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Rabbi Menachem Posner serves as managing editor at Chabad.org, the world’s largest Jewish informational website. He has been writing, researching, and editing for Chabad.org since 2006, when he received his rabbinic degree from Central Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch. He lives in Chicago, Ill., with his family.

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ERika Germany July 3, 2026

I got 5/11. It did not surprise me, because regards the 5 I only guessed. I really didn't have a clue about any of the questions. So sorry. But it's always good to learn. Erika Reply

Simcha Manchester June 22, 2026

8/11 Reply

FY Sunnyvale CA June 19, 2026

I've been going to a Chabad shul for almost 20 years, but you got me with #10. 1974! (I clicked on 1970.) Reply

Britani June 19, 2026

11/11 Reply

menucha Arcata CA June 19, 2026

i got 11/11! Reply

Aharon tzvi cohen Manchester June 19, 2026

11/11 Reply

Michael Boggia Tucson, AZ June 18, 2026

I am not Jewish, but I want to study the religion and learn as much as I can about it. I feel it is my duty as a Christian to understand G-d's Chosen People. Reply

Feigue Cieplinski Middletown June 18, 2026

Unless one is inside then the Quiz's result would 11/11. Since I am an " outsider" a 7/11 is a wonderful score for me. Thanks for the teaching in a magnificent way that is truly learning, but fun too. Reply

Carolyn Barratt June 18, 2026

6/11. Reply

Hinda Israel June 18, 2026

We were in South Dakota when the Chabad house opened My husband was a shochet there in 2016. Reply

Raymond West Hollywood June 18, 2026

in response to Hinda:

Chabad does so many wonderful things that are precisely needed for our Jewish people. I just love the idea that i can be in South Dakota, which for me as a Jew might ordinarily feel like i am in the middle of nowhere, but then just when i about to give up all hope, I spot a Chabad in the distance, beckoning me to come on over to their shul on Shabbat, where I can enjoy their chulent at the end of the davening, and suddenly I would no longer feel quite so alone nor hungry Reply

Erika Germany July 3, 2026

in response to Hinda:

What is a Shochet? (I can identify it as a Hebrew word, but I don't know what it means. Reply

Corinne Germany June 20, 2026

in response to Raymond:

That is most 👍🏼 wonderful 😊 Reply

Eva Altona July 6, 2026

in response to Erika:

a kosher Fleischhauer Reply

Raymond West Hollywood July 7, 2026

in response to Erika:

A schochet is somebody who slaughters the kosher animal in the precise manner prescribed by Torah law. It is designed to cause no pain in the animal Reply

Gershom Malkiel Arizona, USA June 18, 2026

6/11 I'm not a Chabadnik but thought I knew a bit more of the history than I do! That said, I'd love to know more about some these questions and answers…. Reply

Bonnie Spring Hill, Fl. June 18, 2026

I have learned brilliant information. Reply

Nili Ungar Southfield MI June 18, 2026

8/11. Some I guesses, some I knew. (from a religious person who isn't chabad). Reply

Andrew Elder Bryan, Ohio June 18, 2026

in response to Nili Ungar:

9/11. Good, honest answer Nili.

Memory is why I missed two, but at least I remain teachable!

Shalom y'all =) Shalom Isreal Reply

shaina June 20, 2026

in response to Nili Ungar:

i've been chabad all my life and got 5/11 crazyyy Reply

Minucha Chicago, IL June 18, 2026

I got 6 out of 11 correct. All my answers were guesses. Reply

Angela wilder Brooklyn June 18, 2026

10/11 Reply

Raymond West Hollywood June 17, 2026

I scored 9/11. The questions i got wrong were the ones about which Rebbe did something or another (I already forgot what it was talking about) and was off by ten years regarding when Chabad came to America. i figure the answers to those questions would tend to be known only by those who are really into Chabad Reply

Rita Forbes Clinton June 17, 2026

Good Evening,

Thank you, 11/11. Reply

Raymond West Hollywood June 18, 2026

in response to Rita Forbes:

you're welcome Reply

Menny Jacobs June 16, 2026

11/11 Reply

Yiscah Sarah Nairobi June 16, 2026

Tough quiz 7/11 Reply

Raymond West Hollywood June 17, 2026

in response to Yiscah Sarah:

yes it was Reply

Abby Roth Boca Raton, FL June 15, 2026

2/11 on a subject I've never studied! ✨ Reply

Raymond West Hollywood June 17, 2026

in response to Abby Roth:

Neither have I to any appreciable degree Reply

Abby Roth Boca Raton, FL June 18, 2026

in response to Raymond:

Any day you learn something its a day well spent! Reply

Raymond West Hollywood July 7, 2026

in response to Abby Roth:

That is just how i feel, too. Well actually, if i have worked a full day, or spent part of my off days alternating between walking and reading, then I do feel like its a day well spent! Reply

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