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The Etgar Quiz February 28

Start the week with our Jewish knowledge test

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1. Who destroyed the Second Temple?

a. the Babylonians

b. the Romans

c. the Assyrians

d. the Amalekites

e. the Egyptians

2. How often does a shmittah year (sabbatical year for crops) take place?

a. every year

b. every three years

c. every seven years

d. every 19 years

e. every 25 years


3. How many daughters did Zelophechad have?

a. two

b. three

c. four

d. five

e. six

4. What is the name for the categories of work that are forbidden on Shabbat?

a. melachot

b. avodot

c. taharot

d. asurot

e. muktzeh


5. One reason we are commanded in the Torah to rest on Shabbat is:

a. we were freed from slavery

b. to remember our forefathers

c. to work well during the week

d. to be a united people

e. it was a covenant between God and Abraham


6. Which one of the following was founded earliest?

a. Kfar Saba

b. Degania

c. Tel Aviv

d. Neve Tzedek

e. Rishon-le-Tzion

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 Answers: 1b, 2c, 3d, 4a, 5a, 6e

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