Set 17

Question 1

What do the words Bar/Bat Mitzvah mean?

Answer 1

Son/Daughter of the Commandment, marking the age at which Jews become responsible for their own adherence to Jewish law and ethics.

Question 2

What is The Mishnah?

Answer 2

The first major written redaction of the Jewish oral traditions known as the Oral Torah.

Question 3

How many ‘orders’ in The Mishnah?

Answer 3

Six orders.

Question 4

What is the Talmud?

Answer 4

The central text of Rabbinic Judaism, containing the Mishnah and the Gemara.

Question 5

What does the word תנך means?

Answer 5

Tanakh, an acronym for the traditional Jewish division of the Hebrew Scriptures.

Question 6

What does each letter in the word ת.נ.ך stand for?

Answer 6

Torah (Law), Nevi’im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings).

Question 7

For how many days do we sit Shiva?

Answer 7

Seven days.

Question 8

For whom are we required to sit Shiva?

Answer 8

For one’s immediate relatives: parent, spouse, sibling, or child.