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Liturgy & Prayers Quiz

How much do you know about liturgy and prayers for regular days, Shabbat and holidays?

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From the morning Shema to the evening Shema, prayer provides structure for the Jewish day. How much do you know about liturgy and prayers for regular days, Shabbat, and holidays?

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Question 1 of 10
True or false: Setting the prayer liturgy to music is a 20th-century development.
Question 2 of 10
What is the Yom Kippur service that refers to the symbolic closing of the gates of heaven?
Question 3 of 10
In most communities, how many days in a normal, non-holiday week is the Torah read?
Question 4 of 10
The three pilgrimage festivals, as well as Hanukkah and Rosh Chodesh, are characterized by the joyous recitation of a group of psalms called what?
Question 5 of 10
Which is NOT true about Barkhu?
Question 6 of 10
Traditionally, Jews say which prayer when they wake up?
Question 7 of 10
To spiritually prepare the worshipper for reciting the obligatory major prayers of the morning, the Rabbis established a series of selected passages to be read each morning. Where are these passages from?
Question 8 of 10
When a Torah scroll is removed from the ark, what does the congregation chant?
Question 9 of 10
What is the first paragraph of the Aleinu prayer about?
Question 10 of 10
Following Birkot HaShahar, which biblical story appears in traditional siddurim?
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