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The Etgar Quiz February 20

Start the week with our Jewish knowledge test

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(contains material not in the Etgar Handbook)

1. Spot the odd one out

a) Shet

b) Osnat

c) Yocheved

d) Shifra

e) Puah


2. As they travelled through the desert to Israel, where in the camp did the Jews meet to serve God?

a) the Bet Knesset

b) the Mishkan

c) the Aron Hakodesh

d) the Mizbe’ach

e) the Kotel


3. How many brachot are there in the regular weekday Amidah prayer?

a) three

b) seven

c) 12

d) 18

e) 19


4. Whose commentaries appear on almost every page of the standard edition of the Talmud Bavli?

a) Rambam and Rabbi Yosef Caro

b) Rambam and Rashi

c) Rashi and Ramban

d) Rashi and Tosafot

e) Chafetz Chaim and Maharal


5. Shlomo’s mother was called:

a) Rachel

b) Hannah

c) Batsheva

d) Avigail

e) Miriam


6. Israel developed a fighter jet called the Kfir based on the:

a) Dassault Mirage

b) BAe Hawk

c) Douglas A4 Skyhawk

d) McDonald Douglas F4 Phantom

e) Concorde

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 Answers: 1a (all the rest are women) 2b, 3e, 4d, 5c, 6a

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