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Naphtali Cohen - Quiz
  • 1. What was the birth year of Naphtali Cohen?
A) 1704
B) 1711
C) 1649
D) 1663
  • 2. Where was Naphtali Cohen born?
A) Ostroh
B) Prague
C) Frankfurt am Main
D) Amsterdam
  • 3. Who was Naphtali Cohen's father?
A) Nehemiah Hayyun
B) Hakam Zebi Ashkenazi
C) Maharal of Prague
D) Isaac HaCohen
  • 4. Naphtali Cohen's father was a great-grandson of which famous figure?
A) August II
B) Nehemiah Hayyun
C) Isaac HaCohen
D) Maharal of Prague
  • 5. In what year did Naphtali Cohen fall into the hands of the Tatars?
A) 1649
B) 1718
C) 1663
D) 1690
  • 6. In which city did Cohen serve as chief rabbi starting in 1690?
A) Frankfurt am Main
B) Breslau
C) Ostroh
D) Posen
  • 7. What subject did Cohen devote himself to while in Posen?
A) Medicine
B) Kabbalah
C) Astronomy
D) Philosophy
  • 8. What caused the fire in Cohen's house in Frankfurt on January 14, 1711?
A) A kitchen accident
B) A lightning strike
C) An intentional act of sabotage
D) The text does not specify the cause of the fire
  • 9. Why was Cohen arrested in Frankfurt?
A) He stole money from the community
B) He practiced illegal trade
C) He was accused of preventing the fire's extinction using charms
D) He insulted the King of Poland
  • 10. What did Cohen have to do to regain his liberty after his arrest in Frankfurt?
A) Leave the country immediately
B) Renounce his office
C) Perform public service
D) Pay a large fine
  • 11. Who was the Shabbethaian cabalist that gained Cohen's confidence in Prague?
A) August II
B) Isaac HaCohen
C) Hakam Zebi Ashkenazi
D) Nehemiah Hayyun
  • 12. What was the title of the mystical work Hayyun asked Cohen to approve?
A) The Zohar
B) Mehemnuta de Kula
C) Shabbethaian Teachings
D) The Guide for the Perplexed
  • 13. What controversial doctrine was found in the commentaries of Hayyun's book?
A) The Trinity
B) Atheism
C) Polytheism
D) Buddhism
  • 14. Who informed Cohen of the true tenets of Hayyun's work in 1713?
A) August II
B) Isaac HaCohen
C) Hakam Zebi Ashkenazi
D) The leaders of the Posen community
  • 15. Where was Cohen acting as a rabbi in 1713?
A) Ostroh
B) Breslau
C) Posen
D) Prague
  • 16. In what year did Naphtali Cohen die?
A) 1713
B) 1711
C) 1718
D) 1716
  • 17. Where did Naphtali Cohen die?
A) Frankfurt am Main
B) Constantinople
C) Ostroh
D) Posen
  • 18. What was the name of the King of Poland whom Cohen visited in 1715?
A) Maharal
B) Isaac HaCohen
C) Hakam Zebi
D) August II
  • 19. What was the purpose of Cohen's 1715 visit to the King of Poland?
A) To ask for financial assistance
B) To denounce Nehemiah Hayyun
C) To secure reinstatement in his former rabbinate
D) To request permission to travel to the Holy Land
  • 20. Why did Cohen fail to be reinstated in Posen in 1715?
A) Opposition from the leaders of the community
B) He was too ill to hold office
C) He lacked the necessary funds
D) The King refused his request
  • 21. In what year was Birkat Adonai published?
A) 1713
B) 1741
C) 1729
D) 1702
  • 22. Which work did Naphtali Cohen request to be buried with him?
A) Sefer Bet Raḥel
B) Pi Yesharim
C) Birkat Adonai
D) Meshek ha-Zera
  • 23. What is the subtitle of the work Birkat Adonai?
A) Pi Yesharim
B) Ẓawwa'ah
C) Semikut Ḥakamim
D) Meshek ha-Zera
  • 24. What is the subject of the commentary Birkat Adonai?
A) Genesis
B) Seliḥot
C) Berakot
D) Zeraim
  • 25. Which of these works by Naphtali Cohen was never published?
A) Meshek ha-Zera
B) Sefer Bet Raḥel
C) Birkat Adonai
D) Pi Yesharim
  • 26. Where was Pi Yesharim published?
A) Prague
B) Frankfort-on-the-Main
C) Amsterdam
D) Berlin
  • 27. In what year was Tefillat Bet Raḥel published in Amsterdam?
A) 1713
B) 1741
C) 1702
D) 1729
  • 28. What is the primary topic of the Seliḥot edited by Cohen?
A) Mishnaic commentary
B) Plague prevention
C) Penitential Prayers
D) Burial rites
  • 29. In what year was the prayer for the staying of the plague published?
A) 1702
B) 1729
C) 1713
D) 1741
  • 30. What is the content of the work titled Ẓawwa'ah?
A) Penitential prayers
B) Mishnaic commentary
C) Kabalistic introduction
D) Ethical will
  • 31. In what city was the ethical will Ẓawwa'ah published?
A) Frankfort-on-the-Main
B) Amsterdam
C) Prague
D) Berlin
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