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Jewish Languages Quiz

How much do you know about Hebrew, Aramaic and other languages spoken by Jews?

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From Hebrew to Aramaic, Ladino, Yiddish, and Judaeo-Arabic — how much do you know about the languages that Jews spoke in the past and continue to speak today?

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Question 1 of 10
True or false: In the time of the Mishnah, Hebrew was the language for scholarship, but most Jewish people spoke Aramaic.
Question 2 of 10
How old is the Aramaic language?
Question 3 of 10
Up to the beginning of the 20th century, Ladino was almost always written in
Question 4 of 10
Moses Mendelsshon was the first person to translate the Torah into which language?
Question 5 of 10
How is Hebrew written?
Question 6 of 10
True or false: Ashkenazic and Sephardic Hebrew differ in pronunciation, but are identical in written form.
Question 7 of 10
Judah Monis, the first full-time Hebrew instructor in American, taught at which university?
Question 8 of 10
Which Jewish mystic is known for developing a meditative system based on the Hebrew alphabet?
Question 9 of 10
In the Middle Ages, Hebrew was used primarily for what?
Question 10 of 10
When did editions of the Judeo-Spanish Bible translations first appear?
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