Students at Pardes, a pluralistic yeshiva in Jerusalem. Copyright: Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies
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Talmud Quiz

How much do you know about this influential and complex body of Jewish teachings?

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The Talmud–which consists of the Mishnah and Gemara–explicates and builds upon the Torah’s laws and stories. How much do you know about this influential and complex body of Jewish teachings?

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Question 1 of 10
Which came first, the Mishnah or the Gemara?
Question 2 of 10
Which of the following people wrote a commentary on the Gemara?
Question 3 of 10
Where is the commentary of the Tosafot on a page of Talmud?
Question 4 of 10
Which of these sages lived first?
Question 5 of 10
Which of these questions is debated in the Mishnah?
Question 6 of 10
According to the Talmud, which of these sages entered the Divine Pardes, or the Orchard, and came out sane and alive?
Question 7 of 10
About how many years separated the writing of the Mishnah and Gemara?
Question 8 of 10
Which is the standard edition of the Talmud?
Question 9 of 10
What did the Talmudic commentator Menahem Meiri think of Christians?
Question 10 of 10
Who was Beruriah?
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