Mezuzah and Tefillin
Torah
Sofer Stam
would you dare?
100

A MEZUZAH IS:

1. A new dance craze

2. A rare book found only in the Library of Congress

3. A container holding Hebrew Prayer written on parchment

4. A special boost to a car engine

A container holding Hebrew Prayer written on parchment

100

What helps you keep your place while reading from the Torah scroll?

1. Yad

2. Torah finger

3. Rimon

Yad (pointer)

100

Name 2 things a scribe uses in his work?

Ink, feather or reed, klaf (parchment made of animal skin), needle and natural thread

100

What language is the Torah written in?

Hebrew

200

A MEZUZAH IS: 

1. Found both outside and inside homes on the door post

2. A small tube that has three Hebrew Letters written on it

3. Decorated with silver and gold, and sometimes just plain

4. All of the above

All of the above

200

The Torah is:

1. A collection of stories and Jewish laws

2. A history of events during WW II

3. A travel guide for Jewish landmarks

4. A dictionary

A collection of stories and Jewish laws

200

What is the acronym of STAM?

Sefer Torah, Tefillin and Mezuzah

200

What colored ink we need to use to write the Torah?

Black

300

TEFILLIN ARE:

1. Leather cubes with leather straps

2. Instruments of torture for thirteen year old kids

3. Secret communication instruments

4. Items discovered on the moon surface

Leather cubes with leather straps

300

On what do we wow the Torah?

1. On a scroll and only on a scroll

2. On a scroll and printed in book form

3. In stone and buried in the sand

On a scroll and printed in book form

300

The Torah is written on:

1. Paper made of wood

2. Paper made of kosher animal skin

3. Paper made of palm trees

Paper made of kosher animal skin

300

How many books are in the Torah?

1. One

2. Five

3. Ten

Five

400

Where do you wear the tefillin?

1. Put on your forehead and on your left bicep

2. Put on your legs

3. Put on both arms and your stomach

4. Hold them with both hands

Put on your forehead and on your left bicep

400

The Torah is:

1. Made up of “pages” called “KLAF”

2. Written on parchment

3. Held together with a Kosher animal’s sinews

4. All of the above

All of the above

400

A scribe writes the Torah with:

1. Reed or feather

2. Pen or pencil

3. Black marker

Reed or feather

400

How many letters are in the Hebrew alphabet?

22 letters + 5 final letters

500

What is the color of the tefillin?

1. Whatever color you want it to be

2. White

3. Brown

4. Black

Black

500

The Torah is:

1. Kept in a secret underground vault

2. Kept in a beautiful embroidered cloth cover

3.,Kept in the Rabbi’s house for safekeeping

4. Kept in every row at the movie theater 

Kept in a beautiful embroidered cloth cover

500

When the scribe finishes his work he needs to:

1. Sell it in eBay

2. Check his work and find typo mistakes

3. Take it home to guard it

Check his work and find typo mistakes

500

How much time does it take to write a Torah scroll?

1. Five years

2. Two years

3. One year

One year

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