Take the Chabad History Quiz

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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Carolyn Barratt June 18, 2026

6/11. Reply

Hinda Israel June 18, 2026

We were in South Dakota when the Chabad house opened My husband was a shochet there in 2016. Reply

Raymond West Hollywood June 18, 2026

in response to Hinda:

Chabad does so many wonderful things that are precisely needed for our Jewish people. I just love the idea that i can be in South Dakota, which for me as a Jew might ordinarily feel like i am in the middle of nowhere, but then just when i about to give up all hope, I spot a Chabad in the distance, beckoning me to come on over to their shul on Shabbat, where I can enjoy their chulent at the end of the davening, and suddenly I would no longer feel quite so alone nor hungry Reply

Gershom Malkiel Arizona, USA June 18, 2026

6/11 I'm not a Chabadnik but thought I knew a bit more of the history than I do! That said, I'd love to know more about some these questions and answers…. Reply

Bonnie Spring Hill, Fl. June 18, 2026

I have learned brilliant information. Reply

Nili Ungar Southfield MI June 18, 2026

8/11. Some I guesses, some I knew. (from a religious person who isn't chabad). Reply

Andrew Elder Bryan, Ohio June 18, 2026

in response to Nili Ungar:

9/11. Good, honest answer Nili.

Memory is why I missed two, but at least I remain teachable!

Shalom y'all =) Shalom Isreal Reply

Minucha Chicago, IL June 18, 2026

I got 6 out of 11 correct. All my answers were guesses. Reply

Angela wilder Brooklyn June 18, 2026

10/11 Reply

Raymond West Hollywood June 17, 2026

I scored 9/11. The questions i got wrong were the ones about which Rebbe did something or another (I already forgot what it was talking about) and was off by ten years regarding when Chabad came to America. i figure the answers to those questions would tend to be known only by those who are really into Chabad Reply

Rita Forbes Clinton June 17, 2026

Good Evening,

Thank you, 11/11. Reply

Raymond West Hollywood June 18, 2026

in response to Rita Forbes:

you're welcome Reply

Menny Jacobs June 16, 2026

11/11 Reply

Yiscah Sarah Nairobi June 16, 2026

Tough quiz 7/11 Reply

Raymond West Hollywood June 17, 2026

in response to Yiscah Sarah:

yes it was Reply

Abby Roth Boca Raton, FL June 15, 2026

2/11 on a subject I've never studied! ✨ Reply

Raymond West Hollywood June 17, 2026

in response to Abby Roth:

Neither have I to any appreciable degree Reply

Abby Roth Boca Raton, FL June 18, 2026

in response to Raymond:

Any day you learn something its a day well spent! Reply

hs student school September 19, 2024

9/11!!!! just patted myself on the back Reply

Angela wilder Brooklyn March 6, 2024

Rabbi teacher I got 10/11 right this time😁 Reply

Rochel leah Caribbean island March 7, 2024

in response to Angela wilder:

10/11 Reply

Rochel leah pewzner cayman March 12, 2024

in response to Rochel leah:

again 10/11 Reply

Angela wilder Brooklyn N.Y. March 13, 2024

in response to Rochel leah:

Thank you 😊 Reply

Rochel Leah Pewzner Caribbean island March 6, 2024

I can't play the quiz😢 Reply

Andrew Elder Bryan, O USA March 6, 2024

in response to Rochel Leah Pewzner:

double check your server of email

Shalom Israel Reply

Angela wilder Brooklyn February 25, 2024

Rabbi thank you fory quiz 5/10 right Reply

Raymond West Hollywood June 17, 2026

in response to Angela wilder:

fory quiz 5/10 is indeed right Reply

Patricia A Weller Grand Rapids January 18, 2024

I am a Coservative Jew, but I love the Chabad quizes. I didn't do too bad on this one. Thank you for the quizes they are g.reat learning tools Reply

Robert Florida January 10, 2024

5/11 Reply

Георги Янкулов Bulgaria January 9, 2024

3/11 You guys are teaching me so much about judaism and I didn't know anything about Chabad history. It's a real shame!
Anyway, I promise to improve my knowledge.
Love and Respect! Reply

Chaim Schnitzer Borough Park January 10, 2024

in response to Георги Янкулов:

Why is it a shame not to know chabad history there are also other group of people that we don't know their history Reply

Sandra Wright Arizona January 25, 2024

in response to Chaim Schnitzer:

I respectfully offer that it is a shame to not know as much history as we can absorb, as history is the key to our future. As for the Chabad movement, I believe that it is the most orthodox of ALL people that carry on important traditions and teachings. It takes great faith and courage to stand out supporting religion today in this world. I would ad that my visit to Borough Park in the 80s made a lasting impression on my life and on my faith. I absolutely loved it! To be in such an environment! Reply

Raymond West Hollywood June 17, 2026

in response to Sandra Wright:

Well actually, Chabad is not the only strongly Orthodox movement within Judaism. There are also the Chareidim that call themselves Yeshivish Reply

Feigue Cieplinski Middletown June 18, 2026

in response to Raymond:

Raymond: Via quizzes we learn more , and with responses like this one -the mind opens to a higher level of knowledge. You mentioned : "Yeshivish" and that is a very important point because you bring the attention to the intervention of the Vilna Gaon who directed the foundations of those Yeshiivot you mentioned. His intent was, as a more formalized way or learning in a world that was changing very fast. The Vilna Gaon is crucial in the growth of a more modern way of learning, and is in itself an intersection between Chassidism and the the Yeshivish framework. I see a balance there. Yes? Reply

Chaim Boro park January 5, 2024

I got 9 out of 10 right the last one I didn't know Reply

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