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The Etgar pre-Yom Kippur quiz

Test your Jewish knowledge with our seasonal challenge

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(contains material not in the Etgar handbook)

1)What is the date of Yom Kippur?

a.Tishri 3

b.Tishri 6

c.Tishri 10

d.Tishri 13

e.Tishri 16

2)Which of the following is not a prohibition of Yom Kippur?

a.drinking

b.washing

c.wearing leather shoes

d.wearing new clothes

e.wearing perfume

3)Who was Prime Minister during the Yom Kippur war?

a.Menachem Begin

b.Golda Meir

c.Yitzhak Rabin

d.Levi Eshkol

e.Moshe Dayan

4)Which practice from Rosh Hashanah do we have the custom to repeat as soon as Yom Kippur ends?

a.blowing the shofar

b.eating apple and honey

c.saying tashlich

d.making kiddush

e.wearing white clothes

5)Which month of the Hebrew calendar has the most fast days?

a.Tishri

b.Av

c.Tammuz

d.Tevet

e.Adar

6)Where was Jonah sailing to when he was swallowed by a fish?

a.Jaffa

b.Haifa

c.Ashdod

d.Nineveh

e.Tarshish

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 Answers: Ic, 2d, 3b, 4a, 5a, 6d

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