The Etgar Challenge April 30

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.    Spot the odd one out:
a)    wheat
b)    barley
c)    corn
d)    dates
e)    pomegranates

3.    On Lag ba’Omer the students of which rabbi stopped dying from a plague?
a)    Rabbi Tarfon
b)    Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai
c)    Rabbi Akiva
d)    Rashi
e)    Ramban

4.    On what festival do we read the Book of Ruth?
a)    Shavuot
b)    Pesach
c)    Succot
d)    Purim
e)    Chanukah

5.    What is a traditional activity on Lag ba’Omer?
a)    painting
b)    flying
c)    reading
d)    making bonfires
e)    visiting the sick

6.    In what year was Dreyfus tried and convicted for treason?
a)    1869
b)    1889
c)    1894
d)    1903
e)    1912

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 Answers: 1b, 2c (not one of the seven species of Israel), 3c, 4a, 5d, 6c
 
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