<%' FP_ASP ASP Automatically generated by a Frontpage Component. Do not Edit. On Error Resume Next Session("FP_OldCodePage") = Session.CodePage Session("FP_OldLCID") = Session.LCID Session.CodePage = 1252 Err.Clear strErrorUrl = "" If Request.ServerVariables("REQUEST_METHOD") = "POST" Then If Request.Form("VTI-GROUP") = "0" Then Err.Clear Set fp_conn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") FP_DumpError strErrorUrl, "Cannot create connection" Set fp_rs = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset") FP_DumpError strErrorUrl, "Cannot create record set" fp_conn.Open Application("bereshit601_ConnectionString") FP_DumpError strErrorUrl, "Cannot open database" fp_rs.Open "Results", fp_conn, 1, 3, 2 ' adOpenKeySet, adLockOptimistic, adCmdTable FP_DumpError strErrorUrl, "Cannot open record set" fp_rs.AddNew FP_DumpError strErrorUrl, "Cannot add new record set to the database" Dim arFormFields0(28) Dim arFormDBFields0(28) Dim arFormValues0(28) arFormFields0(0) = "D3" arFormDBFields0(0) = "D3" arFormValues0(0) = Request("D3") arFormFields0(1) = "D11" arFormDBFields0(1) = "D11" arFormValues0(1) = Request("D11") arFormFields0(2) = "D4" arFormDBFields0(2) = "D4" arFormValues0(2) = Request("D4") arFormFields0(3) = "D12" arFormDBFields0(3) = "D12" arFormValues0(3) = Request("D12") arFormFields0(4) = "D5" arFormDBFields0(4) = "D5" arFormValues0(4) = Request("D5") arFormFields0(5) = "D13" arFormDBFields0(5) = "D13" arFormValues0(5) = Request("D13") arFormFields0(6) = "D6" arFormDBFields0(6) = "D6" arFormValues0(6) = Request("D6") arFormFields0(7) = "D14" arFormDBFields0(7) = "D14" arFormValues0(7) = Request("D14") arFormFields0(8) = "address" arFormDBFields0(8) = "address" arFormValues0(8) = Request("address") arFormFields0(9) = "D7" arFormDBFields0(9) = "D7" arFormValues0(9) = Request("D7") arFormFields0(10) = "D15" arFormDBFields0(10) = "D15" arFormValues0(10) = Request("D15") arFormFields0(11) = "D8" arFormDBFields0(11) = "D8" arFormValues0(11) = Request("D8") arFormFields0(12) = "D16" arFormDBFields0(12) = "Remote_computer_name" arFormValues0(12) = Request("D16") arFormFields0(13) = "D9" arFormDBFields0(13) = "D9" arFormValues0(13) = Request("D9") arFormFields0(14) = "D17" arFormDBFields0(14) = "User_name" arFormValues0(14) = Request("D17") arFormFields0(15) = "email" arFormDBFields0(15) = "email" arFormValues0(15) = Request("email") arFormFields0(16) = "phone" arFormDBFields0(16) = "phone" arFormValues0(16) = Request("phone") arFormFields0(17) = "zip" arFormDBFields0(17) = "zip" arFormValues0(17) = Request("zip") arFormFields0(18) = "city" arFormDBFields0(18) = "city" arFormValues0(18) = Request("city") arFormFields0(19) = "parsha" arFormDBFields0(19) = "Browser_type" arFormValues0(19) = Request("parsha") arFormFields0(20) = "Age" arFormDBFields0(20) = "Age" arFormValues0(20) = Request("Age") arFormFields0(21) = "name" arFormDBFields0(21) = "name" arFormValues0(21) = Request("name") arFormFields0(22) = "state" arFormDBFields0(22) = "state" arFormValues0(22) = Request("state") arFormFields0(23) = "AddToemail" arFormDBFields0(23) = "AddToemail" arFormValues0(23) = Request("AddToemail") arFormFields0(24) = "DoNotAdd" arFormDBFields0(24) = "DoNotAdd" arFormValues0(24) = Request("DoNotAdd") arFormFields0(25) = "D1" arFormDBFields0(25) = "D1" arFormValues0(25) = Request("D1") arFormFields0(26) = "D2" arFormDBFields0(26) = "D2" arFormValues0(26) = Request("D2") arFormFields0(27) = "D10" arFormDBFields0(27) = "D10" arFormValues0(27) = Request("D10") FP_SaveFormFields fp_rs, arFormFields0, arFormDBFields0 FP_SaveFieldToDB fp_rs, Now, "Timestamp" fp_rs.Update FP_DumpError strErrorUrl, "Cannot update the database" fp_rs.Close fp_conn.Close Session("FP_SavedFields")=arFormFields0 Session("FP_SavedValues")=arFormValues0 Session.CodePage = Session("FP_OldCodePage") Session.LCID = Session("FP_OldLCID") Response.Redirect "http://www.ou.org/jewishiq/yamimnoraim/congrats.htm" End If End If Session.CodePage = Session("FP_OldCodePage") Session.LCID = Session("FP_OldLCID") %> Test Your High Holidays IQ! - Advanced - OU.ORG

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Test Your High Holidays IQ

Level: Test Your High Holidays IQ - Advanced

Instructions:

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.

Answers can be found at the Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Elul Sections.
(Note: Some of the answers to the questions on this level are not found on our website.)

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Column 1 Answer Column 2
1. Sins committed against another human being cannot be atoned for except by including in the Process of Teshuvah … a. fasting an extra day and dedicating it to the injured party.
b. giving a present of food to
the injured party.
c. asking forgiveness from the injured party.
2. Which is most preferred by G-d? a. fasting
b. bringing sacrifices
c. modest, moral and just behavior
3. As a symbol of the Angels and of spiritual purity, it is customary to wear ____ on "Yom Kippur." a. black
b. white
c. red
4. An example of an Angelic practice which we do only on "Yom Kippur" is to pronounce aloud … a. "Blessed is the Name of His Glorious Kingdom for all Eternity!"
b."Holy, Holy, Holy is the L-rd G-d of Hosts; the whole world is full of His glory!"
c."Hear O Israel, the L-rd our G-d, the L-rd is One!"
5. True or False: When "Rosh HaShanah" falls on Shabbat, the "Shofar" is blown. a. True
b. False
6. Because of your answer to the above question, one of the names of "Rosh HaShanah" is changed on Shabbat to a. "Yom Teruah"
b. "Yom Zichron Teruah"
c. "Yom HaZikkaron"
7. To whom were these words addressed?

"Be aware before Whom you are entering. Consider that if you don't perform as intended, you will fall and die. Consequently, the forgiveness of all of Am Yisrael will be lost…"

a. the "Kohain Gadol," before his entry into the "Holy of Holies"
b. the King of Israel, before his
entry into the "Holy of Holies
c. the "Kohain Gadol," upon his exit from the "Holy of Holies"
8. Judgment in Heaven is described in … a. "Akdamot."
b. "Adon Olam."
c. "U'Netaneh Tokef."
9. In many European communities, the custom was to perform "Tashlich" on the outskirts of town because … a. the scenery was more beautiful there.
b. lakes and streams were more prevalent there.
c. by doing so, it was easier to avoid accusations of "poisoning the well."
10. "All who eat on the Ninth of Tishrei … a. will merit to see the Rebuilding of Jerusalem."
b. It is considered as if they fasted on the Ninth and the Tenth."
c. It is considered as if they ate on the Ninth and the Tenth."
11. The "Erev Yom Kippur" custom, formerly performed with live chickens, currently by many people with coins, is… a. "Tevilah."
b. "Kapparot."
c. "Shechitah."
12. An essential part of Repentance is … a. denial.
b. "Tevilah."
c. "Viduy."
13. "G-d is my Light and my Salvation" is said in the Book of Psalms by …

a. King David.
b. the Vilna Gaon.
c. Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach.
14. In the Talmud, we find "G-d is my Light, on ____, and my Salvation, on ____."

a. "Shivah Asar B'Tammuz," "Tishah B'Av"
b. "Chanukah," "Purim"
c. "Rosh HaShanah," "Yom HaKippurim"
15. On "Yom Kippur," we pray "We have sinned" instead of "I have sinned" because …

a. nobody wants to feel personal guilt.
b. "We have sinned" rhymes better than "I have sinned" in the context of the prayer.
c. "all Israel is considered like one body, and every person is a limb of that body."
16. The major theme of the Story of the Prophet Yonah and his Flight to Tarshish" is…

a. it is not possible to run away from G-d.
b. "Hashem" has power even over the great fish of the ocean, which was commanded to swallow Yonah.
c. their Repentance was able to save even the originally sinful gentile City of Nineveh.
17. A "Rain Man" in Talmudic times was …

a. "Moshe Rabbeinu"
b. "Eliyahu HaNavi"
c. Rabbi Akiva
18. Here's a question which doesn't count because it is "culturally biased," because it would most likely only be known to American Jewish kids over the age of 45, familiar with baseball history:

A Jewish baseball player who refused to play on Yom Kippur, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. (not because of that refusal) was …

a. Mickey Mantle.
b. Willie ("Say Hey!") Mays.
c. Sandy Koufax.

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