Q.1
The Sabbath day is not only a very holy weekday, but central to the Jewish week. However, should someone be taken ill, or their life be threatened on the Sabbath ....
  • it is nevertheless important that nothing interferes with Sabbath observances
  • Jewish law may be set aside to avoid endangering someone's health and safety
  • immediate dispensation should be sought from the rabbi
  • seek out someone who can call an ambulance
Q.2
In Judaism, giving to charity is ....
  • a requirement
  • done at specific times of the year in tandem with Jewish festivals
  • left to the individual to decide as appropriate
  • only given to those with a direct need
Q.3
Although libel and slander (the transmission of untrue statements) are regarded as immoral and illegal, Jewish people regard a 'negative but true statement' made about another as ....
  • morally permissible
  • allowed if not on a Sabbath day
  • allowed if not on High Holy day
  • simply not allowed
Q.4
On organ transplant, Judaism ....
  • in principle, supports the practice
  • does not allow it because a deceased Jewish person must be buried whole
  • only allows kidneys to be used
  • restricts donations to males
Q.5
On the emotive issue of abortion, Judaism ....
  • allows it
  • does not allow it
  • does not forbid it, but it is not allowed on demand
  • allows it, but only with the permission of the Department of Health
Q.6
In Jewish Law, capital punishment (the death penalty) is ....
  • more of a principle than a practice
  • preferable to life imprisonment where a murder is committed
  • allowed only on a Sunday
  • only permissible if both transgression and judgement is carried out in the old city of Jerusalem
Q.7
According to the classic Code of Jewish Law, when a Jewish person is in the 7-day mourning period following the death of a spouse, parent or child ....
  • they should be accompanied by ten people at all times
  • they should dress in black
  • visitors to the house of mourning should always stand
  • concern for the mourner should be paramount
Q.8
There is a Jewish Law in relation to business ‘freebies’, gifts or tips received in connection with work when working as an employee. Is it that it should be ....
  • given to the boss of the business
  • shared with colleagues
  • kept
  • rejected
Q.9
Tay Sachs, a fatal genetic disorder in children that causes progressive destruction of the central nervous system, is especially prevalent in Jewish people of Ashkenazi (immigrant of Middle Eastern biblical descent). In attempting to eliminate the disease, scientists are working on a genetic cure, but this is rather agonising for many Jews because ....
  • Jewish Law frowns upon interfering with the natural life cycle
  • it takes an extremely long dialogue process with the respective Rabbinical authority
  • it has been concluded that there is no cure for Tay Sachs disease
  • false genetic and eugenic arguments were used to justify the Holocaust
Q.10
Hunting for sport by Jews is ....
  • expressly forbidden
  • allowed providing the animal is a predator only
  • allowed only if it is not a ‘staged’ hunt by, for example, a tour operator
  • allowed providing the hunt is not with a weapon that gives undue advantage to the hunter
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