Take the Patriarchs and Matriarchs Quiz

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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Shulamit Fl February 28, 2024

Easy Reply

John London February 29, 2024

in response to Shulamit:

If so, Shulamit, you should be able to answer the qquestion I've just addressed to Rabbi Menachem.. Can you? Reply

John London February 27, 2024

I got question 1 right, only because "6" wasn't one of the options for me to select. Rabbi Menachem, could you please explain why Zilpah and Bilhah aren't listed among the Matriarchs? Reply

Michael Morristown February 27, 2024

10/10. So easy this gentile can do it! Reply

Angela wilder Brooklyn February 27, 2024

6/10 Rabbi thank you Reply

Sheva Brooklyn September 3, 2023

Thanks 9/10 Reply

Leah Dube Mthembu St Albans July 9, 2023

Toda Raba Leh Rav.
I enjoyed exercising my Judaism knowledge through the quiz. Shalom. Reply

Herman Vancouver July 3, 2023

10/10 for some body who’s Jewish that quiz should not be a problem
because all the answers are in the five Books of Moses Reply

John London July 11, 2023

in response to Herman:

but virtually all the published translations obscure the answer to Question 10. Reply

Eva Altona July 3, 2023

9/10 thank you, Rabbi Reply

Jamal Ukraine May 2, 2023

i got a 11 out of 10 lol Reply

Yulanda Toronto ON April 29, 2023

7/10 I thought I would have gotten way less right! however at the end of the quizzes! I was surprised, to get that many right! Shabbat Shalom. Reply

Dale Bell Canada April 28, 2023

The quiz was fun and a tiny bit challenging (I only got one wrong) Reply

Irene April 28, 2023

Got 10 out of 10 Reply

FY Sunnyvale CA April 28, 2023

10/10 this time! Reply

Bunny Land of carrots April 27, 2023

One of the few times I got 10/10 Reply

Christine Race Sacramento April 27, 2023

Thinking alot of us had 10 this time...this batch of questions among the easiest Ive taken on this quiz blast. Keep them coming - I look forward to them each week ! Reply

Axel Berger Köln-Ossendorf April 27, 2023

10/10, but this one was a bit too easy. In no. 3 instead of the very obvious alternatives you could have given Abraham's two (three?) wives, not Rivka of course.
I do look forward to the next of these quizzes every week, thank you Rabbi Posener. Reply

שולמיתש April 27, 2023

Easy but who fell off her camel. I had to think only one woman traveled to get to her husband. Sarah was already family. Rachel was by the well and Leah nothing said. Abraham sent his servant to get a wife for Yitzhak. He took Rivka back to Avraham to meet and marry Yitzhak. Reply

John London June 7, 2023

in response to שולמיתש:

All translations of Genesis 24:64 that I have found on the internet say that Rebeccah dismounted from the camel, some saying that she dismounted with some alacrity, none saying that she actually fell off it. But the word translated in Genesis 24:64 as "dismounted", תִּפֹּ֖ל occurs elsewhere in the Scriptures, and in some of these places it is correctly translated as "fell", "falls", or "will fall", etc.

Which translation was Rabbi Menachem using when he set this question? Or was he ad libbing directly from the Hebrew? Reply

Menachem Posner June 7, 2023

in response to John:

Indeed, in Hebrew it is pretty clear that she fell off the camel. Reply

John London July 11, 2023

in response to Menachem Posner:

To my mind, "fell off" as a translation has connotations which would be avoided if the phrase "dropped down from" were used - or do you really think that she was so bowled over by the sight of Yitzhak that she did an עֵלִ֥י without, in this particular case, fatal consequences? Reply

Deborah Green South Africa April 27, 2023

I'm so Happy that I even I made 10 Tops.. Hooray...I love and enjoy the Quiz...mind stimulation 🌷🙏🤩 Just Love it.

Mazel Tov to those who scored 10/10 Reply

Deborah Green South Africa April 30, 2023

in response to Deborah Green:

I've done it again... Hooray!!💓🌹 Reply

Andrew Elder Bryan May 3, 2023

in response to Deborah Green:

Toda Raba! Reply

Jorge Bastrop Tx April 27, 2023

8-10. Hazak , hazak , v’nit’chazek! Be strong, be strong, and let us be strengthened!! Pray for the people of Israel..Blessings Reply

Barbara Gordon Houston April 27, 2023

I finally did it! Ten out of 10! So excited. Reply

Jack Harpers Ferry, WV April 27, 2023

in response to Barbara Gordon:

HaShem has blessed you! Reply

Deborah Greene South Africa May 2, 2023

in response to Barbara Gordon:

Mazel Tov ... Hooray!🌹🌷🙏 Reply

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