Torah Study Quiz

For thousands of years Jews have been studying texts in pairs or in groups, respectfully debating each other, and learning the stories and legal texts of Judaism. How much do you know about studying Torah?

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Question 1. What does Judaism value more--study or action?
 Study is most important because it is considered equal to all the other commandments
 Action is most important, as it says in Pirke Avot: "It is not the study that is essential, but rather the action"
 Study is most important, when it leads to action
 Neither is as important as meditation

 

Question 2. True or false: In the period after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, Torah study, along with liturgical prayer, replaced sacrifices as the primary means of worship.
 True
 False

 

Question 3. Which of these daily prayers emphasizes the obligation to study and teach Torah?
 Modeh Ani
 Adon Olam
 The Shema
 Aleinu

 

Question 4. Which of the following Jewish books have, at one time, been banned?
 Azariah de Rossi's Meor Eynayyim
 Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed
 Mordecai Kaplan's siddur
 All of these

 

Question 5. What is a humash?
 A Torah scroll
 A book containing only haftarot
 A code of Jewish law
 A printed Torah for synagogue use which usually also contains haftarot

 

Question 6. Which 20th-century Jewish scholar said: “When I pray, I speak to God; when I study, God speaks to me”?
 Ovadiah Yosef
 Martin Buber
 Louis Finkelstein
 Judith Plaskow

 

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