Secret Layers of the Torah Test #1 Review

Question 1

How do Torah portions (parshiyot) get their names?

Accepted Answer

The first significant word in the parashah

Question 2

Which is NOT a section of the Hebrew Bible?

Accepted Answer

Mishnah

Question 3

The word "aggadah" refers to all of the following aspects of Jewish text EXCEPT which?

Accepted Answer

Laws

Question 4

What is the Hebrew term for Jewish texts concerned with Jewish law?

Accepted Answer

Halakhah

Question 5

What was the relationship between Cain and Adam?

Accepted Answer

Father and son

Question 6

According to the Midrash, the Tree of Knowledge might bear any of the following fruit EXCEPT which?

Accepted Answer

Apples

Question 7

What did God say would happen to Adam and Eve if they ate from the Tree of Knowledge?

Accepted Answer

They would die

Question 8

Which statement about the word "midrash" is true?

Accepted Answer

The word "midrash" can refer to a process of interpreting Jewish text.

Question 9

In Midrash Tanchuma, God is compared to what?

Accepted Answer

A night watchman

Question 10

Which is not a subdivision of the Torah?

Accepted Answer

Paragraph

Question 11

In Bereishit Rabbah 22:9, Cain and Abel are compared to what?

Accepted Answer

Wrestlers

Question 12

What is the "problem of discontinuity"?

Accepted Answer

The danger that the Torah text will become outdated

Question 13

According to the midrash, when God says, "Let us make man in our image," who is He talking to?

Accepted Answer

Angels

Question 14

What was Abel&#x27;s occupation?

Accepted Answer

Shepherd

Question 15

Which major character from the Torah does not appear in the book of Genesis?

Accepted Answer

Moses

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