Title: Anki Torah / Tanach
Tags: Ezra Tanach

Front: In what year of the reign of Cyrus, did he proclaim that the Temple should be rebuilt?
Back: In the first year [1:1]
Title: The Tanach Challenge: Ezra
Author: Rabbi Jonathan Fox

Front: Of what empire was Cyrus the king?
Back: Persia [1:1]
Title: The Tanach Challenge: Ezra
Author: Rabbi Jonathan Fox

Front: Who was the leader of Judah when Cyrus ordered the rebuilding of the Temple?
Back: Sheshbazzar [1:8]
Title: The Tanach Challenge: Ezra
Author: Rabbi Jonathan Fox

Front: Which of the following were among the dignitaries who led the return from the Babylonian exile: Zerubbabel; Seraiah; Amos; Mordechai-bilshan?
Back: Zerubbabel; Seraiah; Mordechai-bilshan [2:2]
Title: The Tanach Challenge: Ezra
Author: Rabbi Jonathan Fox

Front: From what date did the people commence bringing burnt-offerings in the Temple?
Back: The first of the seventh month [3:6]
Title: The Tanach Challenge: Ezra
Author: Rabbi Jonathan Fox

Front: Which people wept loudly when they saw the completed foundation of the new Temple?
Back: Those who had beheld the First Temple [3:12]
Title: The Tanach Challenge: Ezra
Author: Rabbi Jonathan Fox

Front: Until when was the building of the new Temple halted?
Back: Until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia [4:24]
Title: The Tanach Challenge: Ezra
Author: Rabbi Jonathan Fox

Front: On the basis of whose decree was the building of the new Temple resumed after it had been halted?
Back: King Darius [6:1;12]
Title: The Tanach Challenge: Ezra
Author: Rabbi Jonathan Fox

Front: On what date was the building of the new Temple completed?
Back: 3 Adar [6:15]
Title: The Tanach Challenge: Ezra
Author: Rabbi Jonathan Fox

Front: In what year of Darius’s reign was the new Temple completed?
Back: In the 6th year [6:15]
Title: The Tanach Challenge: Ezra
Author: Rabbi Jonathan Fox

Front: Who was the father of Ezra?
Back: Seraiah [7:1]
Title: The Tanach Challenge: Ezra
Author: Rabbi Jonathan Fox

Front: True or false? Ezra was a Kohen.
Back: True [7:1-5]
Title: The Tanach Challenge: Ezra
Author: Rabbi Jonathan Fox

Front: In what year of Darius’s reign did Ezra arrive in Jerusalem?
Back: In the seventh year [7:8]
Title: The Tanach Challenge: Ezra
Author: Rabbi Jonathan Fox

Front: Who am I? I was instructed by king Darius to come to Jerusalem; I assembled leaders from Israel to ascend with me from Babylonia to Israel and I proclaimed a fast at the river Ahava.
Back: Ezra [7:12-26;7:28;8:21]
Title: The Tanach Challenge: Ezra
Author: Rabbi Jonathan Fox

Front: Who said to the men of Judah and Benjamin: “separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the alien wives”?
Back: Ezra [10:10-11]
Title: The Tanach Challenge: Ezra
Author: Rabbi Jonathan Fox