A Maccabi Jewish sports club bicycle trip in Salonika, Greece in 1933. (Jack Beraha/US Holocaust Memorial Museum)

Our Bodies Quiz

How much do you know about Jewish attitudes toward the human body?

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In Judaism, spirituality and physicality are closely connected, and Judaism has lots to say about issues like modesty and healthy behaviors. How much do you know about Jewish attitudes toward the body?

Question 1 of 10
What did the rabbis in the talmudic period believe about souls?
Question 2 of 10
Does Jewish law permit men to shave with an electric shaver?
Question 3 of 10
What does the Hebrew word tz'ni'ut mean?
Question 4 of 10
In "escstatic" mysticism, the Land of Israel is a metaphor for:
Question 5 of 10
Rabbi Nahman of Breslov taught that cravings and addictions destroy what?
Question 6 of 10
Shatnez is the biblical prohibition of mixing which two fibers?
Question 7 of 10
In the bible, why did King Ahasuerus choose Queen Esther as his wife?
Question 8 of 10
What is pikuach nefesh?
Question 9 of 10
In the Book of Psalms, the Bible describes what substance as something that "gladdens the human heart?"
Question 10 of 10
During which prayer on the High Holidays is it common to prostrate oneself fully on the ground.
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