Here's something to think about.........
When baking, recipes sometimes call for volume measurements like a cup for ingredients and weight measurements like grams or ounces. What would one do to express a volume in terms of weight or vice versa?
Can you think of situation where a person would need a recipe written ONLY with volumes OR weights? Hmmm... Think and let us know what you come up with.
(Another post soon to be made might give you a hint)
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Showing posts with label Quiz Question. Show all posts
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Monday, January 13, 2014
Quiz on Volumes and Weights
Dry Measurements in Parshat BeShalach בשלח
Here's the answer to the quiz question from January 2....
The dry volumes listed in BeShalach were the 'Omer' and the 'Efah'. The Bnei Yisrael collected the manna at the rate of 1 Omer per family member; 2 on Yom Hashishi - Friday, in preparation for Shabbat. None on Shabbat. The story ends teaching us that 1 Omer is equal to 1/10 (one tenth) of an Efah. If you divided an Efah into 10 equal volume parts, each part equaled the same volume of 1 Omer. Therefore, 1 Efah is ten times the volume as that of 1 Omer. 1/10 can also be written as .1 or 10%
The dry volumes listed in BeShalach were the 'Omer' and the 'Efah'. The Bnei Yisrael collected the manna at the rate of 1 Omer per family member; 2 on Yom Hashishi - Friday, in preparation for Shabbat. None on Shabbat. The story ends teaching us that 1 Omer is equal to 1/10 (one tenth) of an Efah. If you divided an Efah into 10 equal volume parts, each part equaled the same volume of 1 Omer. Therefore, 1 Efah is ten times the volume as that of 1 Omer. 1/10 can also be written as .1 or 10%
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Units of dry measurement in Beshalach
In the Torah we find a number of volume measurements!
For example, in next week's Parsha, Parshat BeShalach, what dry volumes are part of the story narrative?
In that same story, we find that one volume measurement is a fraction part of the another.
What is the name of the smaller volume and what is the name of the larger volume?
What fractional part of the larger was the smaller?
For example, in next week's Parsha, Parshat BeShalach, what dry volumes are part of the story narrative?
In that same story, we find that one volume measurement is a fraction part of the another.
What is the name of the smaller volume and what is the name of the larger volume?
What fractional part of the larger was the smaller?
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