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1. Let me start off by wishing you success. And speaking of success, which saying in the English stage world is derived from a Hebrew wish for luck?
2. The first letter of the Hebrew alphabet ("Aleph") was developed into the Greek Alpha, and eventually the modern Roman A. It comes from the word "aluph." What does this Hebrew word mean?
3. The word cinnamon is commonly thought mistakenly to be of Greek origin. In fact, it was one of the spices used in the Tabernacle. True or false?
4. The Latin word for death - "mortum" - was the source of the English "mortal." But this word too had a Hebrew source. What was it?
5. English has taken quite a few words directly from Hebrew. But sometimes it was the other way around. Which of these words did not make its way from the European languages to Hebrew?
6. This American Jewish poet and author wrote mostly in Yiddish. His works have been translated into Hebrew. Nevertheless, he always claimed that reading poetry in translation was "like kissing a woman through a veil." Who was he?
7. In Semitic languages, of which Hebrew is one, most verbs and nouns have "roots" which can be conjugated and used for almost any part of a sentence. These roots always have a certain number of letters. What is that number?
8. Only one of the following English words for a part of the body can really be seen as having a root in the Hebrew language. Which is it?
9. For which of the following crimes is there no word in the Hebrew language?
10. And finally, one last true/false question, since this quiz is just about over. Does the word "over" indeed come from the Hebrew "avar"?
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