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The Etgar Challenge

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1.    To fulfil the mitzvah of hachnasat orchim, what should you do when your guests leave?
a.    give them a present
b.    accompany them part of the way
c.    call a taxi for them
d.    invite them for another meal
e.    teach them some Torah

2.    On Shemini Atzeret we recite a special prayer for:
a.    the restoration of the Temple
b.    rain
c.    forgiveness
d.    freeing captives
e.    dew

3.    What festival marks the beginning of the cycle of the weekly parashah?
a.    Rosh Hashanah
b.    Succot
c.    Simchat Torah
d.    Tu Bishvat
e.    Shavuot

4.    Who was Henrietta Szold?
a.    the first female member of Knesset
b.    Israeli Ambassador to the United States 
c.    founder and president of Hadassah
d.    David Ben Gurion’s wife
e.    Israel’s first female fighter pilot

5.    Which empire controlled Palestine, almost uninterrupted, from the 16th century up to the end of the First World War?
a.    Austro-Hungarian
b.    British
c.    French
d.    Ottoman
e.    Russian

6.    Which book of the Torah has the most parashiot?
a.    Bereshit
b.    Shemot
c.    Vayikra
d.    Bamidbar
e.    Devarim

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 Answers 1b, 2b, 3c, 4c, 5d, 6a
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