Question 1

What is the meaning of תַּלְמִיד (Talmid)?

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A student

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A teacher

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A scribe

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A rabbi

Question 2

What does מַחְלֹקֶת (Machloket) refer to?

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An argument about a Torah concept or halacha

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A holiday

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A blessing

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A prayer

Question 3

What is a סְתִּירָה (Stirah)?

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A contradiction

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An answer

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A question

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A proof

Question 4

What is a תֵּירוּץ (Teiritz)?

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An answer

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An assumption

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A question

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A contradiction

Question 5

What does הַוָה אַמִינָא (Hava Amina) mean?

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When the gemara makes an assumption

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When the gemara makes a conclusion

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A proof from a posuk

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A question that doesn’t make sense

Question 6

What does מַסְקָנָא (Maskana) mean?

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When the gemara makes a conclusion correcting the Hava Amina

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A new topic in the gemara

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A question on the mishna

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The first assumption

Question 7

What is a קֻשְׁיָא (Kushya)?

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A question that something doesn’t make sense

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A proof

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An answer

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A blessing

Question 8

תָּוֹרָה שֶׁבִּכְתַב (Torah Shebichtav) refers to:

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The Written Torah / 5 Books of the Torah, Navi & 5 Megillos

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The Oral Torah / Mishna & Gemara

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Laws made by the Rabbis

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Customs passed down by communities

Question 9

תָּוֹרָה שֶׁבַּעַל פֶּה (Torah Sheba'al Peh) refers to:

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The Oral Torah / Mishna & Gemara

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The book of Tehillim

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The Written Torah

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The five Megillos

Question 10

What does דְאוֹרַיְתָא (D'Oraisa) mean?

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From the Torah – mitzvos written in the Torah

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A custom

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A Rabbinic law

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A halacha from Moshe at Sinai

Question 11

Who are the חז"ל (חֲכָמֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה)?

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Our sages from the Mishna

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The kings of Israel

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The prophets of Israel

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Modern-day rabbis

Question 12

A תַּנָּא (Tanna) is:

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A sage of the Mishna

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A modern rabbi

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A sage of the Gemara

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A student

Question 13

An אַמוֹרָא (Amora) is:

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A sage of the Gemara

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A student of Moshe Rabbeinu

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A sage of the Mishna

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A scribe

Question 14

What is a סוּגְיָא (Sugya)?

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A topic discussed in the Gemara

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A question on the Mishna

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A concluding statement

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A full page of Gemara

Question 15

What does שַׁקְלָא וְטַרְיָא (Shakla V'Tarya) refer to?

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The back and forth, step by step discussion of a sugya

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The final ruling on a topic

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The written record of halacha

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A prayer before learning

Question 16

What is a דְחִיָה (D'chiya)?

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A disproof

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A proof

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An answer

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A question

Question 17

What is a סְפֵק (Sefeik)?

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A doubt

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A conclusion

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The logical thought, reason or explanation of a law

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A proof

Question 18

What is the best definition of a בְּרַיְיתָא (Braisa)?

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A teaching of Tanna'im not mentioned in the Mishna

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An opinion rejected by the Gemara

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A halacha which was transmitted through the generations but never written down

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A custom that goes against the accepted halacha

Question 19

What does דְרַבָּנָן (D'Rabanan) mean?

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A halacha made by Chazal (the Rabbis)

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A law from the Torah

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A custom passed down in families

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A prayer composed by the prophets

Question 20

What is a דִיוּק (Diyuk)?

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An inference

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A question

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A conclusion

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A broad statement

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