WINTER 2003		Vol. 32, No. 2

PYRAMID PUZZLE
(All answers can be found in the Winter 2003 issue.)

In what year BCE did the Maccabees emerge victorious over their Syrian oppressors—a feat we celebrate each Hanukkah?
Choose 8 10 50 85 165 1840 1885 1948 1973 3000 Hint: choose a different number for each answer

Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, calls for the burning of oil or candles for how many nights?
Choose 8 10 50 85 165 1840 1885 1948 1973 3000

Jewish liturgy dates back to what century BCE?
Choose 8 10 50 85 165 1840 1885 1948 1973 3000

When did the Yom Kippur War take place?
Choose 8 10 50 85 165 1840 1885 1948 1973 3000

What year saw the publication of the Reform Movement’s first platform, the Pittsburgh Platform?
Choose 8 10 50 85 165 1840 1885 1948 1973 3000

In what decade did the first ordained full-time rabbis arrive in the United States?
Choose 8 10 50 85 165 1840 1885 1948 1973 3000

Rabbinic literature holds that in 1648 a cantor by the name of Hirsch so moved the Tartars by his chanting of “El Mole Rachamim” that they spared the lives of how many Jews?
Choose 8 10 50 85 165 1840 1885 1948 1973 3000

What year saw the creation of the world’s first institution for the training of cantors?
Choose 8 10 50 85 165 1840 1885 1948 1973 3000

Approximately what percentage of Reform Jewish families are now connected to the Internet?
Choose 8 10 50 85 165 1840 1885 1948 1973 3000

2003 represents the ____(th/nd/rd) anniversary of the creation of the American Conference of Cantors.
Choose 8 10 50 85 165 1840 1885 1948 1973 3000

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