Test Your Sefirat HaOmer IQ

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Test Your Sefirat HaOmer IQ

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Select the item from Column 2 that best fits the word(s) in Column 1. Indicate your answer by using the drop-down box in the middle.

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Column 1	Answer	Column 2
1. The theme of "Pesach Sheni" is a…		a. "second opinion" b. "second city" c. "second chance"
2. The Bar Kochba Revolt ended with…		a. a mild rebuke from Rome b. the destruction of Betar and the massacre of hundreds of thousands of Jews c. the Destruction of the Second Temple
3. All communities allow weddings during the period of Sefirat HaOmer on…		a. Rosh Chodesh Nisan b. Rosh Chodesh Iyar c. Lag BaOmer
4. According to the Tzedukim, Shavuot had to fall …		a. "never on a Sunday" b. "always on a Sunday" c. "on Monday's or Friday's, time after time"
5. On the 16^th of Nisan, what special sacrifice was brought?		a. the "Omer" Offering b. "Minchah" of New Wheat c. Passover Sacrifice
6. The "happy days" within the time-frame of Sefirat HaOmer are …		a. Lag BaOmer, Yom HaZikaron and Yom Yerushalayim b. Yom HaZikaron, Yom HaAtzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim c. Yom HaAtzmaut, Lag BaOmer and Yom Yerushalayim
7. Two Sefirat HaOmer-related words meaning "splendor" or "brilliance" are…		a. "Ohr" and "Yom" b. "Yom" and "Laylah" c. "Ziv" and "Zohar"
8. The "Shulchan Aruch," or "Set Table," is …		a. A book of Jewish Etiquette b. The Code of Jewish Law c. A work of Philosophy, comparing Jewish and Muslim ideas, written by the RAMBAM
9. Some say me in their prayers on Yom Yerushalayim, but not on Yom HaAtzmaut. I am …		a. Hallel b. Hillel c. Al HaNisim
10. If one is asked what tonight's Sefirah-Count is, how should he or she respond? …		a. Answer with last night's Count b. Answer with tonight's Count c. Refuse to respond
11. If one forgets to count the Omer on a given night, he or she should…		a. Stop counting b. Count without a "bracha," or blessing the next day, and resume counting the following night with a "bracha" c. Count with a "bracha," or blessing the next day, and resume counting the following night without a "bracha."
12. Sefirat HaOmer connects …		a. Passover to Shavuot b. Pesach to Simchat Torah c. Purim to Pesach
13. In Sefirat HaOmer we count ...		a. days and weeks b. weeks and months c. months and years
14. The "Zohar" is …		a. Banned in Chassidic Yeshivot b. The basic book on the subject of Jewish Mysticism c. The basic book on the subject of Jewish Sports Figures
15. The opposite of "Yashan" is …		a. "Chadash" b. "Yashen" c. "Shinayim"
16. The Hebrew letters in the "Lag" part of "Lag BaOmer" are …		a. "Lamed" and "Gimel" b. "Aleph" and "Bet" c. "Shin" and "Bet"

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