Goldberg speaks to the Lord, “God, what does a
Goldberg speaks to the Lord, “God, what does a
million years mean to you? God replies, “A minute.”
million years mean to you? God replies, “A minute.”
Goldberg asks, “What does a million dollars mean
Goldberg asks, “What does a million dollars mean
to you?” God replies, “A penny.”
to you?” God replies, “A penny.”
Goldberg asks, “Can I have a penny?”
Goldberg asks, “Can I have a penny?”
God replies, “In a minute.”
God replies, “In a minute.”
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3 Commandment in Hebrew
5 Torah pointer
6 Jewish sacred scripture that comes
after the Bible and contains
discussions of Jewish law
7 Redacted (edited) in about 200 CE,
this is one part of the sacred
scripture that comes after the Bible
10 The fifth book of the Torah, called
D’varim in Hebrew
13 The genre of Jewish literature that
includes stories that fill in gaps in
the text of the Hebrew Bible
14 Redacted (edited) in about 500 CE,
this is a part of the sacred scripture
the comes after the Bible
15 The first book of the Torah —
B’reishit in Hebrew
17 Jewish sacred scripture also called
the Pentateuch
18 Rabbis’ or rabbinic committees’
answers to questions of Jewish law
For answers, see next week’s issue.
For last week’s puzzle answers, see
page 53.
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1 The Writings section of the Bible
2 How many books are in the Torah?
4 Jewish law
8 The fourth book of the Torah; Bamidbar in Hebrew
9 The third book of the Torah; Vayikra in Hebrew
11 The acronym for the Hebrew Bible
12 Neviim in Hebrew — the second section of
the Hebrew Bible
16 The second book of the Torah, also, how
the Israelites got out of Egypt
6 Jewish sacred scripture that comes
14 Redacted (edited) in about 500 CE,
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