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The Etgar Lag Ba'Omer quiz

Test your knowledge with our weekly challenge

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1)Who sings Lifnai She’yigamer?

a)Arik Einstein

b)Shlomo Artzi

c)Idan Raichel

d)Idan Amedi

e)Ofra Haza

2)What is a traditional activity on Lag ba’Omer?

a)painting

b)flying

c)reading

d)making bonfires

e)visiting the sick

3)Which of the following books of Tanach is not said to have been written by a king (in whole or part)?

a)Tehillim

b)Kohelet

c)Song of Songs

d)Esther

e)Mishlei

4)For how many years was the state of Israel an independent country before the Israeli army captured the Old City of Jerusalem?

a)one

b)eight

c)12

d)19

e)25

5)On Lag ba’Omer the students of which rabbi stopped dying from a plague?

a)Rabbi Tarfon

b)Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai

c)Rabbi Akiva

d)Rashi

e)Ramban

6)On what day of the Omer is Lag ba’Omer?

a)seven

b)13

c)21

d)33

e)49

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 Answers: 1c, 2d, 3d, 4d, 5c, 6d

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