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
With whom was the covenant of circumcision first made?
Question 2 of 10
Lifecycle events are often marked with an appropriate contribution of tzedakah, which is what?
Question 3 of 10
What is the name of the ceremony in which a baby boy is circumcised on his eighth day of life?
Question 4 of 10
Who is the person who is required, in traditional Jewish sources, to perform the brit milah on a baby boy?
Question 5 of 10
Which prayer is at the end of the deathbed viddui ceremony?
Question 6 of 10
Which of these biblical characters did NOT have a circumcision?
Question 7 of 10
Which of the following lifecycle events does not have a prescribed traditional ritual for observance?
Question 8 of 10
There is a Jewish tradition to say how many blessings, or brakhot, a day?
Question 9 of 10
Who writes the get in the Jewish divorce ritual?
Question 10 of 10
Which of these events, in traditional Judaism, will prematurely end a shiva?
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