At an alternative bar/bat mitzvah ceremony. (Courtesy Jewish Journey Project)
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Lifecycle Ritual Quiz

How much do you know about Jewish customs for marking major life events?

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Judaism has long focused on rituals for birth, marriage, and death, and contemporary communities have developed ways of acknowledging other major life events. How much do you know about these rituals?

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Question 1 of 10
What blessing does a convert recite after immersion in the mikveh?
Question 2 of 10
Lifecycle events are often marked with an appropriate contribution of tzedakah, which is what?
Question 3 of 10
Who is the person who usually performs the brit milah on a baby boy?
Question 4 of 10
Which of the following lifecycle events does not have a prescribed traditional ritual for observance?
Question 5 of 10
Who is the person who is required, in traditional Jewish sources, to perform the brit milah on a baby boy?
Question 6 of 10
There is a Jewish tradition to say how many blessings, or brakhot, a day?
Question 7 of 10
Under normal circumstances, how long is a shiva?
Question 8 of 10
True or false: Women have been the primary initiators of creative ritual in Judaism.
Question 9 of 10
What is a ketubah?
Question 10 of 10
On a Sabbath preceding his wedding, the groom has (and in liberal congregations, the bride and groom both have) a/an
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