| Column 1 |
Answer |
Column 2 |
| 1.
The Torah Reading on the first day of Shavuot begins . . . |
|
a. "In the
Beginning . . . "
b. "In the Third Month . . . "
c. "I am the L-rd your G-d . . . " |
| 2.
The Law of how to deal with potential converts to Judaism, "Push away with the left
hand, Draw closer with the right," is learned from . . . |
|
a. Megillat
Esther
b. The Mishnah in "Yadayim" (Hands)
c. Megillat Ruth |
| 3.
According to the RAMBAN, the difference between Creation and the Exodus is that . . . |
|
a.
There were witnesses at the Creation, but not at the Exodus
b. There were no witnesses at the Creation, but there were many at the Exodus
c. There was only one witness at Creation, but none at the Exodus |
| 4.
The Yovel (Jubilee) Year is to years what Shavuot is to . . . |
|
a.
months
b. weeks
c. days |
| 5.
Moshe broke the stone tablets on which were inscribed the ___ set of the Ten Commandments. |
|
a. first
b. second
c. third |
| 6.
Another name for Shavuot is . . . |
|
a. Atzeret
b. Shmini Atzeret
c. Simchat Torah |
7. The two
Commandments which were spoken simultaneously (at the same time) by G-d were . . .
|
|
a.
"Honor your father and your mother"
b. "Guard the Shabbat" and "Remember the Shabbat"
c. "I am the L-rd your G-d" and "There shall be no other god worshipped by
you besides Me" |
| 8. The two
commandments which were the only ones heard by the people of Israel directly "from
the mouth of G-d" were . . . |
|
a.
"Honor your father and your mother"
b. "Guard the Shabbat" and "Remember the Shabbat"
c. "I am the L-rd your G-d" and "There shall be no other god worshipped by
you besides Me" |
| 9. Akdamut is
recited . . . |
|
a. after the
"Kohen" is called to the Torah, but before he recites the blessing on the Torah
b. same as above for "Levi"
c. in the middle of the reading of the "Aseret HaDibrot" (Ten Commandments) |
| 10. The three
commandments for which a Jew is obligated to give up his life, if necessary, in order not
to violate the prohibition, include . . . |
|
a. not to do
"melachah" on Shabbat
b. not to murder
c. not to eat non-kosher food |
| 11. The
five-and-five split in the Ten Commandments is between . . . |
|
a. Man and Man / Man and
G-d
b. Man and Wife / Parents and Children
c. Children and Parents / Parents and Grandparents |
| 12. Esav's
descendants did not accept the Torah because it contained a prohibition against . . . |
|
a. stealing
b. murder
c. immorality |
| 13. Boaz's
greeting to his workers was . . . |
|
a. "May Hashem be with
you!"
b. "May Hashem bless you!"
c. "Shalom Aleichem!"
d. "May the force be with you!" |
| 14. The one
who always saved the best for Shabbat was . . . |
|
a. Hillel
b. Shammai
c. Noam Shabbat |
| 15. The basis
for the custom of staying up all night on Shavuot night to learn Torah is . . . |
|
a. to commemorate the
all-night vigil of the Jewish People as they waited for Hashem at Mount Sinai
b. to make up for part of the people sleeping on the historic night of "Matan
Torah," the giving of the Torah
c. to commemorate the all night party celebrated with cheese cake and blintzes on that
night |
| 16.
"Machlin and Kilyon" mean . . . |
|
a. pleasantness
b. destruction
c. construction |
| 17. The battle
between David and Golyat (Goliath) was a battle between the descendants of ____ and ____ ,
respectively. |
|
a. Ruth and Orpah
b. Naami and Orpah
c. Esther and Vashti |
| 18. The poem
"Ketuvah," "The Marriage Contract," was composed by . . . |
|
a. Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi
b. Rabbi Shlomo Ibn Gabirol
c. Rabbi Yisrael Najara |
| 19. The
intermediate days of a festival are called . . . |
|
a. "Yom Tov Sheni shel
Galuyot"
b. "Chol HaMoed"
c. "Pesach Sheni" |
