Names
לֶּ֖חֶם הַקְּלֹקֵֽל
21:5
Which three of the Shivat HaMinim are mentioned in this week's Parsha?
Fig, grape, pomegranate
וְלָמָ֤ה הֶֽעֱלִיתֻ֨נוּ֙ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם לְהָבִ֣יא אֹתָ֔נוּ אֶל־הַמָּק֥וֹם הָרָ֖ע הַזֶּ֑ה לֹ֣א | מְק֣וֹם זֶ֗רַע וּתְאֵנָ֤ה וְגֶ֨פֶן֙ וְרִמּ֔וֹן וּמַ֥יִם אַ֖יִן לִשְׁתּֽוֹת:
20:5
What word does the Torah use for Navi, in this week's Parsha?
Malach
וַנִּצְעַ֤ק אֶל־יְהֹוָה֙ וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע קֹלֵ֔נוּ וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח מַלְאָ֔ךְ וַיֹּֽצִאֵ֖נוּ מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם וְהִנֵּה֙ אֲנַ֣חְנוּ בְקָדֵ֔שׁ עִ֖יר קְצֵ֥ה גְבוּלֶֽךָ:
20:16
BONUS 50 POINTS: name two other people who died in this manner?
BONUS: Moshe and Aharon
Finger - 19:24
Hand - 20:20
Who was taken prisoner in this week's Parsha, and by whom?
21:2
A female slave . By the Canaanite King of Arad (who lived in the south).
וַיִּשְׁמַ֞ע הַכְּנַֽעֲנִ֤י מֶֽלֶךְ־עֲרָד֙ ישֵׁ֣ב הַנֶּ֔גֶב כִּ֚י בָּ֣א יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל דֶּ֖רֶךְ הָֽאֲתָרִ֑ים וַיִּלָּ֨חֶם֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיִּ֥שְׁבְּ | מִמֶּ֖נּוּ שֶֽׁבִי:
וַיִּשְׁבְּ מִמֶּנּוּ שֶֽׁבִי. אֵינָהּ אֶלָּא שִׁפְחָה אַחַת (ילקוט שמעוני שם):
Which two deaths are recorded in the Parsha, and what is the date of each of them?
Miriam HaNeviah - Yud Nissan
Aharon HaKohen - Rosh Chodesh Av
Find a Passuk that has three words in a row with the same Shoresh.
19:2
זֹ֚את חֻקַּ֣ת הַתּוֹרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה יְהֹוָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר דַּבֵּ֣ר | אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְיִקְח֣וּ אֵלֶ֩יךָ֩ פָרָ֨ה אֲדֻמָּ֜ה תְּמִימָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֵֽין־בָּהּ֙ מ֔וּם אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹֽא־עָלָ֥ה עָלֶ֖יהָ עֹֽל:
Which three mountains were not flattened by the Ananei HaKavod, like the all the rest of the mountains and hills, in the desert? and Why?
Har Sinai - for giving the Torah
Har Nevo - for Moshe's burial
Har HaHar - for Aharon's burial
What three gifts, in the merit of which three great people, did Bnei Yisrael receive in the desert?
1) Be'er Miriam = Miriam HaNeviah
2) Ananei HaKavod = Aharon HaKohen
3) Mann = Moshe Rabbeinu
Which nation, that is also a colour, is mentioned in this week's Parsha?
Edom. Adom.
וְיִקְח֣וּ אֵלֶ֩יךָ֩ פָרָ֨ה אֲדֻמָּ֜ה תְּמִימָ֗ה
19:2
וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח משֶׁ֧ה מַלְאָכִ֛ים מִקָּדֵ֖שׁ אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ אֱד֑וֹם
20:14
Zered
Arnon
Yabok
Yarden
Find three consecutive words whose Roshei Teivos spell the name Moshe משה
וְלָֽקְחוּ֙ לַטָּמֵ֔א מֵֽעֲפַ֖ר שְׂרֵפַ֣ת הַֽחַטָּ֑את וְנָתַ֥ן עָלָ֛יו מַ֥יִם חַיִּ֖ים אֶל־כֶּֽלִי:
19:17
Rashi 21:15
אֶשֶׁד הַנְּחָלִים - The spillage of the valleys. The Aramaic translation of שֶׁפֶךְ is אֶשֶׁד. It thus means: The spilling at the valleys, for there the blood of the Amorites hiding there was spilled. Because the mountains were high and the valley below was deep and narrow, and the mountains were close to one another – a person standing on the mountain on one side could speak directly to his friend on the mountain on the other side – and the road passed through the valley, the Amorites said: “When Israel enters the valley to pass through, we will go out of the caves in the mountains above them and kill them with arrows and stone missiles.” These crevices were in the mountain on the Moabite side, and on the mountain on the Amorite side, opposite those crevices, projections like horns and breasts jutted out. When Israel came to pass through, the mountain of the land of Israel trembled like a maidservant going out to meet her mistress and moved toward the mountain of Moab, and the breast-like projections entered the crevices and killed the Amorites. This is the meaning of: “that moved toward the dwelling of Ar,” i.e., the mountain moved from its regular place and came over toward Moab and joined it, and this is the meaning of: “and leaned toward the border of Moab.”
Where is the first time in Torah, that the colour red appears?
With Yaakov and Esav and the lentil soup:
"Ten li et haadom haadom hazeh!" (Bereishit 25:3)
Who are the five people mentioned by name in this week's Parsha?
Moshe
Aharon
Elazar
Miriam
Sichon
Og
Which 4 laws are associated with the number 7 in this week's Parsha?
1) The Kohen needs to sprinkle the blood of the Parah Adumah on the MIzbeach, seven tims.
2) A person or item which is found under the same roof as a dead person, is Tamei for 7 days.
3) On the third and seventh days they shall be purified with the ashes of the Parah Adumah +.
4) If someone comes across a murdered person in the open field, they are Tamei for seven days.
Find two Pesukim where the first and last words, consist of the same Shoresh.
Eg: Vayedaber and Dibur
Shemesh and Shimush
19:5
וְשָׂרַ֥ף אֶת־הַפָּרָ֖ה לְעֵינָ֑יו אֶת־עֹרָ֤הּ וְאֶת־בְּשָׂרָהּ֙ וְאֶת־דָּמָ֔הּ עַל־פִּרְשָׁ֖הּ יִשְׂרֹֽף:
20:23
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יְהֹוָ֛ה אֶל־משֶׁ֥ה וְאֶל־אַֽהֲרֹ֖ן בְּהֹ֣ר הָהָ֑ר עַל־גְּב֥וּל אֶֽרֶץ־אֱד֖וֹם לֵאמֹֽר:
Rashi 20:15
וַיֵּֽרְד֤וּ אֲבֹתֵ֨ינוּ֙ מִצְרַ֔יְמָה וַנֵּ֥שֶׁב בְּמִצְרַ֖יִם יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים וַיָּרֵ֥עוּ לָ֛נוּ מִצְרַ֖יִם וְלַֽאֲבֹתֵֽינוּ:
Our fathers went down to Egypt, and we sojourned in Egypt for a long time. And the Egyptians mistreated us and our forefathers.
מִכָּאן שֶׁהָאָבוֹת מִצְטַעֲרִים בַּקֶּבֶר כְּשֶׁפֻּרְעָנוּת בָּאָה עַל יִשְֹרָאֵל (עי' תנחומא):
From here we derive that the patriarchs suffer in the grave when misfortune comes upon Israel.
The Parah Adumah needs to be burned together with: Etz Erez (cedar wood), Ezov (hyssop) and Tolaat Shani (red wool). Which two other times in Torah, are we commanded to use Ezov (hyssop)?
1) For the purification process of a Metzorah (all three ingredients listed in this Parsha are also necessary to purify someone with Tzoraat).
2) In Parshat Bo, Bnei YIsrael are commanded to smear the blood of the Korban Pesach on their doorposts, with a bundle of hyssop.
What was called by one name by Hashem, and a different name by Moshe?
The fiery serpent.
1) 21:8 = Hashem calls it a "Saraf"
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהֹוָ֜ה אֶל־משֶׁ֗ה עֲשֵׂ֤ה לְךָ֙ שָׂרָ֔ף וְשִׂ֥ים אֹת֖וֹ עַל־נֵ֑ס וְהָיָה֙ כָּל־הַנָּשׁ֔וּךְ וְרָאָ֥ה אֹת֖וֹ וָחָֽי:
2) 21:9 = Moshe calls it a "Nachash"
וַיַּ֤עַשׂ משֶׁה֙ נְחַ֣שׁ נְח֔שֶׁת וַיְשִׂמֵ֖הוּ עַל־הַנֵּ֑ס וְהָיָ֗ה אִם־נָשַׁ֤ךְ הַנָּחָשׁ֙ אֶת־אִ֔ישׁ וְהִבִּ֛יט אֶל־נְחַ֥שׁ הַנְּח֖שֶׁת וָחָֽי:
Which two things are first in this week's Parsha?
1) The first month (Nissan) - 20:1
וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ בְנֵֽי־יִ֠שְׂרָאֵ֠ל כָּל־הָ֨עֵדָ֤ה מִדְבַּר־צִן֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹן
2) The first king of Moav - 21:26
כִּ֣י חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן עִ֗יר סִיחֹ֛ן מֶ֥לֶךְ הָֽאֱמֹרִ֖י הִ֑וא וְה֣וּא נִלְחַ֗ם בְּמֶ֤לֶךְ מוֹאָב֙ הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹן
I appear 3 times in Parshat Chukat. Once with regards to an individual, and twice with regards to nations. What am I?
sword - חֶ֖רֶב
19:16 - anyone who touches a person slain by a sword...
20:18 - Edom "you will not pass through my country, lest I greet you with the sword"
21:24 - Bnei Yisrael defeat Sichon with the sword
Provide five ways, according to Rashi, that the Parah Adumah helped to atone for the Egel HaZahav.
1) They had to use their own money to pay for the Parah Adumah, to atone for having used their own gold to build the Egel HaZahav.
2) The Parah Adumah was an adult female cow, to atone (clean up) for the sin (the mess) of the young child (Egel HaZahav).
3) Before the Chet HaEgel, Bnei Yisrael had achieved a level of perfection/no sin. So the Parah Adumah had to be "perfect" (no blemishes, etc), to help atone for that sin.
4) They had "cast off the yoke of heaven", so the Parah Adumah had to be an animal that had never had a yoke placed on it.
5) Three thousand men were killed for the Chet HaEgel, and we burn three things together with the ashes of the Parah Adumah: cedar wood (tallest tree), hyssop (short tree), red wool (From a worm). Someone who is arrogant and sins, should humble himself and repent.
Where is a universal traffic law mentioned in this week's Parsha? (Hint: look in the Lashon HaPassuk)
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ אֱד֔וֹם לֹ֥א תַֽעֲבֹ֖ר בִּ֑י פֶּן־בַּחֶ֖רֶב אֵצֵ֥א לִקְרָאתֶֽךָ:
20:18