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Quiz about The Hasidim
Quiz about The Hasidim

The Hasidim Trivia Quiz


From the Besht to Matisyahu, the Hasidim have have kept the faith. Learn about the beliefs and ways of this growing group of religious Jews.

A multiple-choice quiz by flip1701. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
flip1701
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
276,140
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
15
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Average
Avg Score
10 / 15
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Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 15
1. The founder of Hasidic Judaism was Polish Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer. He was commonly known as the "Ba'al Shem Tov" or by the acronym "Besht." What does "Ba'al Shem Tov" mean in English? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. What was the name of the European Jews who opposed the rise and spread of Hasidism, literally meaning "opponents" in Hebrew ? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. One of the major concepts of Hasidism is that a Jew should strive to cleave or attach oneself to God in all the affairs of life. This is commonly referred to as a "communion" between man and God. What is the term that is used to describe this concept? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. Hasidism claims to prepare the world for the coming of the Jewish Messiah (Moshiach) through the spread of its four main goals. What are these four goals? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Hasidim can often be identified in the modern world through their distinctive style of dress. What is the name of the fur hat that many married Hasidic men wear on the Sabbath (Shabbat)? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Because of the Holocaust, all Hasidic sects had to relocate from Eastern Europe. Most Hasidic escapees and survivors eventually moved to North America or Israel and built new communities. What are Hasidic sects typically named after? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. The Chabad-Lubavitch sect performs a number of outreach activities designed to encourage non-observant Jews to adopt some form of religious practice. What is the name given to the Lubavitcher emissaries that have been sent out across the world to do this outreach? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. Satmar Hasidim are a very controversial group within the broad scope of Judaism and within the Hasidic world for their strong opposition to what political philosophy? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. Most Hasidic men tend to wear long, uncut sideburns, referred to in English as sidelocks. What is the Yiddish term for these sidelocks? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Orthodox religious laws pertaining to the modesty of women require married women to cover their hair. Hasidic women tend to wear either a snood, tichel or sheitel in order to fulfill this obligation. What is a sheitel? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. All Hasidic sects hold their leaders in great esteem. However, certain Chabad-Lubavitch adherents (known as Meshichists) proclaim that the movement's last leader will be the Messiah, even though he died in 1994. What is the name of this seventh and final Rebbe of the Chabad movement? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. Many pre-Holocaust Eastern European Jews, including Hasidim, lived in shtetls. Shtetls were small towns with large Jewish populations, usually described as agricultural communities. The Satmar Hasidim have recreated a shtetl, of sorts, in Orange County, New York. What is the name of this village? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. The reggae star, Matisyahu, grew up as a secular Jew and became a Hasidic Jew as an adult. What is the name given to a person, like Matisyahu, who start out life as secular or liberal Jews and fully adopt an Orthodox Jewish lifestyle later in life? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. Hasidic Jews take the Torah's first commandment, to be fruitful and multiply, very seriously. What was the average number of children for Hasidic Jewish families in the United States according to the 2001 National Jewish Population Study? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Many Hasidic Jews in Israel and elsewhere refuse to use Hebrew as their everyday language, because to use Hebrew for anything other than religious speech would be profane. As such, Yiddish is used as the vernacular tongue for many Hasids, as it was in pre-Holocaust Europe. Yiddish is considered to be derived from what language (other than Hebrew and Aramaic)? Hint



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1. The founder of Hasidic Judaism was Polish Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer. He was commonly known as the "Ba'al Shem Tov" or by the acronym "Besht." What does "Ba'al Shem Tov" mean in English?

Answer: Master of the Good Name

The Besht was known as a healer and as someone who could predict the future. As such, there are many legends surrounding him. It was said of these legends, "Someone who believes in all the stories of the Baal Shem Tov and the other mystics and holy men is a fool; someone who doesn't believe them is a heretic."
2. What was the name of the European Jews who opposed the rise and spread of Hasidism, literally meaning "opponents" in Hebrew ?

Answer: Mitnagdim

Early in Hasidism's history, a rift arose between Hasidic and non-Hasidic Jews. The opponents of Hasidim criticized it for many things including: its belief in miracle-working, its devotion to its leaders, and its belief that God permeates all physical objects in nature, among other things.
3. One of the major concepts of Hasidism is that a Jew should strive to cleave or attach oneself to God in all the affairs of life. This is commonly referred to as a "communion" between man and God. What is the term that is used to describe this concept?

Answer: Deveikus

Deveikus is from the Hebrew for "clinging on." The Hebrew root word is "devek," which is the word for glue.
4. Hasidism claims to prepare the world for the coming of the Jewish Messiah (Moshiach) through the spread of its four main goals. What are these four goals?

Answer: Revival, piety, refinement, demystification

A story says that in a dream, the Besht asked the Messiah when he was going to come to Earth. The Messiah responded that "when the wellsprings of your teachings, which I have taught you, will be spread out."
5. Hasidim can often be identified in the modern world through their distinctive style of dress. What is the name of the fur hat that many married Hasidic men wear on the Sabbath (Shabbat)?

Answer: Shtreimel

Hasidic men today tend to wear the style of dress of Hasidim as worn just right before World War II and the Holocaust. The shtreimel is typically the most expensive piece of Hasidic clothing, as it is usually made from the genuine tips of tails of sables or foxes. Top of the line shtreimels may cost more than $5,000.
6. Because of the Holocaust, all Hasidic sects had to relocate from Eastern Europe. Most Hasidic escapees and survivors eventually moved to North America or Israel and built new communities. What are Hasidic sects typically named after?

Answer: The towns in Europe from which they originated

For instance: the Satmar Hasidim came from the town of Satu Mare in Romania. The Lubavitchers came from the town of Lyubavichi in Russia.
7. The Chabad-Lubavitch sect performs a number of outreach activities designed to encourage non-observant Jews to adopt some form of religious practice. What is the name given to the Lubavitcher emissaries that have been sent out across the world to do this outreach?

Answer: Shluchim

The concept of "shluchim" is not limited to Chabad-Lubavitch. The first shaliach (sing. of shluchim) mentioned in the Bible is the person sent by Abraham to find a wife for Isaac.
8. Satmar Hasidim are a very controversial group within the broad scope of Judaism and within the Hasidic world for their strong opposition to what political philosophy?

Answer: Zionism

Satmar believe that the creation of a modern day State of Israel must be initiated by the Messiah. Any attempts to create a State of Israel otherwise will be punished by God.
9. Most Hasidic men tend to wear long, uncut sideburns, referred to in English as sidelocks. What is the Yiddish term for these sidelocks?

Answer: Peyes

Leviticus 19:27 states: "You shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shall you mar the corners of your beard."
10. Orthodox religious laws pertaining to the modesty of women require married women to cover their hair. Hasidic women tend to wear either a snood, tichel or sheitel in order to fulfill this obligation. What is a sheitel?

Answer: Wig

Today most sheitels come with a kosher certification indicating that they are not made with hair originating from idolatrous rituals.
11. All Hasidic sects hold their leaders in great esteem. However, certain Chabad-Lubavitch adherents (known as Meshichists) proclaim that the movement's last leader will be the Messiah, even though he died in 1994. What is the name of this seventh and final Rebbe of the Chabad movement?

Answer: Menachem Mendel Schneerson

The Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, was considered to be so great that no one who was offered the chance to head Chabad-Lubavitch after his death would accept the position. Official Chabad organizations do not encourage the belief that the Rebbe is the Messiah.
12. Many pre-Holocaust Eastern European Jews, including Hasidim, lived in shtetls. Shtetls were small towns with large Jewish populations, usually described as agricultural communities. The Satmar Hasidim have recreated a shtetl, of sorts, in Orange County, New York. What is the name of this village?

Answer: Kiryas Joel

Many non-Hasidic Orange County residents view the community as encroaching on them, due to the high birth rate of Hasidic women. The number of homes that are needed each year in Kiryas Joel is the same as the number of women that are getting married.
13. The reggae star, Matisyahu, grew up as a secular Jew and became a Hasidic Jew as an adult. What is the name given to a person, like Matisyahu, who start out life as secular or liberal Jews and fully adopt an Orthodox Jewish lifestyle later in life?

Answer: Ba'al teshuvah

The Hebrew term "ba'al teshuvah" literally means "master of return". The term was originally used to describe one whose actions had led them into breaking Jewish law, and who had subsequently returned to full compliance following some period of reflection and repentance.
14. Hasidic Jews take the Torah's first commandment, to be fruitful and multiply, very seriously. What was the average number of children for Hasidic Jewish families in the United States according to the 2001 National Jewish Population Study?

Answer: 7.9 children

The same population study found that the average Jewish woman in the US only had 1.86 children. For the American population as a whole, the average was 1.13 children.
15. Many Hasidic Jews in Israel and elsewhere refuse to use Hebrew as their everyday language, because to use Hebrew for anything other than religious speech would be profane. As such, Yiddish is used as the vernacular tongue for many Hasids, as it was in pre-Holocaust Europe. Yiddish is considered to be derived from what language (other than Hebrew and Aramaic)?

Answer: German

Yiddish originated in the 9th century in the German Rhineland, and was historically the language used by Ashkenazi Jews.
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