TEST YOUR JEWISH IQTM

1. What is the numerical value of the Hebrew word for “life,” a number which is widely thought by Jews to bring luck and good fortune?

____ a. 10 ____ b. 18

____ c. 36

____ d. 40

2. According to the Talmud, which are all the methods, and the only methods, by which a beit din (Jewish court of law) is authorized to execute a person convicted of a capital crime?

____ a. Stoning and burning

____ b. Stoning, poisoning, and burning

____ d. Sudan and Morocco

6. Hillel II, without the aid of telescopes in 359 C.E., introduced a method of calculating dates of new moons and holidays that was accurate about how far into the future? ____ a. 5 months b. 5 years ____ c. 50 years d. 500 years

7. All males who have the kohen gene today are known to be descended from which biblical figure?

____ a. Abraham ____ b. Aaron

____ c. Stoning, burning, beheading, and strangling ____ d. Stoning, poisoning, burning, beheading, and strangling

3. In which of these countries did Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, known by the acronym Rambam and more commonly known as Maimonides, not live? ____ a. Spain ____ b. Morocco ____ c. Egypt ____ d. Palestine

4. What was the first commandment given to the Jews upon leaving Egypt in the exodus?

____ a. Observe Rosh Chodesh (literally, head of the month)

____ b. Be fruitful and multiply

____ c. Do not bear a grudge ____ d. Observe Passover every year by eating matzos, etc.

5. The Trump administration mediated the Abraham Accords, in which Israel normalized relations with the UAE and Bahrain and which other nations?

____ a. Oman and Morocco

____ b. Tunisia and Sudan

____ c. Qatar and Saudi Arabia c. Moses ____ d. David b. 1133 ____ c. 1533 d. 1933

8. The great tzadik (righteous person, saint) and Talmudic scholar, Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan, known worldwide as the Chofetz Chaim (“one who desires life”), died in what year?

____ a. 433 C.E.

9. Orthodox Jews believe that, according to the Talmud, the world is sustained and saved from destruction at all times in the merit of at least how many hidden tzadikim? ____ a. 10 b. 18 ____ c. 36 d. 100

10. What is Israel’s rank in the world for cloud tech startups per capita?

____ a. Number 1

____ b. Number 2

____ c. Number 3

____ d. Number 4

Answers on page 21.