Yom Kippur 5770 Quiz
01. Which of the five innuyim are biblical?
A. Wearing leather shoes
B. Anointing with oil
C. Eating and drinking
D. Marital relations
E. Washing with water
02. If you are forced to eat on Yom Kippur, what should you say in Ya’aleh Veyavo?
A. “Yom Tov Hazeh”
B. “Chag HaKippurim Hazeh”
C. “Yom Hakippurim Hazeh”
D. Nothing
E. None of the above
03. Yom Kippur is compared to which holiday?
A. Chanukah
B. Pesach
C. Purim
D. Yom Ha’atzma’ut
E. Sukkot
04. Historically, what happened on Yom Kippur?
A. Chait HaEgel
B. Hashem gave the second set of Luchot to Bnei Yisroel
C. Bnei Yisroel entered the land of Israel
D. The Mishkan was dedicated
E. The Beit Hamikdash was dedicated
05. What is the name of the central prayer from Mussaf Yom Kipper?
A. Ne’ilah
B. Mareh Kohain
C. Avodah
D. Kol Nidrei
E. Maftir Yonah
06. What unique happens in Avodat Yom Kippur (the Yom Kippur Temple Service) unlike the rest of the year?
A. The service is done by the High Priest (Kohein Gadol)
B. A Bull is offered
C. Blood is sprinkled on the golden incense altar
D. The daily offering (Korbon Tamid) is not brought
E. None of the above
07. What food is customarily eaten on Erev Yom Kippur?
A. Chicken soup
B. Challah
C. Roasted lamb
D. Kneidlach
E. Kreplach
08. What is unique about Mincha on Yom Kippur?
A. Tachanun is said
B. Ashrei is not said
C. The Torah is read
D. An Haftorah is read
E. All of the above
09. What is unique about Mincha on Erev Yom Kippur unlike the rest of the year?
A. No tachanun is recited
B. We do not say Aleinu
C. Viduy is recited
D. It is not said with a minyan
E. No chazarat hashatz is said
10. How many Aliyot are there on a regular Yom Kippur?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
E. None of the above
11. What is unique about Yizkor on Yom Kippur as opposed to any other Yizkor service?
A. Children leave the synagogue for yizkor
B. We ask God to remember grandparents also
C. It is essential to the Yom Kippur service
D. Nothing
E. None of the above
12. What is recited before davening on Yom Kippur morning?
A. Aleinu
B. Shirei Yichud
C. Hatarat Nedarim
D. Mishnayot Masechet Yumah
E. Ibn Gabirol’s Keter Malchut
13. What is the point of Kol Nidrei?
A. Asking God for forgiveness for our sins
B. To allow people time to finish up the important Tefillah Zakah
C. To show God the unity of the community
D. To publically renounce our vows
E. To allow the Synagogue to have a Yom Kippur appeal
14. For whom is Yom Kippur primarily designed?
A. Tzaddikim (righteous people)
B. Bainonim (average people)
C. Reshaim (wicked people)
D. Men
E. The dead
15. Where is a custom to wear what on Yom Kippur?
A. A white straw hat
B. A gartel (belt)
C. White clothes
D. Kittel
E. C & D
16. Yom Kippur can never fall out on:
A. Tuesday
B. Wednesday
C. Thursday
D. All of the above
E. None of the above