In the coming days, some 629 girls and boys from around the world will gather in New York for the championship tournament of the annual Chidon Hamitzvos, in which Chabad-school students from Australia to Albany have been studying Maimonides’ Sefer Hamitzvot, his codification of the 613 mitzvahs of the Torah.
The 1,832 children who participated in all stages of the competition have been taking a series of tests over the past six months.
A taste of what they have learned can be seen in the following questions, which include some of the most basic knowledge included on the tests.
Take the quiz and see if you are as smart as a Chassidic fifth-grader…
See rashi in parshas shmini- only a certain species of grasshoppers are kosher and since we cannot identify the ones that are we do not eat any.
@ the rov Eating a fish while it is still alive is like eiver min hachai- not allowed! Eating a DEAD fish that is Raw (i.e. uncooked) is a whole different story.
The correct answer is that both grasshoppers and fish are not allowed to be eaten alive.
i got 6/7 i got 1 witness wrong
7/7
So you cam eat a fish alive but cannot consume its blood.
I checked on chbad.org/parshas shemini
“you shall not eat fish alive”so there is the answer
Not at all chidon style questions. I got in but if you think this is easy try the test we took on thursday.
got 5/7
If it is suggested in the Torah that fish may be eaten alive which would by default mean raw. Then there is no concept of bishul akum by fish. Which means all canned tuna with any hechsher is good.
7/7 as usual
Are fish allowed to be eaten alive???
don’t think so
7/7
”It is forbidden to eat a fish while it’s alive”
i read this last week on chabad.org for parshas shmeini!
someone please get back to me!
7/7 and i am in 3 grade
7/7
These were easy ones!! I taught this curriculum and would have gotten 2/8 questions asked today right!! The girls are geniuses!!
Girls event was not live
the Boys event next week I believe will be online
7/7
no. The same questions are being used for the boys chidon/game show
any way to watch the proceedings online?
Chidon is taking place tom at Wingate! Doors open at 10:30 and program begins at 10:45! Tickets are available for purchase for $18.
I chose just fish can be eaten alive. I guess that makes it 6.5/7
is there one?? how to access??
lol!i got 5 haha I’m good at this
i got 6/7
770
just kidding 7/7 easy
What time does the Chidon start and end tomorrow at Wingate?
7/7!!!!!
Is tomorrow 10:30 am in Wingate! Come support their learning!
are Grasshoppers kosher???
also, any last minute bonus questions?
You cannot eat a fish that is alive. It does not need shchita because as soon as it is out of the water it’s considered ‘dead’, but still assur to eat it alive. See Rema.
7\7!
A 6/7