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Charles
New Hampshire
September 10, 2026
7 out of 10 not bad for a gentile Reply
Karen Speller
Beavercreek
September 10, 2026
I love this story and teaching. Reply
Yiscah Sarah
Nairobi
September 10, 2026
Hashem bless you Rabbi 😊 10/10 Reply
Gershom Malkiel
Arizona, USA
September 10, 2026
9/10 but I'm happy to report that I wasn't tripped up by Mount Rushmore! :D
Can't believe I forgot about Eliezer accompanying, though! In any case, great quiz with really helpful articles. Thank you!
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Janet
TN
September 10, 2026
woo hoo! 10/10 Reply
Rita Forbes
Clinton
September 10, 2026
Good 🌻 Morning,
Thank you, [9/10]. Have a love-ly day.
L'Shanah Tovah!🌹
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Larry Zweig
Germany
September 10, 2026
בְּ"ה
In (most?) earlier quizzes there used to be a link for further information in regards to (almost?) every question, In the last quizzes that does not seem to be the case.
I did not remember that there were 2 people that went with Avi & Izzy to the Akeidah and now?
אַ גוט געבענטשט יאָר
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Brian Melmoth
Kwa Zulu Natal . South Africa .
September 10, 2026
Shalom, Where can we discover the age of Isaac at the time he was offered ? Reply
JoAnne
September 10, 2026
in response to Brian Melmoth:
I was always told he was in his 30's. Has to do with the chapter before and after the binding record. Sarah was 127 when she passed away, and 90 at his birth, subtract you get 37. The covenant in chapter before, Abimelech- Abraham, Isaac is around 30ish.. I was not sure of correct answer exactly. I picked the only one in the 30's. I was told anywhere between 30 -37. The faith of Abraham to offer his son in obedience to G-d. But makes you think, Isaac believed G-d too. A healthy man in his 30's could have over powered an elderly father if he didn't believe G-d had spoken this. Reply
Adam
Fresno
September 9, 2026
9 out 10... Thank you Rabbi for these quizzes. I have learned so much. Keep them coming. Reply
Sheva Mazur
Brooklyn
September 9, 2026
Thank you
10/10
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Rivka R Rachum
WEST ORANGE
September 9, 2026
10/10. I hesitate to say this was an easy quiz, because this is such a complicated and intense story that has troubled people for centuries. That is why I got all the answers right--- because the parsha is so compelling and troubling, I can't help but remember it. Now, I'll go back and read some of the explanations for some if the answers!
L'Shana Tova and Shabbat Shalom to all!❤️✡️🇮🇱
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Raymond
West Hollywood
September 10, 2026
in response to Rivka R Rachum:
It is definitely one of the most, if not THE most, troubling incident in the entire Torah. Some say, for example, that its message is that ultimately, since G-d invented everything, including the ideas of Right and Wrong, that He alone gets to decide such things, and therefore this was a test to see if Abraham would comply with G-d, as much as his own feelings practically screamed out otherwise. Another view says no, that just as G-d practically invited Abraham to challenge G-d in the incident of the imminent destruction of Sodom, that Abraham should have likewise challenged G-d when it came to sacrificing his own son, and that the fact that Abraham did not do that, means that Abraham really failed the test Reply
Bob Tarver
Garland, Texas
September 9, 2026
9 of 10 ... Not bad ... thanks Rabbi! Reply
Raymond
West Hollywood
September 9, 2026
I scored 9/10. Actually, the one I got wrong surprised me. I always thought that only Abraham's servant Eliezer accompanied Abraham and Isaac to Mount Moriah where the sacrifice of Isaac was due to take place, but apparently, Ishmael also came along. hmmm....then i am a little surprised that Ishmael did not invoke jihad or Allahu Akbar in the whole process Reply
deborah a
Goldsboro
September 9, 2026
Yes, 10/10. Happy dance time! Reply
Raymond
West Hollywood
September 10, 2026
in response to deborah a:
to every season, turn, turn, turn.... Reply
10/10. You almost had me with Mt. Rushmore.