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Rita Forbes
Clinton
September 10, 2025
Good Evening,
Thank you, (9/10).
Best wishes,
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Abby Roth
Boca Raton, FL
September 10, 2025
6/10 Cool! Reply
Pamela Hirsch
Birmingham
February 25, 2025
I got 10/10. I read the Bible cover to cover every year so it was easy for me. Reply
Raad Jawad
Auckland
February 25, 2025
10/10 Reply
Steven
Aurora
February 23, 2025
Why did Moses leave out from the Torah the name of the Pharaoh he was asking to let the Israelites go? Reply
Stephanie Wilson
West Chicago
February 25, 2025
in response to Steven:
I often wondered that myself! I wish I knew. Reply
John
London
February 25, 2025
in response to Steven:
Similar reason to why he left out the name of Joseph's Pharaoh ? Dynasties may not have been keen on preserving the names of previous ones. Reply
Pamela Hirsch
Birmingham
February 25, 2025
in response to Steven:
Apparently some scolars think the Pharaoh was King Ramses II. Maybe his name was left out so that the focus could be on Hashem and His chosen people. Reply
Raymond
West Hollywood
March 1, 2025
in response to Steven:
One of the core principles in Judaism is that G-d does not waste even a single word in the Torah. The fact that the name of Pharaoh is not mentioned, may be because it is not important to the narrative of the story going on. Also, the fact that the Pharaoh of Joseph's era is also not mentioned, may be because G-d wanted to leave the subject dubious as to whether the two Pharaoh's were two different people, or one and the same person Reply
John
London
March 2, 2025
in response to Raymond :
No Raymond, it's plain enough from the Torah that the Pharaoh of Joseph's era and of Moses's era were two different people, and probably not of the same dynasty: "Now there arose a new king over Egypt who knew not Joseph". Reply
Raymond
West Hollywood
September 10, 2025
in response to John:
No, John, it's plain enough to several classic Torah commentaries that the Pharaoh of Joseph's era and of Moses' era were one and the same person. That may seem counterintuitive, and yet there are examples in history of some benign rulers suddenly turning against our Jewish people Reply
Raymond
West Hollywood
February 19, 2025
I scored only 8/10. I did not realize that the Jewish women refused to comply with Pharoah's order to throw all of their sons into the Red Sea. Good for those Jewish women for having the courage to put their families ahead of government coercion. And the other question i got wrong, was a really careless mistake that i made. it was the question as to which of the Patriarchs never met a Pharoah. i answered Jacob, which is just absurd, as he obviously did once he found out that his son Joseph was still alive. There is even that very famous scene where Pharoah asks Jacob his age. he is motivated to do so because Jacob looks so old, due to the many hardships that he had in his life Reply
Lauren
Bend, Oregon
January 7, 2025
9/10. I wish you all a Healthy, Happy and Peaceful year. Reply
Deborah Greene
South Africa Jhb
December 27, 2024
Good 10/10 brings joy into my heart
Pray for the Peace of Yerushalayim.
Light up those candles..🕯🕯🕯🇮🇱🇮🇱
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Hal
Great neck
December 24, 2024
I thought it was the REED sea Reply
John
London
December 25, 2024
in response to Hal:
I think this Reed Sea is a shallower area adjoining the Red Sea, and, therefore can be referrer to as the Red Sea. Reply
Venice
Richmond Park Mocho Clarendon
December 24, 2024
Hard quiz huh Reply
Esther
Kenya
June 15, 2024
8/10. Not that bad lol Reply
Avner Licea
June 6, 2024
9/10 on the quiz!! Reply
Lila
New Windsor, NY 12553
June 9, 2024
in response to Avner Licea:
So, did I, I would have gotten 10, I answered one question carelessly. :( Reply
Hal
Great Neck
April 28, 2024
Reed sea not Red sea Reply
Karrel S.
Florida
April 15, 2024
4/10 I think I need to start learning more. I'm pretty bad at these quizzes. Baruch Hashem! Reply
Elijah F
Japan
March 26, 2024
10/10 It was an easy one this time. I almost tripped out by 8 and 10, I forgot which one was first and what the yam suf is in English. Good night everyone. Reply
Don Ostrander
Clarksville ind
March 21, 2024
7/10 oops, not so good this time. What did you expect out of a Goy? Reply
Angela wilder
Brooklyn
March 14, 2024
10/10😊 thank you Reply
Rie Toria
South Pacific
March 14, 2024
I got the first question wrong so still scored 9/10 Reply
Angela wilder
Brooklyn N.Y.
March 13, 2024
Thank you. Reply
Thought it was the Reed Sea