Nature & the Environment Quiz | My Jewish Learning

Question 1 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 2 of 10

What does the Torah mandate the Jewish people do every seven years?

Visit Jerusalem with their choicest produce
Offer a sacrifice of grain and wine
Allow the land to lie fallow for an entire year
Celebrate the creation of the world

Question 3 of 10

What is the traditional Jewish theological understanding of humanity’s relationship with the earth?

The heavens are for God and the earth was set aside for humanity, so we can do with it whatever we want
God gives careful instructions about what parts of the environment we are free to do with as we wish, and which are to be dedicated to His glory
To the extent that the forces of nature can be harnessed, it is the job of humanity to be the stewards of the world, and to act on behalf of God
Each person's relationship to the environment is determined by God, and it is each person's responsibility to seek out the appropriate balance

Question 4 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 5 of 10

Which of these Jewish principles can be used as a guide when dealing with issues of genetic engineering?

Kilayim (mixed kinds)
Intermarriage
Shabbat
Shehita (kosher slaughtering)

Question 6 of 10

In what book does the commandment to be fruitful and multiply the earth first appear?

Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers

Question 7 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 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

What group created the first Jewish Community-Supported Agriculture program in 2004?

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Hazon
Limmud
AIPAC

Question 10 of 10

What is the Jubilee year?

The year during which the Garden of Eden will begin to spread over the Middle East, eventually encompassing Jerusalem and all of biblical Israel
Every fiftieth year during which the Bible mandates that there be no agricultural work; all landed property was to revert to its original owner; and slaves were to be set free
Every fiftieth year when the people were commanded not to waste anything, and to bring all of their food scraps to the capital cities to be given to the poor
Every fiftieth year when trees could not be cut down, and animals were not to be slaughtered