Newborn Ceremonies Quiz
The birth of a child is a momentous occasion for any family. How much do you know about Jewish ceremonies for new baby boys and girls?
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Question 1. What is the Hebrew word roughly translated as “godfather,” indicating an honor bestowed on a certain individual during the brit milah ceremony?
Kvatter
Sandek
Kvatterin
Mohel
Question 2. Which Jews have the custom of naming a baby after deceased family members?
Sephardic Jews
Ashkenazic Jews
Mizrahi Jews
Kibbutzniks
Question 3. Which of these biblical characters did NOT have a circumcision?
Noah
Abraham
Isaac
Ishmael
Question 4. Which is NOT a sign associated in the Torah with divine-human covenant?
Brit Milah
Shabbat
The rainbow after the flood that Noah saw from his ark
Eve eating from the Tree of Life
Question 5. What is name of the ceremony in which first-born Jewish males are redeemed from the service of the ancient priests?
Pidyon HaBen
Brit Milah
Simhat Bat
Bar Mitzvah
Question 6. True or false: Many traditional Jewish families give a Hebrew or Yiddish name to a newborn daughter during a Torah-reading service at synagogue.
True
False
Question 7. The sages of which period told stories about the merits of circumcision, and argued that circumcision could affect a man’s spiritual fate after his death?
The biblical period
The Middle Ages
The talmudic period
The Renaissance