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Jewish Law

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Daf?

a)

Torah Law

b)

A fence around a Torah (metaphor)- rules and regulations to prevent you from breaking a Torah law

c)

The oral law that didn’t make it into the Mishnah

d)

A page of Talmud

2.

What is a Mikvah?

a)

Talmudic scholar

b)

A fence around a Torah (metaphor)- rules and regulations to prevent you from breaking a Torah law

c)

Spiritually cleansing bath-immersion

d)

Rabbinic law

3.

What is Brit?

a)

Literally “order” 6 orders of the Mishnah

b)

The oral Torah, which was passed down by word of mouth

c)

The Covenant between G-d and the Jews

d)

Book by Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (Maimonides) that serves as a “dictionary” of Jewish law

4.

what is the Mishnah with the Gemara and additional commentaries from later times called

a)

Gemara

b)

Talmud

c)

Mishnah

d)

Chumash

5.

what is

the Shulchan Aruch

a)

A code of Jewish law that comes in the 16th century. This is the most followed legal code based on the Torah and Talmud

b)

A commentator on the Torah and Talmud who explains to all who study what the text actually means

c)

The system of the Jewish law

d)

Rabbinic law

6.

Who is Rashi?

a)

A rabbi from the Mishnah

b)

A commentator on the Torah and Talmud who explains to all who study what the text actually means

c)

Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon

d)

G-d

7.

what is the

Mishneh Torah

a)

Book by Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (Maimonides) that serves as a “dictionary” of Jewish law

b)

The system of the Jewish law

c)

A commandment, precept, or religious duty.

d)

A fence around a Torah (metaphor)- rules and regulations to prevent you from breaking a Torah law

8.

A commandment, precept, or religious duty.

a)

Mitzvah

b)

Rabbinic law

c)

D’Rabanan

d)

D’Oraytah

9.

How do you write D’Rabanan in hebrew

(a)  

10.

how do you write Halacha in hebrew

(a)  

11.

What is an Amora

a)

A rabbi from the Mishnah

b)

Talmudic scholar

c)

Argument

d)

Another term for the written Torah

12.

who is Tana

a)

Talmudic scholar

b)

Literally “order” 6 orders of the Mishnah

c)

A rabbi from the Mishnah

d)

A fence around a Torah (metaphor)- rules and regulations to prevent you from breaking a Torah law

13.

what is the Mishnah

a)

The Jewish oral law that was written down and organized by Rabbi Yehuda haNasi (around the third century C.E.), composed of six sections called orders

b)

A code of Jewish law that comes in the 16th century. This is the most followed legal code based on the Torah and Talmud

c)

A commentator on the Torah and Talmud who explains to all who study what the text actually means

d)

Book by Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (Maimonides) that serves as a “dictionary” of Jewish law

14.

what is Gemara

a)

Literally “order” 6 orders of the Mishnah

b)

Rabbinical commentary by the Amoraim on the Mishnah

c)

The oral Torah, which was passed down by word of mouth

d)

Written Torah—the Five Books of Moses

15.

what is the Torah shebich tav

a)

The oral law that didn’t make it into the Mishnah

b)

Another term for the written Torah

c)

The oral Torah, which was passed down by word of mouth

d)

Written Torah—the Five Books of Moses

16.

what is סדר

a)

Seder (pl. Sederim)

b)

Torah Sheb’alpeh

c)

Chumash

d)

Machloket

17.

תורה שבעל פה means

a)

Sugiah/Sugiyot

b)

Siyag l’Torah

c)

Torah Sheb’alpeh

d)

Mishnah/Mishnayot

18.

D’Oraytah is

a)

Torah law

b)

A custom or tradition

c)

דאוֹרַייתָא

d)

משנה

19.

Machloket

a)

A page of Talmud

b)

Argument

c)

A fence around a Torah (metaphor)- rules and regulations to prevent you from breaking a Torah law

d)

The oral law that didn’t make it into the Mishnah

20.

Chumash

a)

Argument

b)

A custom or tradition

c)

Another term for the written Torah

d)

Torah law

21.

Siyag l’Torah

a)

A fence around a Torah (metaphor)- rules and regulations to prevent you from breaking a Torah law

b)

A page of Talmud-finished

c)

Spiritually cleansing bath-immersion-finished

d)

The system of the Jewish law

22.

Baraita

a)

A commentator on the Torah and Talmud who explains to all who study what the text actually means

b)

A code of Jewish law that comes in the 16th century. This is the most followed legal code based on the Torah and Talmud

c)

A page of Talmud-finished

d)

The oral law that didn’t make it into the Mishnah

23.

Minhag

a)

A custom or tradition

b)

Rabbinic law

c)

The system of the Jewish law

d)

Rabbinic law