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Nature & the Environment Quiz

How much do you know about green issues in Jewish thought and practice?

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The environment impacts so many aspects of life, from the air we breathe to the water we drink. How much do you know about green issues in Jewish thought and practice?

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Question 1 of 10
True or false: The radical monotheism of biblical Israel led to a desacralized view of nature itself, making it not a realm of gods, but the Creation of God.
Question 2 of 10
How often do Jewish farmers in Israel let the land lie fallow?
Question 3 of 10
How many shemitah years occur before there is one yovel year?
Question 4 of 10
According to Maimonides, meditating on nature is one of the key ways a person can fulfill which commandment?
Question 5 of 10
According to Genesis 1, what did God create on the sixth day?
Question 6 of 10
What is the Jubilee year?
Question 7 of 10
True or false: Maimonides believed that animals were created solely for the purposes of humans.
Question 8 of 10
Which of these statements about shehita (the process of kosher slaughtering) is true?
Question 9 of 10
Which Israelite tribe was not given agricultural land and essentially remained urban?
Question 10 of 10
In what book does the commandment to be fruitful and multiply the earth first appear?
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