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.”

Jewish
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Jewish 
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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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