Try these Passover / Pesach true or false questions and see how much you know about some concepts of the Passover / Pesach festival!

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1. Based on Jewish religious law (known as "Halakhah" in Hebrew), Jews can eat foods or consume drinks containing leavening or chametz and/or the 5 forbidden grains (barley, spelt, rye, oats, and wheat) or anything containing them up until about 10 A.M. on the Jewish calendar day before Pesach / Passover begins at sundown, except in a year when Shabbat falls on the night before Passover. In that case, we perform this custom about 10 A.M. two Jewish calendar days before Passover begins at sundown.
Question 1 True 
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2. According to Halakhah (Jewish religious law), Jews can eat leavening or chametz and/or the 5 forbidden grains (barley, spelt, rye, oats, and wheat) or anything containing them up until about one hour before Pesach / Passover begins at sundown, except in a year when Shabbat falls on the night before Passover. In that case, we are permitted to eat leavening or chametz and/or the 5 forbidden grains (barley, spelt, rye, oats, and wheat) up until about one day and one hour (I.E. 25 hours) before Pesach / Passover begins at sundown.
Question 2 True 
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3. After the Hebrews left Egypt during the first Passover and Moses received the 10 Commandments from G-d on Mount Sinai, they spent 40 years in the Sinai Desert.
Question 3 True 
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4. After the Hebrews left Egypt during the first Passover and Moses received the 10 Commandments from G-d on Mount Sinai, they spent 40 days in the Sinai Desert.
Question 4 True 
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5. In the Passover / Pesach Haggadah, the "instruction manual" for the Passover Seder, we speak of five sons, each with a different personality type. The Pesach / Passover Haggadah instructs how to tell each of them the Passover / Pesach story according to their personality type.
Question 5 True 
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6. In the Passover / Pesach Haggadah, the "instruction manual" for the Passover Seder, we speak of four sons, each with a different personality type. The Pesach / Passover Haggadah instructs how to tell each of them the Passover / Pesach story according to their personality type.
Question 6 True 
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7. At the Pesach / Passover Seder, we welcome Elijah The Prophet ("Eliyahu Ha-Navi" in Hebrew) by filling a cup of red wine for him in his honor, by announcing his welcome into our household, by opening the door of the household to let him enter, and by describing his importance to us on this festival.
Question 7 True 
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8. At the Pesach / Passover Seder, we welcome Elijah The Prophet ("Eliyahu Ha-Navi" in Hebrew) by saying the Kaddish ("sanctification" in Hebrew) blessing for him in his honor, by filling a cup of red wine for him in his honor, by announcing his welcome into our household, by opening the door of the household to let him enter, and by describing his importance to us on this festival.
Question 8 True 
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9. The tradition for some leaders of the Pesach / Passover Seder is to wear a "kittel." A "kittel" is a white gown, and the white color symbolizes freedom in the context of the Passover story.
Question 9 True 
False 
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10. The tradition for some leaders of the Pesach / Passover Seder is to wear a "kittel." A "kittel" is a blue gown, and the blue color symbolizes freedom in the context of the Passover story.
Question 10 True 
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