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