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Halacha Quiz

How much do you know about Jewish law and its foundational texts?

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Jewish authorities have produced over time a major body of legal texts, governing nearly every aspect of Jewish practice–or Halacha. How much do you know about Jewish law and its foundational texts?

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Question 1 of 10
Which movement attempted to claim the Vilna Gaon as an ancestor?
Question 2 of 10
What does the Conservative movement believe about halacha?
Question 3 of 10
What is Gates of Mitzvah?
Question 4 of 10
How many rabbis are on the Conservative Movement's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards?
Question 5 of 10
Which of these primary halachic texts was written first?
Question 6 of 10
Who is Ovadiah Yosef?
Question 7 of 10
Who wrote the Shulhan Arukh?
Question 8 of 10
What was the central argument of Rabbi Zecharias Frankel's "Positive-Historical" approach to Judaism?
Question 9 of 10
In halachic texts, what does the word teshuva mean?
Question 10 of 10
While studying halacha, which of the following did the yeshivas of Lithuania emphasize in the 1800s and early 1900s?
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