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Angela
Brooklyn
July 24, 2026
9/10 THANK YOU QUIZZES Reply
Helen Allan
Scotland UK
July 22, 2026
9/10 It’s good when the questions seem easy, but I’m disappointed in myself when I get one wrong. But it’s good to learn more. Reply
Raymond
West Hollywood
August 6, 2026
in response to Helen Allan:
plus 9/10 is a really good score Reply
Angela wilder
Brooklyn
September 9, 2025
8/10 love my quizzes Reply
Avimelech , Brian Melmoth
Kwa Zulu Natal . South Africa .
September 9, 2025
Shalom Rabbi , It is a great pleasure to receive these Israel quiz questions, I must mention l am a Goyem(?) a Gentile but l am all with Israel . Questions about tradition and feasts will be a challenge. But there is one good thing in all this, the questions I am presented with the more research I will have to do, the more l will learn. Shalom shalom, Avimelech , South Africa. Reply
Chabad.org Staff
September 9, 2025
in response to Avimelech , Brian Melmoth :
You are very welcome here! Good luck with your studies. Reply
Abby Roth
Boca Raton, FL
September 8, 2025
7/10 Yes! Reply
Hansen
Asia
December 6, 2024
A possible answer for question #2 answer says Issac was weaned at 3 years of age. What is the source for weaning at 3 years of age? Reply
Andrew
Dublin
December 9, 2024
in response to Hansen:
I believe that Isaac was weaned at the age of 2 years and then Abraham celebrated with a party.
Is this right?
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Hansen
Asia
December 9, 2024
in response to Andrew:
I'd like to know the typical age for weaning a child in those days, including a reference. Ishmael was observed "mocking" Issac on the day of the celebration. Sarah was so disturbed by what she observed, she ordered Ishmael banished from the camp, essentially a death sentence. The word translated as "mocking" in certain contexts [Joseph and Potiphar's wife, Gen. 39:14,17], is a reference to sexual activity, including rape.
Is it possible that Ishmael was abusing Issac in the field and was observed by Sarah? How old would Issac have been?
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Hansen
Asia
December 3, 2024
The answer to question number two says that Issac was the first to be circumcised at eight days. Abraham's household included more than 300 men. The command to circumcise Abraham and his household came about 10 years before Issac was born. Hard to believe that no children were born and circumcised during that ten year period. Reply
John
London
December 4, 2024
in response to Hansen:
The command came and the household were circumcised only about a year before Isaac was born, when, according to the Torah, Abraham was 99 years old and Ishmael 13. So isaac, born when abraham was 100, can't have been the first at all to be circumcised. But he can have been, and probably was the first to be circumcised at eight days. Reply
Hansen
Asia
December 5, 2024
in response to John:
You are right. I misread 99 for 90 years of age in Genesis 17:24. Thank you for pointing that out! Reply
ddot
orlando
December 5, 2024
in response to John:
Another thought is the first one of the immediate family. Reply
John
London
December 6, 2024
in response to ddot:
You must mean "first one of the immediate family to be circumcised on the eighth day". Because Abraham was circumcised earlier, and you can't get more immediate that him! Reply
ddot nejtleo
Orlando, florida
August 6, 2026
in response to John:
John, looking back at my answer, I am not sure what I was thinking. I am not Jewish so I probably shouldn't be even answering these questions.and you are so right. Have a good day Reply
Jonas
G.
December 2, 2024
The quiz will not load no matter how many times I reload or reopen the tab. Reply
Jack
Harpers Ferry
December 1, 2024
If G-d named Yitzchak (laugh) then why was Sara corrected for "laughing"?
If Yitzchak was the first to be circumsized at 8 days, was Ishmael circumsized - and was he circumsized at 13 years?
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Avimelech Brian Melmoth
Kwa Zulu Natal , South Africa
November 29, 2024
Shalom , Where in Scripture is it recorded Issac was buried with his parents ? . His family was gathered ... as families do at funerals . Is this an indication he was buried ... with those gathered?
Just a question , that's all . Shalom SHALOM .
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Andrew Kieran
Dublin, Ireland
November 29, 2024
in response to Avimelech Brian Melmoth :
Hi Avimelech,
Good question.
The tomb at Hebron is known as the tomb of the married couples as
Abraham and Sarah were buried there, Israel and Leah were buried there and reputedly,
Adam and Eve were buried there.
I don't know of any biblical reference to Isaac being buried there.
Andrew
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herm
edmonton
December 4, 2024
in response to Andrew Kieran:
9/10 he was buried by his two sons Jacob and Esau
because it was not mention where one has to assume
it was the cave of machpela in Hebron
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Andrew
Dublin
December 6, 2024
in response to herm:
That is a fair assumption Herm, thank you. Reply
דבורה ארבל
חולון
November 28, 2024
Thank you! Shabbat shalom! Reply
Raymond
West Hollywood
November 28, 2024
I scored an 8/10, which is the worst score I have gotten since I started taking these quizzes. The two I got wrong was who named Isaac, and who lusted after Sarah Reply
Yvonne
FL
November 28, 2024
Today, I am grateful for this opportunity to get closer to G-d. Thank you for this Torah teaching. Shalom! Reply
Soraya Ferreira
Johannesburg
November 28, 2024
I did it, 9/10, my son did it, 10/10. Thank you Rabbi, we love them. Reply
Deborah Greene
South Africa
November 28, 2024
10/10 hooray
Wishing you all a Blessed Thanks Giving
Toda Raba HASHEM
Shalu Shalom Yerushalayim
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John
London
November 28, 2024
I expected to get 10/10, but got no. 1 wrong. The Almighty did indeed tell Abraham to name his son Isaac before Abraham gave him that name and Sarah talked about laughter. Reply
Angela Wilder
Brooklyn
November 27, 2024
10/10thank you Reply
Yiscah Sarah
Nairobi
November 27, 2024
B"H. 10/10 As bat Noah I Feel blessed to be here. Reply
Gamusi
Yoseph
November 27, 2024
I'm feeling so pleasant for the questions rabbi made me inspired. Thank you so much Reply
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