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WorksheetsWR - Judaism
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Approximately how many Jewish people are there in the world?
1,500,000
15,000,000
150,000,000
1,500,000,000
Abram was renamed Abraham by God – what does Abraham mean?
“circumcised one”
“covenanted”
“the one who wrestles”
“father of many”
Which of the following best defines ‘Talmud’?
the Pentateuch - the Books of Moses (i.e., Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy
the entire Hebrew Bible, including Torah, Nevi’im, and Ketuvim
the Oral Torah - commentaries, stories, and debates about the meaning and application of Torah
the Mishnah and Gemara, compiled by Judah the Prince, dealing exclusively with ethical maxims and principles
What is the best translation of the term 'Mashiach'?
prophet
anointed one
awakened one
God-with-us
The Hebrew number 18 is
Part of YHWH’s name
Connected to the word ‘life’
unlucky
the number of openings in the human body
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
Shalom
Seder
Sukkot
Shabbat
Which of the following is the best translation of "Israel"?
chosen by God
father of multitudes
wrestles with God
earth-man
Which of the following best defines ‘Tanakh’?
the Pentateuch - the Books of Moses (i.e., Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)
the entire Hebrew Bible: Torah, Nevi’im, and Ketuvim
the Oral Torah - commentaries, stories, and debates about the meaning and application of Torah
a tractate of Mishnah compiled by Judah the Prince, dealing exclusively with ethical principles and maxims
Which of the following is the term for the ‘evil inclination’ that each person has?
Yetzer HaSatan
Yetzer HaRa
Yetzer HaTov
BimBam
Which of the following is the best understanding of 'rabbi'?
A legal scholar and teacher, the inheritor of the Pharisee tradition
A spirit-filled spokesperson for God, bringing a message of both doom and hope
A priest after the order of Aaron and the kohanim
A righteous and saintly person, the spiritual leader of a Hasidic community
Which of the following holidays commemorates the events of the book of Exodus?
Purim
Pesach
Yom HaShoah
Yom Kippur
Which of the following holidays commemorates the events of the book of Esther?
Yom Kippur
Yom HaShoah
Pesach
Purim
Which of the following holidays is the day of Atonement, the end of a 10-day period focusing on repentance and atoning for sins?
Yom Kippur
Yom HaShoah
Pesach
Purim
Who is the Baal Shem Tov?
The founder of Reform Judaism
The founder of Hasidic Judaism
The first prime minister of the State of Israel
a medieval rabbi who systematized halakha in the Mishneh Torah
According to Jewish tradition, how many commandments are there in Torah?
10
281
613
713
