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| Name the five books of the Torah in English and/or Hebrew. |
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Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
(Beresheit, Shmot, Vayikra, Bemidbar, Dvarim)
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| First President of Israel |
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| The oral Torah--canonized circa 200 CE |
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How many parts are in the Mishna? |
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Six
1. Zeraim ("Seeds"), dealing with prayer and blessings, tithes and agricultural laws (11 tractates)
2. Moed ("Festival"), pertaining to the laws of the Sabbath and the Festivals (12 tractates)
3. Nashim ("Women"), concerning marriage and divorce, some forms of oaths and the laws of the nazirite (7 tractates)
4. Nezikin ("Damages"), dealing with civil and criminal law, the functioning of the courts and oaths (10 tractates)
5. Kodashim ("Holy things"), regarding sacrificial rites, the Temple, and the dietary laws (11 tractates) and
6. Tohorot ("Purities"), pertaining to the laws of purity and impurity, including the impurity of the dead, the laws of food purity and bodily purity (12 tractates). |
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| A symbol on food items that shows if it is kosher. |
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The three parts of the Hebrew Bible/Tanach |
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| Torah (Teaching), Nevi’im (Prophets), Ketuvim (Writings) |
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Where does the story of Purim take place?
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| What is the Israeli parliament called? |
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| What is the significance of breaking the glass at a Jewish wedding? |
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Even in our happiest moment, we should remember the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem.
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| What are three objects you might use during Sukkot? |
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| Which document is used to dissolve a Jewish marriage? |
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| Who was Eliezer Ben-Yehuda? |
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What are the three Jewish pilgrimage holidays?
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| Pesach (Passover), Sukkot, and Shavuot |
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Who is the current Prime Minister of Israel
(as of 10/13/2011)? |
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| Binyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu |
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1) One G-d
2) You shall have no other gods
3) Don’t take God’s name in vain
4) Keep the Sabbath
5) Honor your father and your mother
6) Don’t murder
7) Don’t commit adultery
8) Don’t steal
9) Don’t bear false witness
10) Don’t covet
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| The birthday of the trees/the 15th of Shevat |
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| What is Havdalah and when is it usually done? |
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Havdalah is a ceremony that marks the symbolic end of Shabbat and holidays, and ushers in the new week. Shabbat ends on Saturday night after the appearance of three stars in the sky. |
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| What does Rosh Hashanah mean? |
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| What Jewishly significant event occurred in the year 1492? |
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| The explusion of the Jews from Spain |
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| What is a minyan and how many people do you need to make one? |
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A Minyan is a quorum of 10 people (over the age of bar/bat mitzvah) required to have a proper service. In some Jewish denomimations only men are included in a Minyan.
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| What is the capital of Israel? |
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| Central Jewish text (combination of the Mishna and Gemara) pertaining to laws and ethics - canonized circa 400-700 CE |
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| What is a yad and what is its purpose? |
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| A yad , literally, "hand," is a Jewish ritual pointer, used to point to the text during the Torah reading |
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