A Maccabi Jewish sports club bicycle trip in Salonika, Greece in 1933. (Jack Beraha/US Holocaust Memorial Museum)

Our Bodies Quiz

How much do you know about Jewish attitudes toward the human body?

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In Judaism, spirituality and physicality are closely connected, and Judaism has lots to say about issues like modesty and healthy behaviors. How much do you know about Jewish attitudes toward the body?

Question 1 of 10
Which of the following is a way rabbis explained the biblical prohibition against getting tattoos?
Question 2 of 10
What is pikuach nefesh?
Question 3 of 10
Rabbi Nahman of Breslov taught that cravings and addictions destroy what?
Question 4 of 10
In Kabbalistic literature, gilgul refers to what type of reincarnation?
Question 5 of 10
True or false: according to the principle of pikuach nefesh doheh Shabbat, Shabbat work prohibitions may be overridden if one's health is at risk.
Question 6 of 10
Where does the practice of wearing a skullcap come from?
Question 7 of 10
Shatnez is the biblical prohibition of mixing which two fibers?
Question 8 of 10
What is a sheitel?
Question 9 of 10
Which of these statements about the 12-Step Program for overcoming addiction is true?
Question 10 of 10
What did the rabbis in the talmudic period believe about souls?
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