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Hester is holding this when she appears before the crowd; it is a symbol that will appear throughout the book.

This is what is growing outside the prison door; it is one of many symbols to appear in The Scarlet Letter.

What “tribe” tends to vote for Shas or United Torah Judaism?

How was modernity disruptive of Jewish life and tradition? (hint: think about authority) (2-3 sentences)

Please describe the four tribes of Israeli society as described by former Israeli President Ruvi Rivlin. Your answer should bold the name of each tribe, with a 1-2 sentence description of the tribe. Each description is worth 2 points. 

Who cannot vote in Israeli elections?

Looking again at the spectrum shown in the previous question, in the wavenumber range of 600-700/cm, what temperature would a blackbody have to be to emit the same energy as seen for that wavelength range? Choose the best answer without any formula or calculation, simply by using the information shown in the graph of the spectrum.

What sets the skin temperature of a planet?

What is the skin temperature?

Which of the following describes the energy (in Watts) coming out from the bare rock planet? (Tg is the ground temperature, r is the radius of the planet; Equation is Stefan-Boltzmann constant; Equation is the emmisivity)