Enjoy the tricentenary edition of our Jewish knowledge quiz
May 2, 2025 13:54By
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1) Tzara’at, a skin illness mentioned in the Torah, was said to be a punishment for:
a) stealing
b) gossiping
c) lying
d) dancing
e) vanity
2) Where was the First Zionist Congress held?
a) Paris
b) Basel
c) Bad Gastein
d) Milan
e) Blackpool
3) When are tefillin not worn?
a) Yom Yerushalayim
b) Shavuot
c) Yom Hashoah
d) Tzom Gedaliah
e) Taanit Esther
4) “The Land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people.” This was said by:
a) Rabin as he signed the Oslo Accords
b) Herzl in Altneuland
c) Ben Gurion as he read the Declaration of Independence
d) Joshua, speaking to the Jewish people as he prepared to die
5) What is Yom Hazikaron?
a) A day of preparation for Yom Ha’atzmaut
b) A day of commemoration of Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of terror
c) Holocaust Memorial Day
d) A day marking the middle of the Omer
e) A day when we remember the exodus from Egypt
6) From which area did most people emigrate in the First Aliyah?
a) Eastern Europe
b) Western Europe
c) North Africa
d) South Africa
e) North America
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Answers: 1b, 2b, 3b, 4c, 5b, 6a
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