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Etgar Challenge January 11

Home learning? Start the week with our Jewish knowledge quiz

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1.    Who was a child of Amram and Yocheved?
a.    Shimshon
b.    Shmuel
c.    David
d.    Moshe
e.    Deborah

2.    Who were Shifrah and Puah?
a.    wives of Jacob
b.    daughters of Dinah
c.    mothers of the first two kings of Israel
d.    judges
e.    midwives in Egypt
 

3.    Which group of scholars came before the Amoraim:
a.    Geonim
b.    Rishonim
c.    Acharonim
d.    Tannaim
e.    Rabbanim

4.    The Temple last stood in Jerusalem approximately
a.    5,000 years ago
b.    2,000 years ago
c.    1,000 years ago
d.    500 years ago
e.    100 years ago
 
5.    According to most traditions, what directly follows Kiddush on a Friday night?
a.    lighting the candles
b.    washing hands and making the bracha on the challot
c.    havdalah
d.    going to shul
e.    reading from the Torah

6.    Which is the most westerly city?
a.    Ashkelon
b.    Nazareth
c.    Tiberias
d.    Netanya
e.    Dimona
 

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 Answers 1d, 2e, 3d, 4b, 5b, 6a
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