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Etgar Quiz No 226

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1)The area on which the Beit Hamikdash stood is known as:

a)Har Hahar

b)Har Habayit

c)Har Gerizim

d)Har Sinai

e)Masada

2)Tzedakah, the Jewish word for charity means

a)kindness

b)wisdom

c)justice

d)humanity

e)money

3)In the Mishkan, what was the menorah made of?

a)copper

b)silver

c)plastic

d)gold

e)wood

4)In Torah the first line of the Shema has two letters written larger than the others. What are those two letters?

a)shin and ayin

b)shin and alet

c)ayin and dalet

d)ayin and heh

e)yud and heh

5)A genizah is:

a)a spice box

b)a crown for theTorah

c)the apron of the High Priest

d)a herb used in Temple sacrifices

e)storage for damaged holy documents

6)Which Israeli author wrote the 2002 memoir A Tale of Love and Darkness?

a)Amos Oz

b)Meir Shalev

c)Etgar Keret

d)Ruth Almog

e)David Grossman

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 Answers: 1b, 2c, 3d, 4c, 5e, 6a

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