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The Etgar Quiz No 225

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1)The creator of Modern Hebrew was ______ Ben Yehuda?

a)Ezra

b)Eliezer

c)Elimelech

d)Eliyahu

e)Elisheva

2)The children of Israel said at Sinai: “Na’aseh v’nishma”. This means:

a)We are ready and we are willing

b)We will do and we will hear

c)We have honoured and we have observed

d)We will see and we will rejoice

e)We will guard and we will protect

3)According to Rambam (Maimonides), what is the highest level of charity?

a)giving anonymously

b)giving with a full heart

c)giving more than asked

d)giving someone a job

e)inviting someone for a meal in one’s home

4)Which of the following prohibitions appear three times in the Torah?

a)cooking meat with milk

b)working on Yom Kippur

c)kidnapping people

d)cursing your leaders

e)stealing money

5)Shmittah (sabbatical year for crops) takes place every seven years. When will the next one begin?

a)2024

b)2025

c)2026

d)2027

e)2028

6)In 1992 Israel won its first Olympic medals in which sport?

a)rowing

b)boxing

c)gymnastics

d)archery

e)judo

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 Answers: 1b, 2b, 3d, 4a, 5e, 6e

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