At an alternative bar/bat mitzvah ceremony. (Courtesy Jewish Journey Project)
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Lifecycle Ritual Quiz

How much do you know about Jewish customs for marking major life events?

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Judaism has long focused on rituals for birth, marriage, and death, and contemporary communities have developed ways of acknowledging other major life events. How much do you know about these rituals?

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Question 1 of 10
Which contemporary value has been the most powerful force for changing the traditional Jewish wedding ceremony?
Question 2 of 10
Who writes the get in the Jewish divorce ritual?
Question 3 of 10
What blessing does a convert recite after immersion in the mikveh?
Question 4 of 10
How are new Jewish rituals created?
Question 5 of 10
Which of these is a new ceremony that has been created in connection to Kaddish?
Question 6 of 10
Which prayer is at the end of the deathbed viddui ceremony?
Question 7 of 10
What is the name of the ceremony in which a baby boy is circumcised on his eighth day of life?
Question 8 of 10
What does the brit, or "covenant," refer to in the name "brit milah"?
Question 9 of 10
Which is NOT a theme that is central in Jewish life?
Question 10 of 10
Which of these events, in traditional Judaism, will prematurely end a shiva?
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