Printed fromChabadPlano.org
Subscribe
Subscribe to Weekly
View all subscriptions »
Contact
Home
Sign In
Chabad of Plano / Collin County Chabad of Plano / Collin County
About Chabad of Plano Meet our Staff Program Guide 2025-2026 Membership 2025-2026 Facility Tour The Shul Chabad Young Plano Contact Information Photo Galleries Branches of Chabad Mikvah Security Guard Post
Welcome Letter Membership Matters Current Members New Members HH Seats For Family Members
Services Schedule Memorial & Dedications Jewish Burial Youth and Family L'chaim Club High Holidays Security Update #1
About Events Connect
Contact Us
Cooking demo with Busyinbrooklyn Chanukah 2023 Sukkot Familiy Celebration Pre-High Holiday Fair Gan Gani Preschool 23-24 Hebrew School 22-23 Camp Gan Izzy 2023 A Historic Evening with Natan Sharansky Jewish Women Circle with Rivky Slonim at the Angelika Cteen Shabbaton
Purim Latest Photos Year in Review January – December 2022
Chabad of Frisco Chabad at Legacy West Chabad of Allen McKinney Chabad of Rockwall County
About
High Holidays Sukkot Chanukah Tu B'Shvat Family Celebration Purim Pesach Shavuos Lag B'aomer Jewish Birthday Campaign
Services Schedule Seats Youth CYP Mini Service Rosh Hashanah Lunch
Sukkah Drop-In
Menorah Lighting at Willow Bend Chanukah Membership Dinner
Purim Schedule The Purim Experience Mishloach Manot Project Matanot Levyonim form Purim 2026
Seder RSVP Services Torah Cafe Passover Community Fund
Schedule Sponsorships Dinner & Late Night Learning Childrens Program
Holidays
Gan Gani Pre-school Hebrew School 2026-2027 Kids Corner CTeen - Collin County
Admissions Contact Us
LIVING JEWISH book for JEWQ Hebrew School Shabbat Dinner
About Join CTeen Events Photo Gallery CTeen Newsletter Leadership
Youth
Jewish Learning Institute Tefillin Club & Breakfast Mentch Club Pre-Holiday Classes The Weekly Parsha The Chassidic Parsha Rosh Chodesh Society
For All Humankind
Mentch Club RSVP
Lift Your Life
Study
Upcoming Events Men's Events Women's Events Chabad Young Plano Threads of Love Past Annual "Evenings of Entertainment” The Jimmy Shea Series Shmulie Block & Sara Rosenfeld Engagement
Tefillin Club & Breakfast Mentch Club
Women's Mega Challah Bake Rosh Chodesh Society
About Events Connect
Evening of Inspiration 2022 Event - Celebrating 30 Years The Legacy of Elie Wiesel 2020 Event - The Evening of Song An Evening of Entertainment with Ben Seidman Violins of Hope
About Jimmy Shea Past Events
Events
Donate
Search Contact
ב"ה
Community & Family Jewish Life Jewish Geography

Take the South Africa Jewry Quiz

By Menachem Posner
South Africa
Rabbi Menachem Posner serves as managing editor at Chabad.org, the world’s largest Jewish informational website. He has been writing, researching, and editing for Chabad.org since 2006, when he received his rabbinic degree from Central Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch. He lives in Chicago, Ill., with his family.
More from Menachem Posner
© Copyright, all rights reserved. The content on this page is provided by our content partner, Chabad.org. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further, provided that you comply with Chabad.org's copyright policy.

More in this section

  • What It’s Like to Warm Jewish Hearts in Siberia
  • What It’s Like to Run the Chabad House on Tiny, Balmy Aruba
  • What It’s Like to Be the Only Rabbi on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast
  • What It’s Like to Lead the Small Jewish Burial Society in San Diego
  • What It’s Like to Be a 12-Year-Old Chabad Girl in Wyoming
  • View All »

You may also be interested in...
Projecting the Future of South African Jewry
The Story Behind Nelson Mandela's Madiba Shirts
3 Comments
Finding His Place in the World: A South African Re...
A man in his 50s discovers his heritage, wraps tefillin for the first time
3 Comments
Suburban Johannesburg Families Rediscover Their Ju...
A Chabad House opens, offering learning, activities and opportunities to connect with the community
2 Comments

Join the Discussion

27 Comments
Newest Oldest
Posting Guidelines
characters remaining
Angela Wilder Brooklyn June 25, 2024

8/10 right 😃 Reply

Shaun Boden LS9 7UA November 28, 2022

7/10 not three bad i rhought a disagreement would be the same aa Europe broiges. Reply

Ferial Canada June 23, 2022

3/10. I am a beginner on South African Jews. Rabbi Posner, your quizzes are a great way to learn about our people. Many thanks! Reply

Sandra Johnson Hammond June 23, 2022

I like the quizzes keeps you on you toes!❤❤ Reply

Marie Thornhill, Canada May 6, 2022

10/10. When I lived in South Africa for 62 years, we always called a challah "kitke" and after the Shabbat morning service in Shul or on a Jewish holiday, we enjoyed a brocha. Now that I live in Canada, it is a challah and a kiddush. Reply

David Grant Du Preez Upington May 6, 2022

9 out of 10. Reply

Dr. Gail Matthews Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut Canada February 14, 2022

Lekker questions! We called it challah. Thanks for the quiz, Rabbi Posner. Reply

Deborah Green South Africa March 20, 2023
in response to Dr. Gail Matthews:

Yes indeed here in SA we call it challa Reply

Ferial Canada January 24, 2022

I was just lucky to obtain a grade of 3/10. It was just guesswork. Thanks for the challenge Rabbi Posner. Thst's the only way to learn. Reply

asdfasdf asdfasdf mountain aview January 22, 2022

Thanks, rabbi Posner Reply

Chaim Schnitzer January 21, 2022

I got four answers right that was really a tough one Reply

M Jc January 21, 2022

6/10
Now I'd want a Kitke. Reply

Corine Johannesburg January 21, 2022

4/10 And born South African. I realize that this quizz does not take the differences between Sephardi and Azkenazi into account. I am Sephardi. Reply

Menucha Canada January 20, 2022

10/10. Reply

FY Sunnyvale CA January 20, 2022

I only got five, but I'm using the excuse of never having been to South Africa. Reply

Debbie New York January 20, 2022

Guessed some, got 7/10! surprised myself! These quizzes are fun & a great learning experience! Thank you. Reply

Sharon South Africa January 20, 2022

In South Africa we refer to challah not kitke!! 😂

???? Friday night 🕯 🕯 - not sure about this answer! Reply

Tzvi Friedl Australia January 20, 2022
in response to Sharon:

Didn't know about Kitke either, but Friday night definitely 🤣 Reply

C New York January 18, 2022

9/10 not bad! Miss you SA.. Reply

Aharon Johannesburg January 18, 2022

What a lag! Now that South African Jewry has made it onto chabad.org, we have arrived ;)

Great quiz Menachem, please share where the inspiration came from to create it.

P.s. What a “Lag” used above, pronounced lach, is Afrikaans for “that’s so funny!” Also commonly used by us SA Jews. Reply

Tzvi Friedl January 20, 2022
in response to Aharon :

Our whole community is SA/Chabad, and Litvak at the same time here (in Western Australia) 😄 a Yid iz a Yid 😊 Reply

Sandra Kristal Uvalde January 18, 2022

9/10 I did not forget my roots (Born and raised in Cape Town SA) Reply

Herman Edmonton January 17, 2022

5/10 i guessed most of the right answers South Africa’s had one Jewish
formula one champion jodi scheckter Reply

Jewish Life
Jewish Women You Should Know
Jewish Geography
People Making a Difference
Chassidic Dad Blog
Roving Rabbis
Programs
The Shul
Hebrew School
Camp Gan Israel
Mikvah
Jewish Learning Institute
Gan Gani Preschool

27

Chabad of Plano / Collin County
3904 West Park Blvd. Plano, TX 75075
972-596-8270

Powered by Chabad.org © 1993-2026 Privacy Policy