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Etgar Quiz No 232

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1)Which of these daily prayers is an alphabetic acrostic?

a)the Shema

b)Aleinu

c)Adon Olam

d)Ashrei

e) Baruch She’amar

2) The motto Torah im derech eretz (“Torah with the Way of the World”) is often associated with:

a)Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch

b)Rav Kook

c)Rashi

d)Rambam

e)Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

3) In what year were the Jews expelled from England?

a)1066

b)1290

c)1492

d)1666

e)1701

4)Where was Theodor Herzl born?

a)Herzliya

b) Basel

c)Hungary

d)France

e)Poland

5)The rules of shatnez prohibit:

a) eating fish and meat together

b)wearing a garment containing wool and linen

c)growing hybrid plants

d)farming unkosher animals

e)shaving or cutting hair during the Omer

6)In the Guinness Book of Records which vegetable was the largest of its type was discovered in Israel?

a)carrot

b) cucumber

c)tomato

d)pepper

e)mushroom

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 Answers: 1d, 2a, 3b ,4c, 5b, 6d

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