WR - Judaism

Approximately how many Jewish people are there in the world?

• 1,500,000

• 15,000,000

• 150,000,000

• 1,500,000,000

Abram was renamed Abraham by God – what does Abraham mean?

• “circumcised one”

• “covenanted”

• “the one who wrestles”

• “father of many”

Which of the following best defines ‘Talmud’?

• the Pentateuch - the Books of Moses (i.e., Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy

• the entire Hebrew Bible, including Torah, Nevi’im, and Ketuvim

• the Oral Torah - commentaries, stories, and debates about the meaning and application of Torah

• the Mishnah and Gemara, compiled by Judah the Prince, dealing exclusively with ethical maxims and principles

 

What is the best translation of the term 'Mashiach'?

• prophet

• anointed one

• awakened one

• God-with-us

The Hebrew number 18 is

• Part of YHWH’s name

• Connected to the word ‘life’

• unlucky

• the number of openings in the human body

This is the most important sacred time within Judaism, a weekly time during which Jews remember God’s rest after creation and refrain from creative acts

• Shalom

• Seder

• Sukkot

• Shabbat

Which of the following is the best translation of "Israel"?

• chosen by God

• father of multitudes

• wrestles with God

• earth-man

Which of the following best defines ‘Tanakh’?

• the Pentateuch - the Books of Moses (i.e., Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)

• the entire Hebrew Bible: Torah, Nevi’im, and Ketuvim

• the Oral Torah - commentaries, stories, and debates about the meaning and application of Torah

• a tractate of Mishnah compiled by Judah the Prince, dealing exclusively with ethical principles and maxims

Which of the following is the term for the ‘evil inclination’ that each person has? 

• Yetzer HaSatan

• Yetzer HaRa

• Yetzer HaTov

• BimBam

Which of the following is the best understanding of 'rabbi'?

• A legal scholar and teacher, the inheritor of the Pharisee tradition

• A spirit-filled spokesperson for God, bringing a message of both doom and hope

• A priest after the order of Aaron and the kohanim

• A righteous and saintly person, the spiritual leader of a Hasidic community