The Etgar Bank Holiday Quiz

d)Commandments

e)Promises

2)What happened to Alfred Dreyfus when he was finally acquitted?

a)he retired to Provence

b)he was arrested for affray and died in prison

c)he emigrated to Palestine

d)he emigrated to the United States

e)he was reinstated in the French army

3)According to tradition Megillat Rut was written by:

a)Ruth

b)Boaz

c)Moshe

d)David

e)Shmuel

4)Shavuot is the day following which day of the Omer?

a)eighth

b)15th

c)49th

d)50th

e)72nd

5)The extra service that we say on Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh and festivals is called:

a)Shacharit

b)Minyan

c)Neilah

d)Mizrach

e)Musaf

6)Which of the following is not a tradition of Shavuot?

a)giving charity to people living in Israel

b)eating dairy foods

c)reading megillat Rut

d)decorating the synagogue with flowers

e)learning through the night

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 Answers: 1c, 2e, 3e, 4c, 5e, 6a

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