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Thirteen Attributes of Mercy - Quiz
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  • 1. In which book of the Bible are the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy enumerated?
A) Leviticus
B) Exodus
C) Deuteronomy
D) Numbers
  • 2. According to the text, what do the Thirteen Attributes represent?
A) The genealogy of the patriarchs
B) The list of the kings of Judah
C) The Ten Commandments
D) A covenant between God and Israel
  • 3. What event did the Thirteen Attributes replace as a covenant?
A) The covenant of the Ten Commandments
B) The covenant at Sinai
C) The covenant with Abraham
D) The covenant with Noah
  • 4. According to Maimonides, what are the Thirteen Attributes?
A) Methods of His activity
B) Qualities inherent in God
C) Physical manifestations of God
D) Human emotions projected onto God
  • 5. What term does the Sifre use instead of 'middot' (attributes) for the ways of God?
A) Halakhot
B) Kedushim
C) Derakhim
D) Mitzvot
  • 6. How many different opinions on the division of the attributes does Shadal describe?
A) Twelve
B) Thirteen
C) Seven
D) Ten
  • 7. Which of the following is the Hebrew translation for 'slow to anger'?
A) VeEmet
B) VeḤanun
C) Raḥum
D) Erekh appayim
  • 8. What is the meaning of the attribute 'Raḥum'?
A) Truthful
B) Pardoning
C) Gracious
D) Merciful
  • 9. In which Parasha are the Thirteen Attributes found?
A) Vayikra
B) Ki Tissa
C) Shemot
D) Bereshit
  • 10. What does the attribute 'Notzer ḥesed la'alafim' mean?
A) Keeping kindness unto thousands
B) Plenteous in lovingkindness
C) Forgiving iniquity
D) Slow to anger
  • 11. Which Biblical figure mentioned the 13 attributes to spare the Jewish people after the sin of the spies?
A) David
B) Joshua
C) Aaron
D) Moses
  • 12. In the Torah scroll, which letter in 'Notzer ḥesed la'alafim' is enlarged?
A) Hey
B) Aleph
C) Resh
D) Nun
  • 13. Which of these is a book that alludes to the Thirteen Attributes?
A) Judges
B) Samuel
C) Micah
D) Joshua
  • 14. What is the primary difference between the description of God in the Ten Commandments and the 13 attributes?
A) God is characterized as merciful rather than zealous
B) God is characterized as distant rather than near
C) God is characterized as judgmental rather than forgiving
D) God is characterized as angry rather than merciful
  • 15. What is the significance of the first 'YHVH' attribute?
A) Judgment after a person has sinned
B) Compassion after a person has sinned
C) Compassion before a person sins
D) Judgment before a person sins
  • 16. With which word does the recitation of the thirteen attributes generally begin?
A) Melech
B) El
C) Adonai
D) Vayikra
  • 17. At which word does the general recitation of the thirteen attributes conclude?
A) ve-nakeh
B) Vayikra
C) Ezkera
D) yoshev
  • 18. What is the name for a congregation of at least ten persons?
A) minyan
B) pizmon
C) middot
D) selichot
  • 19. In Ashkenazi synagogues, when does the reader stop to allow the congregation to recite the attributes?
A) At the word Vayikra
B) At the word ve-nakeh
C) At the beginning of the service
D) At the end of the Torah reading
  • 20. What is the introductory prayer recited before the thirteen middot in Selichot?
A) Adonai Adonai
B) Ezkera Elohim
C) El Melech yoshev
D) Shelosh esreh middot
  • 21. In which specific prayers are the thirteen attributes recited many times?
A) Amidah
B) Kaddish
C) Hallel
D) Selichot
  • 22. Which of the following is identified as a pizmon about the attributes?
A) Minyan
B) El Melech yoshev
C) Ezkera Elohim
D) Ve-nakeh
  • 23. Which group of Ashkenazi communities restricted the custom of reciting the attributes to only the High Holidays?
A) The Lurianic Kabbalists
B) Eastern Hasidic communities
C) Some Western Ashkenazic communities
D) The Sephardic communities
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