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The Etgar Quiz no 251

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1)‘Moshiach” is derived from the Hebrew word meaning:

a)Messenger

b)Rescuer

c)Holy

d)Separated

e)Anointed

2)What year did Israel withdraw from the Gaza strip?

a)1995

b)2005

c)2014

d)2010

e)2007
 

3)The new train station in Jerusalem is named after which former Israeli president?

a)David Ben Gurion

b)Zalman Shazar

c)Chaim Herzog

d)Shimon Peres

e)Yitzchak Navon
 

4)Which group of sages wrote down the Mishnah?

a)Tannaim

b)Amoraim

c)Geonim

d)Rishonim

e)Acharonim

5)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

6)In which sidrah do we read the story of the spies going into the Land of Israel?

a)Chukkat

b)Ki Tisa

c)Mattot

d)Mishpatim

e)Shelach Lecha

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 Answers:1e,2b,3e,4a,5a,6e
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