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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Elisma
Cape town South Africa
September 19, 2025
@rabbi Gordon Reply
Saadia Ramirez
Lakeland
September 8, 2025
Loved taking this quiz. Yes, I interested in taking more quizzes. Thank you! Reply
FY
Sunnyvale CA
September 7, 2025
10/10. Rosh Hashanah 19 years ago is when I resolved to do teshuvah. It was the best decision I ever made. Reply
Nili
MI
September 4, 2025
9/10 Halacha class pays off Reply
John McCarter
Bay Minette
September 4, 2025
I got 5/10. However, I'm not Jewish (yet). I deeply appreciate this site. I believe that it will help me on my journey. Shalom. Reply
Apfel
Richland
September 4, 2025
How long has t'shuvah also been the word for, "answer?" Is that a modern Hebrew thing? I suppose one who answers is returning, much like the word, "reply."
So as I type, I'm understanding better, but was it always used to mean, "answer?" Perhaps that's what it means where God says He'd repent(whereas it's usually, "relent"), that he would respond? Sorry I don't recall the book, chapter, & verse for my reference.
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Chabad.org Staff
September 5, 2025
in response to Apfel:
Thank you for your thoughtful comment. Many Hebrew words have more than one meaning, and teshuva is one of them. Reply
Rabbi Golomb
UK
September 5, 2025
in response to Apfel:
The root of the word Teshuvah is to return or go back so the concept of an answer is effectively getting back to the questioner Reply
Axel Berger
Köln-Ossendorf
September 6, 2025
in response to Rabbi Golomb:
In English too "return" is sometimes used in the meaning of "reply", when reporting a dialogue. Reply
Apfel
Richland
September 6, 2025
in response to Rabbi Golomb:
Ready Golomb thank you very much. I know you won't see this until tomorrow, but your comment was helpful.
Chabad, to say a Hebrew word has more than one meaning is a drastic understatement. I actually thought my comment did reflect a bit of familiarity with the language, but I must have been mistaken.
Shabbat shalom.
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S
UK
September 4, 2025
B"H
Harder answers than expected, great quiz
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Deborah Greene
South Africa Jhb
September 4, 2025
Thanks Rabbi..we got 10/10 now we're busy with Hagim before Rosh Hashana...time fly so quickly..wow!
Pray for the Peace of Yerushalayim
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Jim Krämer
Pittsburgh, PA
September 4, 2025
9/10
I sort of knew the one I missed...and now I know it better! Yay for me, I learned something!
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Yvonne
FL
September 4, 2025
I very much appreciate learning about Teshuva. Very enlightening. Reply
Minucha
Chicago
September 4, 2025
I got 10 out of 10 correct. Some questions were easy. Other's I happened to guess right. Reply
Shirley Anne Lindberg
Canada
September 4, 2025
8/10
Always room for improvement 🙌🏻
Thank you Chabad 💞👏🏻
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VelVel (Beau) BeauJean
Springfield, OH
September 4, 2025
I thought these questions were BOOM-BANG and had to get a few books out. Took some time, so I say WALA MALA a little Gray Matter almost exploded. One hour in doing this and reading I finally at the tenth one finished. I liked number 2 about the three elements: Regret Resolve and Verbal confession. A HARD earned 10. Think I will go find a soft pillow and rest the Wiggly
Gray Matter in my Tete (Head). Is there anyone out there in Quiz Land agree with me. Please agree? :-)
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Rivka Rachum
WEST ORANGE
September 4, 2025
8/10. One was a freaky mistake-- I hadn't even touched the screen of my phone, and the choice was made for me! And, baal teshuvah-- I was thinking about a baal tefillah , which turned out to be the wrong answer. Oh, well. I always learn from these quizzes, and so does my friend, with whom I share them! Reply
yosef croash
September 4, 2025
7/10.
Always room for improvement...❤️
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Nadav
Saint Joseph
September 3, 2025
These quizzes help this old man remember why he is a Jew. Reply
Chabad.org Staff
September 4, 2025
in response to Nadav:
So touched to hear that! May Hashem bless you with a year of happiness, health and continued growth. Reply
Angela wilder
Brooklyn
September 3, 2025
10/10 Reply
Carla
September 3, 2025
10/10 It helps that I taught in an Orthodox Jewish preschool. I learned a lot. I also attend weekly Torah studies with our rebbitzin. Now that I'm retired, the learning continues and intensifies. Reply
Barbara
Houston
September 4, 2025
in response to Carla:
Carla congratulations on your retirement. I am also retired. I love having more time to do things that really matter to me. Reply
Kathy Lindsley
New Jersey
September 3, 2025
5 out of 10. I’m learning Reply
I scored 8/10. Not bad for a goy with an intense interest in these quizzes and subjects.
Shabbat Shalom to all.
an intensely not-bad score