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Torat HaMiddot |
An Introduction to Mussar | Class 1

Here is where those who are seeking Lapid Judaism conversion will test after watching each conversion teaching. For the test below, add your first & last name, your email and answer the questions as prompted.

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As Jews, the only thing we need to strive for is to be students of Torah. Everything else will fall into place on its own.
True
False
Savlanut means
Chesed means
Anavah means
Rachamim means
According to the Vilna Gaon, a person is sent into this world to:
Become a Torah scholar
To become a millionaire
To correct a specific character trait
To marry and have children
Who wrote Mesillias Yesharim?
Chofetz Chaim
Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato
Elyah Lopian
Israel Slanter
What is a correct definition of “Middah”?
A tractate of Talmud covering the laws of tzaarat
Jewish laws governing ritual purity during a woman's cycle
"Measure” and is connected to our character traits
What is the correct definition of “Kavanah”?
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Prayer said over the challah on erev Shabbat
Intention, direction of the heart
Twenty-four thousand disciples of Rabbi Akiva died from a plague brought on by eating treif (non-kosher meat).
True
False
The Second Temple was destroyed because:
Jews leaders spurned the study of Torah
Jews were sorely lacking in their observance of mitzvot
There was a prevalence of wanton hatred
Finish the following sentence. Torah without Mussar is….
Acceptable
Weak but okay
Incomplete
The founder of the 19th century Mussar Movement was:
Chofetz Chaim
Rabbeinu Yonah
Rabbi Moshe Cordovero
Rabbi Israel Slanter
In the late 1880s, many traditional rabbis were opposed to the Mussar movement because (pick all that are right):
Torah study alone will refine your character traits
Worried that emotional methods would lead to pietistic movements
The study of Mussar contained elements of Christianity
Fear that a focus on Mussar would replace the study of Talmud
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