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This parsha lists the seven species for which the land is praised- what are they

  • Wheat (חיטה)

  • Barley (שעורה)

  • Grapes (גפן)

  • Figs (תאנה)

  • Pomegranates (רימון)

  • Olives (זית)

  • Date honey or Dates (דבש תמרים)

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Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca, Hormuz

Strategic maritime straits worldwide

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kashrut, parah adumah, shaatnez, korban pesach

mitzvot that are chukim

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Beauty and the Beast
Little Women
The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Emma Watson

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Pathology

Diseases

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which verse, from this week's parsha, teaches us of our requirement to make a bracha after we eat?

וְאָכַלְתָּ֖ וְשָׂבָ֑עְתָּ וּבֵֽרַכְתָּ֙ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ עַל־הָאָ֥רֶץ הַטֹּבָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָֽתַן־לָֽךְ׃ 

When you have eaten your fill, give thanks to your God יהוה for the good land given to you.

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Radar, Level, Deified, Rotator

palindromes

200

Shabbat, Pesachim, Sukkot, Beitzah

Masechtot in Seder Moed

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The Greatest Showman
High School Musical 3
17 Again
Hairspray

Zac Efron

200

Seismology

earthquakes

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Moshe tells Bnei Yisrael that they are now as numerous as the stars in the sky, but that when they went down to Egypt they THIS many

70 souls

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wrestling, gymnastics, fencing, figure skating

sports that do not include a ball

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Chametz, Shofar, Niddah, Sefirah

Mitzvot that only apply at a specific time

300

The Dark Knight Rises
Inception
Mad Max: Fury Road
Venom

Tom Hardy

300

Horology

The study of time measurement

400

the parsha tells us that it is not on THIS alone that a person lives- reminding us that only focusing on materialism will pull a person from their true life's purpose

bread

400

mosquito, breakfast, afternoon, football

words for which there are common Aussie slang equivalents

400

Terumah, Shmitah, Pe'ah, Bikkurim

Mitzvot that only apply in the land of Israel

400

Iron Man 2
Jojo Rabbit
Sing
The Jungle Book

Scarlett Johansson

400

mycology

mushrooms

500

This mitzvah, that appears in our parsha, actually appears over 36 times in the entire Torah, clearly communicating its central role

וַאֲהַבְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־הַגֵּ֑ר כִּֽי־גֵרִ֥ים הֱיִיתֶ֖ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃ 

You too must befriend the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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watch, run, light, strike

nouns that are also verbs

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Rambam, Ramban, Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi, Rav Shlomo Ibn Gabirol

Great Rabbis who lived in Spain at some point

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The Devil Wears Prada
The Princess Diaries
Interstellar
Alice in Wonderland

Anne Hathaway

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Cytology 

The study of the structure and function of cells

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