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True or False?

We open the door on Seder night to welcome in Elijah the prophet.
Hmmm . . .

False!

We open the door on Seder night because it's a layl shimurim, a night of security.
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Which famous American author wrote a surprising essay entitled, “Concerning the Jews” ?
Which author?

Answer

Mark Twain
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What does the word Kabbalah mean?
Uh . . . mysticism?

Answer

That which was received.
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According to the Code of Jewish Law, how should one wake up in the morning?
Your thoughts?

Answer

Like a lion
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What is Mussar?
Enlighten me

Answer

If Torah is like the architecture, Mussar is like the engineering - the methodology of Torah implementation.
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In what year did Yale accept its first Jewish student?
I have no idea

Answer

1805. Moses Simon
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Whose birthday is the only one mentioned in the Torah?
Tell me

Answer

Pharaoh
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