Rabbi Menachem Posner serves as managing editor at Chabad.org, the world’s largest Jewish informational website. He has been writing, researching, and editing for Chabad.org since 2006, when he received his rabbinic degree from Central Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch. He lives in Chicago, Ill., with his family.
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Helen Allan
Scotland UK
September 14, 2026
7/10 Disappointed with my result. I thought I would have done better. Reply
Britani
September 14, 2026
10/10! Reply
יון דוד אסקוטו
San Antonio
September 14, 2026
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Renee Stranberg
White Heath
September 13, 2026
How do I find the info about who were the two servants who accompanied him and how old Isaac was when this happened? I don’t remember those being listed in the Torah. Please advise. thanks!! Reply
Eliezer Zalmanov
for Chabad.org
September 15, 2026
in response to Renee Stranberg:
The source for these is in the Midrash, which provides additional details to what the Torah describes in brief. Reply
Hansen
Asia
September 12, 2026
I must confess, I consulted Genesis to learn how many people accompanied Isaac and Abraham. Reply
Aryeh krinsky
So. California
September 12, 2026
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Amount of people traveling with Abraham stumped me….9/10
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Angela wilder
Brooklyn
September 12, 2026
10/10thank you for my quizzes Reply
Erika
Germany
September 12, 2026
7/10 not very good - I should have known them all.
To place our very best on the altar is a very hard thing to do. May G-d help us.
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Raymond
West Hollywood
September 15, 2026
in response to Erika:
Fortunately at least in the case of Abraham and Isaac, it had a happy ending. Not so much when it comes to all the Jews sacrificed in the Holocaust as well as on October 7th Reply
Cameron L McCreary
Granite Bay
September 12, 2026
Wow, I got 10 out of 10, that doesn't happen very often. Thank you Rabbi Posner for creating this test for us.
I do believe that Abraham and Isaac went up the Mount of Olives to do the "deed." My reasoning is as follows; the threshing floor on the "city side" of Moriah was Jebusite property as explained later on when King David bought the threshing from Araunah for fifty shekels of silver (2 Samuel 24:24) also known as Ornan for 600 shekels of gold (1 Chronicles 21:24-25). Before any service to GD could be performed, it clearly had to be in the hands of a believer in GD, NOT a pagan. It is also said in Haggai 2:8; The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts. It's clear to me that the threshing floor had to be paid for with money from an Isrælite before it could be used for sacrifices.
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Vernon Smith
Lancaster, California USA
September 11, 2026
Very nice and nice understanding of what we read in the Torah Reply
Angela wilder
Brooklyn
September 11, 2026
8/10 THANK YOU FOR MY QUIZZES AMEN! Reply
Corinne Jones
Germany
September 11, 2026
9/10 Shana tova and peace Reply
Joan Esther Rani
India
September 10, 2026
7/10...Thank u..
Please give Isaac's age (37)referrance in Thora..
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FY
Sunnyvale CA
September 10, 2026
10/10. You almost had me with Mt. Rushmore. Reply
Charles
New Hampshire
September 10, 2026
7 out of 10 not bad for a gentile Reply
Karen Speller
Beavercreek
September 10, 2026
I love this story and teaching. Reply
Yiscah Sarah
Nairobi
September 10, 2026
Hashem bless you Rabbi 😊 10/10 Reply
Gershom Malkiel
Arizona, USA
September 10, 2026
9/10 but I'm happy to report that I wasn't tripped up by Mount Rushmore! :D
Can't believe I forgot about Eliezer accompanying, though! In any case, great quiz with really helpful articles. Thank you!
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Janet
TN
September 10, 2026
woo hoo! 10/10 Reply
There is a deep secret promise here; The ram that was offered has many significant revelations.
1) The ram's horn - The Shofar. 2) The ram was held fast in the thorn bush by his horns; the sacrifice on the altar was held fast by the horns on the corners of the altar.3) When the ram was released from the thorn bush, the was a 'crown of thorns' around his head.