? 48.Did the wagon drivers listen to him? 49.Why did the Alter Rebbe want them to stop the wagon? 50.Which song did the Alter Rebbe begin to sing? 51.What happened the moment he began singing? 52.After the wagon broke, what did they decide to do to it? 53.What happened after they fixed the axle? Questions: Rabbi Sholem Perl Illustrations: Mendy Lewis ~ "4 ~ בס"ד יט כסלו _______________________________________________________________________________________ 54.Did they bring new horses? 55.What happened after they brought new horses? 56.Who did the wagon driver realise he was dealing with? 57.What did they request of the Alter Rebbe? 58.Did he agree with them? 59.What did Alter Rebbe agree to allow them to do? 60.How far were they parked from the village of Rudnia? 61.Close to which town was Rudnia? 62.Which chosid visited that spot in the forest with the Alter Rebbe spent the Shabbos? 63.What did the chosid tell the chasidim at the farbrengen about something he noticed? 64.What was the name of the dreaded fortress the Alter Rebbe was taken to? 65.How long did the Alter Rebbe spend in that fortress? 66.How was the Alter Rebbe treated the first three weeks? Questions: Rabbi Sholem Perl Illustrations: Mendy Lewis ~ "5 ~ בס"ד יט כסלו _______________________________________________________________________________________ 67.What kind of rebels are treated that way? 68.How did the Russian regime justify their actions? 69.Which country was the enemy of Russia at that time? 70.Where did the interrogations take place? 71.Across which river was the tiny Soviets? 72.What happened on one occasion when the Alter Rebbe was crossing the river? 73.Why did the Alter Rebbe want the boat to be stopped? 74.Did the ferryman listen to the Alter Rebbe? 75.Which two excuses did he give? 76.At that point what did the Alter Rebbe say to the ferryman? 77.Did the ferryman take the Alter Rebbe seriously? 78.What happened to the boat at that point? 79.What did the Alter Rebbe begin to say? 80.Did the ferryman stop the boat? 81.On which three conditions? Questions: Rabbi Sholem Perl Illustrations: Mendy Lewis ~ "6 ~ בס"ד יט כסלו _______________________________________________________________________________________ ¶ ¶ ¶! 82.Were they ever fulfilled? 83.What did Alter Rebbe give to the ferryman? 84.What did the ferryman do with note that the Alter Rebbe gave to him? 85.After the Alter Rebbe gave him the note, what did the Alter Rebbe say? 86.Which Chosid saw that note hanging up on the wall? 87.He was the chosid of which Rebbe? 88.What was the Friediker Rebbe's question about the Alter Rebbe's action on the boat? 89.What was the answer? 90.What was the Alter Rebbe's first question to the guard in the fortress? 91.What was the answer of the guard? Questions: Rabbi Sholem Perl Illustrations: Mendy Lewis ~ "7 ~ בס"ד יט כסלו _______________________________________________________________________________________ 92.What was it about the answer that made the Alter Rebbe happy? 93.What was the chief Jail warden's question to the Alter Rebbe on the Torah? 94.What was the Alter Rebbe's answer? 95.Was the chief warden happy with the answer? 96.How does that answer apply to each and every one of us? 97.What was most surprising to the jail warden in the answer of the Alter Rebbe? 98.Which aristocratic visitor came to visit the Alter Rebbe in jail? 99.How did he come dressed? 100.Did the Alter Rebbe know immediately that this was the czar? 101.How did the Alter Rebbe explain to the visitor that he knew his identity? 102.How did the Alter Rebbe notify his Chasidim that he is still alive? 103.Who was the chief jail warden supposed to meet in the streets of Petersburg? 104.How was Yisroel Kosik a relative to the Alter Rebbe? Questions: Rabbi Sholem Perl Illustrations: Mendy Lewis ~ "8 ~ בס"ד יט כסלו _______________________________________________________________________________________ 105.Did the warden meet Yisroel Kosik? 106.Did Yisroel Kosik tell the chief warden that it was him? 107.Why not? 108. When they finally met the next day what did the chief warden ask Yisroel Kosik to do? 109.When the chief warden went upstairs what did he throw out of the window? 110.What was written on that piece of paper? 111.Who did Yisroel Kosik show it to? 112.What did they immediately do? 113.What did the Alter Rebbe not eat in jail? 114.Why? 115.What did the chief warden of the prison wrongly accuse the Alter Rebbe of planning? 116.What did he want to do in order for the Alter Rebbe to eat the food? 117.What did the Alter Rebbe do with his teeth and for what reason? Questions: Rabbi Sholem Perl Illustrations: Mendy Lewis ~ "9 ~ בס"ד יט כסלו _______________________________________________________________________________________ 118.After the Alter Rebbe explained that he does not eat non-kosher food, how did the Alter Rebbe arrange the food to be brought to him in jail? 119.What was the name of his chosid in Petersburg? 120.What kind of a Jew was Mordechai Leipler? 121.What kind of food did the Alter Rebbe request to be prepared in his Chosid's kitchen? 122.Why was that kind of food prepared for the Alter Rebbe? 123.What did the Alter Rebbe answer, when asked if he was a follower of the Baal Shem Tov? 124.Why didn't the Alter Rebbe just simply answer no? 125.Who were the Alter Rebbe's two unexpected visitors? 126.What were the three questions that Alter Rebbe asked to his visitors? ¶! ¶ ¶! 127.What was their answer? 128.What promise did they give the Alter Rebbe at that meeting? Questions: Rabbi Sholem Perl Illustrations: Mendy Lewis ~ "10 ~ בס"ד יט כסלו _______________________________________________________________________________________ 129.What was The request of the Baal Shem Tov to the Alter Rebbe? 130.Who was the first one who learned that maamor? 131.What was the Baal Shem Tov's comment to the Mezritcher Maggid concerning that maamor? 132.Where did the interrogations take place? 133.How many questions was the Alter Rebbe asked? 134.How many did he answer? 135.What was the intention behind their asking what the Alter Rebbe wrote concerning the meaning of Malchus? 136.Which question was answered in a Hebrew text? 137. What was the Alter Rebbe's answer on the last question concerning the souls of Jews? 138.Did the interrogation committee accept that answer? 139.What day and date of the month did the Alter Rebbe's chosid hear the good news? 140.What was the name of the chosid? 141.What good news did he Questions: Rabbi Sholem Perl Illustrations: Mendy Lewis ~ "11 ~ בס"ד יט כסלו _______________________________________________________________________________________