Combination Test
NAME:_____________________________
I.  DEFINE
1. Berakhah:___________________________________________________________________________________

2. Mitzvah:____________________________________________________________________________________

3. Talmud:____________________________________________________________________________________
II. MATCH
A. Further commentaries on Scripture added through the first few centuries

B. Passover

C. Priest

D. Command

E. Circumcision

AB. Prayer book

AC. Teacher

AD. Blessing

AE. Jewish mystical tradition

BC. Special meal eaten at Passover

BD. Coming of age

BE. The way one walks

CD. Righteous one

CE. Holiday to eat, drink and be merry

DE. Commentaries on Scripture compiled around 100 AD
______1. Kohein

______2. Rabbi

______3. Tzaddik

______4. Gemara

______5. Mishnah

______6. Purim

______7. Pesach

______8. Siddur

______9. Seder

_____10. Halakhah

_____11. Kabbalah

_____12. Mitzvot

_____13. Brit milah

_____14. Bat mitzvah

_____15. Berakhah
III.  SHORT ANSWER
1. How many mitzvot are there?__________________

2. How is halakhah best translated?_____________________________________

3. What is a Jewish place of worship called?_____________________________

4. What is the difference between a rabbi, a kohein and a tzaddik?_______________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

5. Why does the first-born son need to be "redeemed"?________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________
IV.  TRUE OR FALSE
______1. Reading the Talmud is traditionally discouraged for people under forty years of age.

______2. Maimonedes was a medieval rabbi and scholar.

______3. For chasidim, the decision of the tzaddik in all areas of life is final.

______4. The mitzvot concerning dietary laws are called kashrut.

______5. Cooking with electricity is prohibited on Shabbat.
V.  ESSAY
1. What is Shabbat?  When and how is it observed?  What are the two commands associated with it?  What is the purpose of Shabbat?











2. What is Torah?