THE ETGAR CHALLENGE

Includes material not in the Etgar Handbook

1. Who was the first king of Israel?

a. Joshua

b. David

c. Solomon

d. Saul

e. Rehoboam

2. In which sidrah does the story of the Golden Calf appear?

a. Ki Tissa

b. Mishpatim

c. Vayakhel

d. Shemini

e. Balak

3. In the Torah the first line of the Shema has two letters written larger than the others. What are those two letters?

a.shin and ayin

b. shin and dalet

c. ayin and dalet

d. ayin and heh

e. yud and heh

4. How many masechtot (sections) are there in the Mishnah?

a. 3

b. 6

c. 15

d. 54 e. 63

5. Tzedakah, the Jewish word for charity means

a. kindness

b. wisdom

c. justice

d. humanity

e. money

6. “The Land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people.” This was said by:

a. Rabin as he signed the Oslo Accords

b. Herzl in Altneuland

c. Ben Gurion in the Declaration of Independence

d. Joshua speaking to the Jewish people as he prepared to die e. Isaac as he spoke to his sons Yaakov and Eisav