Test 1

Question 1

What year was the Spanish expulsion

Answer 1

1492

Question 2

What year the french revolution

Answer 2

1789

Question 3

During the golden age of Spain how were the Jews treated?

Answer 3

Quite well, they were excepted, wealthy and happy

Question 4

When the Christians conquered Spain what rules did Jews have to follow ?

Answer 4

They were forced to wear a yellow star

Question 5

What choice were the Jews given under the Catholics ?

Answer 5

Baptism or death

Question 6

What were Jews who converted from Judaism to Christianity called?

Answer 6

New Christians

Question 7

What is a Marrano?

Answer 7

They were Jews who pretended to convert to Christianity but were secretly Jewish

Question 8

What are old Christians ?

Answer 8

People who has always been christian

Question 9

Who was the king and queen during the Spanish Inquisition ?

Answer 9

Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand

Question 10

What was the Spanish Inquisition ?

Answer 10

A court of law who tried to find out if Christians were following christian law

Question 11

Who was the head of the Spanish Inquisition ?

Answer 11

Tomas Torquemada

Question 12

What is a Martyr

Answer 12

Someone who died for their beliefs

Question 13

What is the Missionary Activity ?

Answer 13

Christians who want to convert Jews to Christianity

Question 14

What do Jews believe happen after death?

Answer 14

Jews believe that our soul goes to Olaf Habah
The goose are rewarded and the bad are punished
The bad can only go to OLam Habah once they repent

Question 15

In 1492 what choice did queen Isabella and King Ferdinand give the Jews?

Answer 15

Convert to Christianity or be expelled (kicked out)

Question 16

Why do we remember the Spanish expulsion even though May Jews were kicked out of many European countries ?

Answer 16

It effected 150000-300000 people

Created the Sephardic diaspora

Question 17

If you are Sephardic it means your ancestors came from —

Answer 17

Spain

Question 18

If you are Ashkenazi it means your ancestors came from —

Answer 18

Germany

Question 19

What is a Zionist

Answer 19

You believe that the Jews should have the state of Israel

Question 20

Name ways you can be a Zionist

Answer 20

Go to yom haatzmaut rally 
Learn about Israel
Pray for Israel 
Travel to Israel
Speak Hebrew

Question 21

In the 1400s in Spain what social class were the Jews in

Answer 21

Middle class

Question 22

Why did the Spain economy plummet when they kicked out all the Jews

Answer 22

Because the Jews were their middle class

Question 23

What is Kabbalah

Answer 23

Jewish mysticism

Question 24

What is the book of Kabbalah called ?

Answer 24

Zohar

Question 25

Who is believed to have written the Zohar

Answer 25

Shimon bar hochai

Question 26

Who is the lead rabbi in Tzfat?

Answer 26

Rabbi Lauria

Question 27

What is the non+kabbalistic reason of why bad things happen to the world. Why is there bad in the world

Answer 27

We all have the option to be good or bad. We have a yetzer hatov and yetzer harah We has humans can decide if we want to be good or we want to be bad. It’s up to us

Question 28

According to Kabbalah how did God create the world

Answer 28

In order to create the world god had to become smaller (shrink) to create the world

Question 29

What is t(e kabbalistic way to explain of why there is bad in the world

Answer 29

Because the vessels broke, the vessels broke there was chaos +evil Jews must try to fix it by doing tikkun olam

Question 30

How many mitzvot are there How many are do’s How many are don’t do’s

Answer 30

613 Don’t do 365 Do 248

Question 31

What is shulchan aruch and who wrote it

Answer 31

Code of Jewish law- simple form of Jewish law. Rabbi Yosef Karo wrote it

Question 32

What does renaissance mean

Answer 32

Rebirth

Question 33

Before the renaissance what was the world focused on

Answer 33

The church and god

Question 34

What bad things did. Alexander the 6th do

Answer 34

Murdered Pedophilical Incest Bribed people

Question 35

When was the destruction of the first temple | Who destroyed it ?

Answer 35

Babylonians -586BCE tisha b’av

Question 36

When was the destruction of the second temple? | Who destroyed it ?

Answer 36

70CE by the Romans on Tisha b’av

Question 37

Who was Martin Luther

Answer 37

Martin Luther tried to convert the Jews kindly and when he realized it didn't work he made a seven point plan to convert them.

Question 38

Where did the Jews go after they got expelled ?

Answer 38

Portugal Ottoman empire North africa Saved

Question 39

Wha5 was the Nasi family real last name

Answer 39

Mendez

Question 40

Who were the nasi family | Explain about them

Answer 40

``` Marranos Lived in Portugal Daughter refuses to marry christian men They left to Italy Then to Israel Then openly returned to Judaism ```

Question 41

Who wrote the mappah

Answer 41

Rabbi isserles

Question 42

What were inventions created during the renaissance

Answer 42

Printing press Clock Compass Microscope

Question 43

Who was Martin Luther ?

Answer 43

His plan was for him to be nice to the Jews and teach them about Protestant so that they will convert The plan did not work and he made a 7 point plan