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At what age is a Jewish baby given a bris?
a) 3 days
b) 8 days
c) 13 days
d) 40 days
b) 8 days
Who was the first person recorded to receive a bris milah?
a) Noach
b) Avraham
c) Moshe
d) Yitzchak
b) Avraham
Who was the first to be circumcised on the 8th day of life?
a) Yitzchak
b) Yaakov
c) Esav
d) Moshe
a) Yitzchak
Which Shevet kept the mitzvah of bris milah even under Egyptian slavery?
a) Levi
b) Yehudah
c) Reuven
d) Dan
a) Levi
Which Greek king outlawed bris milah?
a) Antiochus
b) Achashverosh
c) Pharaoh
d) Herod
a) Antiochus
What is the halachic minimum age for a bris milah, assuming the baby is healthy?
a) Right after birth
b) On the 7th day
c) On the 8th day
d) After the 10th day
c) On the 8th day
At what age did Avraham receive his bris?
a) 8 days old
b) 99 years old
c) 120 years old
d) 40 years old
b) 99 years old
Who was born before the mitzvah of bris milah was commanded to Avraham?
a) Lot
b) Yishmael
c) Yitzchak
d) Rivkah
b) Yishmael
What special merit did Shevet Levi maintain in Mitzrayim?
a) Kashrut
b) Tefillin
c) Bris milah
d) Mezuzah
c) Bris milah
What is the purpose of bris milah according to the Torah?
a) Medical benefit
b) A sign of the covenant between G-d and Avraham’s descendants
c) To mark physical strength
d) As a tribal tradition
b) A sign of the covenant between G-d and Avraham’s descendants
If a baby is sick at 8 days old, when is the bris done?
a) A week after he recovers
b) At his bar mitzvah
c) After 30 days regardless of health
d) Never
a) A week after as he recovers
Who commanded Avraham to perform a bris?
a) A malach
b) G-d
c) Himself
d) Yitzchak
b) G-d
Why is bris milah done on the 8th day and not earlier?
a) To ensure the baby’s strength
b) Because 8 symbolizes beyond nature
c) To give the mother time to heal
d) Because it is a day of national rest
a and b
Why were the Leviim not enslaved like the other Shevatim?
a) They fought Pharaoh
b) They were kohanim already
c) They kept learning Torah and mitzvot
d) They lived separately
c) They kept learning Torah and mitzvot
What does the bris symbolize spiritually?
a) Ownership of the body
b) The eternal bond between G-d and the Jewish people
c) A rite of passage into adulthood
d) Freedom from Egypt
b) The eternal bond between G-d and the Jewish people
What does the number 8 symbolize in Torah ?
a) Creation and the natural world
b) Above nature and kedushah
c) Completion and rest
d) Struggle and judgment
b) Above nature and kedushah
Does the Torah obligate women to undergo a Brit Milah?
a) Yes, all women must undergo circumcision
b) No, only males are obligated
c) Yes, but only if they are converts
d) No, women undergo a different procedure
b) No, only males are obligated
Why must a baby first experience one Shabbat before the bris?
a) To absorb holiness
b) To be counted in a minyan
c)As a spiritual preparation
d) To be judged favorably
c)As a spiritual preparation
When the Romans ruled over the Land of Israel, what penalty was imposed on anyone who dared circumcise their son?
a) Fines
b) Imprisonment
c) Death
d) Forced labor
c) Death
Bris milah is referred to in the Torah as:
a) "A chok "
b) "Ois bris"
c) "Kapparah"
d) "Geulah"
b) "Ois bris"
During the time of Antiochus, what penalty did those who performed circumcision face?
a) Exile
b) Death
c) Imprisonment
d) Fines
b) Death
What is the significance of the fact that women are not obligated to undergo circumcision?
a) They have a different form of spiritual purification
b) Women are not considered part of the covenant
c) Their covenant with G-d is inherent from birth
d) They are excluded from all mitzvot
c) Their covenant with G-d is inherent from birth
Which pasuk says that the bris for Yitzchak was done on the 8th day?
a) Bereishit 15
b) Bereishit 17
c) Shemot 3
d) Vayikra 12
b) Bereishit 17
Which of the following does the Talmud say about any mitzvah that Jews risked their lives for?
a) It will be forgotten in time
b) It will be kept forever
c) It will be replaced by a more important commandment
d) It will become a tradition
b) It will be kept forever
Why is the bris done specifically on the organ of reproduction?
a) To symbolize the continuation of Jewish generations
b) Because it was considered impure
c) As a punishment to Adam
d) To distinguish physical and spiritual purity
a) To symbolize the continuation of Jewish generations