Simchat Torah Quiz

#1. Simchat Torah is traditionally what type of holiday?

A holiday filled with joy, laughter, and celebration

A holiday in which is it most important to repent for sin

A holiday for celebrating Jewish continuity and the creation of the State of Israel

A holiday for blotting out the sound of the names of those who tried to destroy the Jew

#2. Which of the following prayers are said on Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah?

Al HaNisim

Yizkor

Havdalah

Bedikat Hametz

#3. On Shemini Atzeret a short prayer for rain is inserted into the second blessing of the Amidah. This prayer for rain continues to be recited in the Amidah until when?

After Simchat Torah

The first day of Spring

Hanukkah

Passover

#4. The origin of Simchat Torah can be found in?

The Torah

The Mishna

The Kabbalah

The Zohar

#5. What do some scholars believe Shemini Atzeret was devoted to in Temple times?

Religious sacrafices

The ritual cleansing of the altar

Cleaning up the Temple after the previous holiday

Remembering the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai

#6. On Simchat Torah children

Are given an aliya

Wave flags

Dance with the Torah

All of the above

#7. What do the circles around the synagogue on Simchat Torah represent, according to kabbalist tradition?

The seven days of Sukkot

The seven sephirot (emanations of God)

The seven days of the week

1 & 2

#8. Where is the haftarah for Simchat Torah chanted from?

The Book of Joshua

The Book of Daniel

The Book of Esther

The Book of Ezra

#9. What does Simchat Torah mean?

The Day We Received the Torah

Rejoicing in Torah

Beginning the Torah Again

The End of the Torah

#10. On Simchat Torah the Torah reading includes

The story of creation

The story of Noah

The story of Abraham smashing the idols

The Ten Commandments

#11. What title is given to the person honored with the first aliyah of Genesis on Simchat Torah?

The Kallah

The Hazzan

Hatan Bereshit/Kallat Bereshit

Hatan Torah/Kallat HaTorah

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