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Naphtali Cohen - Quiz
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  • 1. What was the birth year of Naphtali Cohen?
A) 1663
B) 1704
C) 1649
D) 1711
  • 2. Where was Naphtali Cohen born?
A) Amsterdam
B) Prague
C) Frankfurt am Main
D) Ostroh
  • 3. Who was Naphtali Cohen's father?
A) Maharal of Prague
B) Hakam Zebi Ashkenazi
C) Isaac HaCohen
D) Nehemiah Hayyun
  • 4. Naphtali Cohen's father was a great-grandson of which famous figure?
A) Maharal of Prague
B) August II
C) Nehemiah Hayyun
D) Isaac HaCohen
  • 5. In what year did Naphtali Cohen fall into the hands of the Tatars?
A) 1690
B) 1663
C) 1649
D) 1718
  • 6. In which city did Cohen serve as chief rabbi starting in 1690?
A) Ostroh
B) Frankfurt am Main
C) Posen
D) Breslau
  • 7. What subject did Cohen devote himself to while in Posen?
A) Kabbalah
B) Astronomy
C) Philosophy
D) Medicine
  • 8. What caused the fire in Cohen's house in Frankfurt on January 14, 1711?
A) The text does not specify the cause of the fire
B) A lightning strike
C) A kitchen accident
D) An intentional act of sabotage
  • 9. Why was Cohen arrested in Frankfurt?
A) He practiced illegal trade
B) He was accused of preventing the fire's extinction using charms
C) He insulted the King of Poland
D) He stole money from the community
  • 10. What did Cohen have to do to regain his liberty after his arrest in Frankfurt?
A) Renounce his office
B) Perform public service
C) Pay a large fine
D) Leave the country immediately
  • 11. Who was the Shabbethaian cabalist that gained Cohen's confidence in Prague?
A) Hakam Zebi Ashkenazi
B) Isaac HaCohen
C) August II
D) Nehemiah Hayyun
  • 12. What was the title of the mystical work Hayyun asked Cohen to approve?
A) Shabbethaian Teachings
B) The Zohar
C) Mehemnuta de Kula
D) The Guide for the Perplexed
  • 13. What controversial doctrine was found in the commentaries of Hayyun's book?
A) Atheism
B) Buddhism
C) Polytheism
D) The Trinity
  • 14. Who informed Cohen of the true tenets of Hayyun's work in 1713?
A) Isaac HaCohen
B) The leaders of the Posen community
C) August II
D) Hakam Zebi Ashkenazi
  • 15. Where was Cohen acting as a rabbi in 1713?
A) Ostroh
B) Prague
C) Breslau
D) Posen
  • 16. In what year did Naphtali Cohen die?
A) 1716
B) 1713
C) 1711
D) 1718
  • 17. Where did Naphtali Cohen die?
A) Posen
B) Frankfurt am Main
C) Ostroh
D) Constantinople
  • 18. What was the name of the King of Poland whom Cohen visited in 1715?
A) Maharal
B) Isaac HaCohen
C) August II
D) Hakam Zebi
  • 19. What was the purpose of Cohen's 1715 visit to the King of Poland?
A) To ask for financial assistance
B) To secure reinstatement in his former rabbinate
C) To request permission to travel to the Holy Land
D) To denounce Nehemiah Hayyun
  • 20. Why did Cohen fail to be reinstated in Posen in 1715?
A) He was too ill to hold office
B) The King refused his request
C) Opposition from the leaders of the community
D) He lacked the necessary funds
  • 21. In what year was Birkat Adonai published?
A) 1702
B) 1741
C) 1713
D) 1729
  • 22. Which work did Naphtali Cohen request to be buried with him?
A) Birkat Adonai
B) Pi Yesharim
C) Meshek ha-Zera
D) Sefer Bet Raḥel
  • 23. What is the subtitle of the work Birkat Adonai?
A) Meshek ha-Zera
B) Pi Yesharim
C) Ẓawwa'ah
D) Semikut Ḥakamim
  • 24. What is the subject of the commentary Birkat Adonai?
A) Genesis
B) Berakot
C) Zeraim
D) Seliḥot
  • 25. Which of these works by Naphtali Cohen was never published?
A) Meshek ha-Zera
B) Sefer Bet Raḥel
C) Birkat Adonai
D) Pi Yesharim
  • 26. Where was Pi Yesharim published?
A) Berlin
B) Prague
C) Frankfort-on-the-Main
D) Amsterdam
  • 27. In what year was Tefillat Bet Raḥel published in Amsterdam?
A) 1702
B) 1729
C) 1713
D) 1741
  • 28. What is the primary topic of the Seliḥot edited by Cohen?
A) Burial rites
B) Penitential Prayers
C) Mishnaic commentary
D) Plague prevention
  • 29. In what year was the prayer for the staying of the plague published?
A) 1702
B) 1741
C) 1713
D) 1729
  • 30. What is the content of the work titled Ẓawwa'ah?
A) Ethical will
B) Penitential prayers
C) Kabalistic introduction
D) Mishnaic commentary
  • 31. In what city was the ethical will Ẓawwa'ah published?
A) Amsterdam
B) Prague
C) Berlin
D) Frankfort-on-the-Main
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