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Rabbi Menachem Posner serves as managing editor at Chabad.org, the world’s largest Jewish informational website. He has been writing, researching, and editing for Chabad.org since 2006, when he received his rabbinic degree from Central Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch. He lives in Chicago, Ill., with his family.

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Dina May 21, 2026

10/10!! Reply

geo Guelph May 20, 2026

I only guessed one out of all of them correctly. Not bad considering I didn't even understand some of the words I was seeing. Reply

Minucha Chicago, IL via jewishlakeview.com May 20, 2026

I got 10 out of 10 correct, but I think I have taken this quiz before. Reply

Christine NJ May 20, 2026

9/10 Reply

Raymond West Hollywood May 20, 2026

I scored 9/10. The one question I missed, the one about garlands (#7) I got wrong out of sheer carelessness Reply

Eric Houston, TX May 20, 2026

Minus one not too shabby Reply

Susan Levitsky May 20, 2026

Yiskor ruins every holiday. According to my Sephardic friends, it is an excuse to try to get more people to come to synagogue. Reply

Carolyn Barratt May 20, 2026

6/10. Oh well. Such is life. Reply

Eben Aurora Illinois May 20, 2026

8/10! Reply

Ruth Nager Melrose, Ma May 20, 2026

On Shavuot, the question about greenery around the shul is one answer but if there were children present, toy Torahs could also be around the shul as well. In the place that I pray, children hold their stuffed Torahs and march around with them. Reply

Ofra Ben David Houston May 20, 2026

Shalom Rabbi Posner, What is Greenery? Reply

Yiscah Sarah Nairobi May 20, 2026

6/10 Reply

Eliot Brookline, Mass May 20, 2026

I was 9/10, which is not too shabby! Reply

Rita Forbes Clinton May 20, 2026

Good 🌻 Morning,

Thank you, [9/10].

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Shlomo b’Itzhak-Shmuel May 19, 2026

Did you know that Marie-Antoinette was Jewish? Famously she said, “ let them eat (cheese) cake!”😊 Reply

Abby Roth Boca Raton, FL September 4, 2025

8/10 Yes! Reply

Thalia US June 2, 2023

Finally, 10/10. I am not sure I understand some of it yet. But at least I have the idea of what it should be, the why is getting filled in. Reply

Trudy Strominger Glen Cove May 28, 2023

I have to brush up on my knowledge of Shavuot laws & customs Reply

FY Sunnyvale CA May 28, 2023

My typical 9/10. Perfection is so hard to achieve. Reply

Thalia USA May 27, 2023

I will still study, I am not yet convinced it is set in stone.for me, just a little longer. Reply

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