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WR - Judaism

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Approximately how many Jewish people are there in the world?

a)

1,500,000

b)

15,000,000

c)

150,000,000

d)

1,500,000,000

2.

Abram was renamed Abraham by God – what does Abraham mean?

a)

“circumcised one”

b)

“covenanted”

c)

“the one who wrestles”

d)

“father of many”

3.

Which of the following best defines ‘Talmud’?

a)

the Pentateuch - the Books of Moses (i.e., Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy

b)

the entire Hebrew Bible, including Torah, Nevi’im, and Ketuvim

c)

the Oral Torah - commentaries, stories, and debates about the meaning and application of Torah

d)

the Mishnah and Gemara, compiled by Judah the Prince, dealing exclusively with ethical maxims and principles

4.

 

What is the best translation of the term 'Mashiach'?

a)

prophet

b)

anointed one

c)

awakened one

d)

God-with-us

5.

The Hebrew number 18 is

a)

Part of YHWH’s name

b)

Connected to the word ‘life’

c)

unlucky

d)

the number of openings in the human body

6.

This is the most important sacred time within Judaism, a weekly time during which Jews remember God’s rest after creation and refrain from creative acts

a)

Shalom

b)

Seder

c)

Sukkot

d)

Shabbat

7.

Which of the following is the best translation of "Israel"?

a)

chosen by God

b)

father of multitudes

c)

wrestles with God

d)

earth-man

8.

Which of the following best defines ‘Tanakh’?

a)

the Pentateuch - the Books of Moses (i.e., Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)

b)

the entire Hebrew Bible: Torah, Nevi’im, and Ketuvim

c)

the Oral Torah - commentaries, stories, and debates about the meaning and application of Torah

d)

a tractate of Mishnah compiled by Judah the Prince, dealing exclusively with ethical principles and maxims

9.

Which of the following is the term for the ‘evil inclination’ that each person has? 

a)

Yetzer HaSatan

b)

Yetzer HaRa

c)

Yetzer HaTov

d)

BimBam

10.

Which of the following is the best understanding of 'rabbi'?

a)

A legal scholar and teacher, the inheritor of the Pharisee tradition

b)

A spirit-filled spokesperson for God, bringing a message of both doom and hope

c)

A priest after the order of Aaron and the kohanim

d)

A righteous and saintly person, the spiritual leader of a Hasidic community

11.

Which of the following holidays commemorates the events of the book of Exodus?

a)

Purim

b)

Pesach

c)

Yom HaShoah

d)

Yom Kippur

12.

Which of the following holidays commemorates the events of the book of Esther?

a)

Yom Kippur

b)

Yom HaShoah

c)

Pesach

d)

Purim

13.

Which of the following holidays is the day of Atonement, the end of a 10-day period focusing on repentance and atoning for sins?

a)

Yom Kippur

b)

Yom HaShoah

c)

Pesach

d)

Purim

14.

Who is the Baal Shem Tov?

a)

The founder of Reform Judaism

b)

The founder of Hasidic Judaism

c)

The first prime minister of the State of Israel

d)

a medieval rabbi who systematized halakha in the Mishneh Torah

15.

According to Jewish tradition, how many commandments are there in Torah?

a)

10

b)

281

c)

613

d)

713