The New Moon (Masechet Rosh Hashanah)

What is the first month of the year according to the Torah?

• Tishrei

• Nissan

• Cheshvan

• Adar II

What is the reason for the Jewish calendar's leap month?

• to keep Pesach in the spring

• to have a great Purim

• to be extra holy

• to make it a lunar calendar

What is the minimum number of witnesses that the Beit Din requires?

• one

• two

• five

• seventy one

Are a father and son allowed to join together as the witnesses for Rosh Chodesh?

• yes only according to Rabbi Shimon

• yes

• only in the case of Tuvia the doctor

• only if they live in Jerusalem

Which of these people ARE ALLOWED to testify about the new moon?

• someone who plays with dice

• women

• someone who sells Shmittah fruit

• a freed slave

Where was the Sanhedrin located right after the Beit HaMikdash was destroyed?

• Jerusalem

• Usha

• Yavneh

• Tzippori

A person was allowed to break Shabbat to tell the court about the new moon.

• True

• False

Which of these would they to do if the person who saw the moon couldn't walk? (choose more than one answer)

• bring his wife with him

• bring a dove racer

• bring him on a donkey

• bring him on a bed

According to Rabbi Yosi, if the moon appeared clearly you were allowed to break Shabbat to go to the Beit Din.

• True

• False

From where do we learn that people should participate in declaring the month?

• The Torah says, "That you should annouce"

• The Mishna says that Shabbat is not important

• The Torah says, "God created man on the sixth day"

• The Mishna says the moon never appears clearly.