Nature & the Environment Quiz | My Jewish Learning

Question 1 of 10

According to Maimonides, meditating on nature is one of the key ways a person can fulfill which commandment?

To love God with all your heart
To honor your mother and father
To love your neighbor like yourself
To not boil a kid in its mother's milk

Question 2 of 10

According to the book of Deuteronomy 11, when humans do good things, what will God provide in return?

Sunshine
Spouses
Rain and abundance
Intelligence

Question 3 of 10

In what way is Tuv Ha'Aretz, the first Jewish Community-Supported Agriculture program in North America, different from other CSAs?

The produce is grown by Jewish farmers
The money goes to Jewish charities
Members have the opportunity to participate in educational and social activities that connect Jewish tradition with agriculture
Members are required to take part in the mitzvah of leaving the corners of the fields unharvested

Question 4 of 10

How do many Israelis deal with the challenges of the shemitah (sabbatical) year?

They sell the land of Israel to a gentile
They bring in produce from farms in Turkey
They eat only canned produce imported from other countries
They eat produce without saying a blessing over it

Question 5 of 10

Which of the following was a major ecological concern in talmudic times?

Recycling
Waste disposal
Smog
Water pollution

Question 6 of 10

What is the Jewish attitude toward natural resources?

Exercise reverential care
Preserve so that they will be available for the apocalypse
Their destruction is part of God's plan to teach His people a lesson
Use them up because God will always provide more

Question 7 of 10

Contemporary Jewish thinkers have drawn on Jewish texts to address which of these issues?

Biodiversity
Sustainable development
Genetic Engineering
A & B only
All of these

Question 8 of 10

The following quote is attributed to what great Jewish thinker: "It is not only forbidden to destroy fruit-bearing trees but whoever breaks vessels, tears clothes, demolishes a building, stops up a fountain or wastes food, in a destructive way, offends against the law of 'thou shalt not destroy.'"

Maimonides
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Mordecai Kaplan
Joseph Caro

Question 9 of 10

According to Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, why did the Bible require that levitical cities be surrounded by green space?

So that the citizens had a place to relax and play
So that city residents could maintain a connection to agriculture
In order to prevent air pollution
In order to prevent overcrowding

Question 10 of 10

According to the 13th Century Seder Hahinukh, righteous people should grieve when what seed is wasted?

Mustard
Apple
Dill
Pumpkin