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The Etgar Chanukah Challenge

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1. What does the eighth commandment prohibit?
a. lying
b. stealing
c. murder
d. swearing
e. jealousy

2. Excluding the shamash, how many candles do we light altogether during Chanukah:
a. 36
b. 40
c. 44
d. 45
e. 48

3. Ishmael is to Abraham as Solomon is to whom?
a. Joseph
b. Benjamin
c. Saul
d. Jonah
e. David

4. The book of Nezikin includes:
a. the story of Ruth
b. laws of farming
c. the laws of business
d. the redemption from Egypt
e. rules about bringing sacrifices

5. Which of Joseph’s brothers pleaded with him to release Benjamin?
a. Reuven
b. Shimon
c. Levi
d. Yehudah
e. Yissachar

6. Who wrote the 1967 song Yerushalayim shel Zahav, “Jerusalem of Gold”?
a. Naomi Shemer
b. Ofra Haza
c. Yehuda Amichai
d. Arik Einstein
e. Dana International

 

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 Answers: 1b, 2a, 3e, 4c, 5d,6a
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