Spiritual Heights
1. Can you sit and pray while on an airplane?
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a. Maybe
b. Sometimes
c. Absolutely not
d. Yes
2. When should you say Tefillat Haderech on an airplane?
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a. One hour before takeoff.
b. One hour after takeoff.
c. Upon surviving the airline meal.
d. As the plane is taxiing down the runway immediately prior to takeoff.
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
3. What is the International Date Line?
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a. An imaginary line on earth that separates two consecutive calendar days.
b. Where the US Navy practices various maneuvers.
c. Where young frum singles from the US and Israel meet.
d. None of the above.
4. Does the International Date Line have halachic significance? In other words, does international agreement affect the halachic calendar day?
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a. Of course—“dina demalchuta dina,” the government has the right to make laws, and according to halachah these laws must be respected.
b. Of course not.
c. It depends on what time you go to sleep.
d. According to most halachic authorities, no.
5. If you flew over the halachic Date Line into a new day on a fast day, does the fast end automatically?
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a. Yes
b. Depends how hungry you are.
c. Depends where you (or your rabbi) believe the Date Line is located.
d. Depends which direction you are flying.
6. If you donned tefillin in the morning and davened Shacharit, and subsequently flew westward into a new day, should you put on tefillin again?
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a. Of course.
b. Absolutely not, it might be a berachah levatalah (a blessing said in vain).
c. Only if you are sitting in coach.
d. Yes. You should put tefillin on again and say the Shemoneh Esrei again as a tefillat nedavah.
Shabbat on the Road
7. When a married man is away for Shabbat, should he light candles?
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a. No. He can rely on his wife’s lighting, but only if she is home. If she is away, she can’t fulfill the obligation for him.
b. Yes, he must light his own candles.
c. No. He should just make sure to have all the lights in his room turned on.
d. Maybe. Depends on whether or not he has candles.
8. When a single man goes away for Shabbat, should he light candles?
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a. He can rely on his mother.
b. He can rely on the moonlight.
c. He should light his own candles.
d. He should recite the prayer Bameh Madlikin.
9. What should you do if you are stuck in a place where there is no wine available for Kiddush on Shabbat?
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a. Use bread.
b. Use chamar medinah (a formal drink).
c. Let bygones be bygones.
d. For the Friday night meal, use bread. For the Shabbat morning meal, use chamar medinah.
10. May you carry in a hotel on Shabbat if you are staying in a city without an eruv?
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a. No
b. Only in Hotel California.
c. Yes, provided that the hotel has valid mechitzot (halachic walls). This would exclude ranch-style motels where there is no common hallway.
d. Depends on whether or not you use the eruv in your own community.
11. What should you do if you check into a hotel late Friday afternoon and realize that the rooms all have electric door locks?
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a. Stay in your hotel room all Shabbat.
b. Ask for room service.
c. Sleep in the hotel lobby.
d. Ask a non-Jew for assistance.
12. If you get to the hotel right before Shabbat, can you ask a non-Jew to help unload your luggage from the car in order to get ready for Shabbat?
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a. No, of course not.
b. Yes, of course.
c. Depends if your luggage is muktzah.
d. Depends how distressed you will be without your luggage all Shabbat.
Kosher on the Go
13. Can you eat in a vegan restaurant without a hechsher (kosher certification)?
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a. Yes
b. Only if you really dislike meat.
c. No
d. Only on Rosh Chodesh.
14. What kind of hechsher can you rely on when you travel?
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a. Any certificate with Hebrew letters.
b. Any hechsher is acceptable since when you are traveling, it is halachically considered a sha’at hadchak (pressing time).
c. Just take your own food.
d. It depends on the country you’re traveling to.
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