Names
Which three of the seven nations of Canaan are mentioned in this week's Parsha?
Chivi, Canaani, Hitti
23:28
What was 12 for 12?
Moshe built 12 pillars for the 12 Shvatim, at the foot of Har Sinai.
24:4
Expression the Torah uses for "witch"
מְכַשֵּׁפָ֖ה
22:17
What word is used for interest, and why?
נֶֽשֶׁךְ - Neshech
(rather than more common Ribis)
22:24
Compared to the bite of a snake, which starts off as a small wound in the foot, but can spread and swell terribly. Same thing with interest, borrower does not feel it, and it goes unnoticed, until the interest mounts up and makes him lose a large amount of money.
Which famous Marvelous Middos Machine song is seen in this week's Parsha?
מִדְּבַר־שֶׁ֖קֶר תִּרְחָ֑ק
23:6
Which terrorist organisation is mentioned by name in this week's Parsha?
23:1 - Chamas
You must not accept a false report. You must not join forces with a wicked person by promising to be a corrupt witness on his behalf. אלֹ֥א תִשָּׂ֖א שֵׁ֣מַע שָׁ֑וְא אַל־תָּ֤שֶׁת יָֽדְךָ֙ עִם־רָשָׁ֔ע לִֽהְיֹ֖ת עֵ֥ד חָמָֽס:
Which four Mitzvot deal with the number seven?
1) Freeing a slave during Shemitta. 21:2
2) Dedicating first-born cows and sheep to the Beit Hamikdash, after 7 days. 22:29
3) Shabbos 23:12
4) Pesach 23:15
What do Kidnap, Cursing Parents, and Avodah Zarah have in common?
The punishment for all three aveiros, is the death penalty.
Which Rashi tells us, that if a person comes to kill you, you should get up and kill them first.
22:1
אֵין לוֹ דָּמִֽים - (lit.) He has no blood - means: it is not considered murder if one kills him, for he is as though he were a dead man already from the onset of his criminal act. Here the Torah teaches you that if someone comes to kill you, rise to kill him first; and this burglar definitely came to kill you, for he knows that no person remains indifferent by being silent while seeing his property being taken in his presence, and so he came prepared for this, that if the owner of the property attempts to stop him, he will kill him.
Which Passuk is considered to be a classic example of not being able to understand/follow Torah, without Torah Sheb'al Peh?
21:24
עַ֚יִן תַּ֣חַת עַ֔יִן שֵׁ֖ן תַּ֣חַת שֵׁ֑ן יָ֚ד תַּ֣חַת יָ֔ד רֶ֖גֶל תַּ֥חַת רָֽגֶל:
Name five animals that are mentioned in Parshat Mishpatim.
1. Ox - שׁ֥וֹר \ בָקָ֗ר
2. Donkey - חֲמ֛וֹר
3. Sheep/Flock - צֹ֖אן \ שֶׂ֨ה
4. Dog - כֶּ֖לֶב
5. Goat/Kid - גְּדִ֖י
Which two expressions are used in the same Passuk, for "curse"?
אֱלֹהִ֖ים לֹ֣א תְקַלֵּ֑ל וְנָשִׂ֥יא בְעַמְּךָ֖ לֹ֥א תָאֹֽר:
- tekalel
- taor
22:27
Find a Passuk which contains three double expression.
eg: Emor - V'Amarta, Aseh - Teasun.
22:22 - double source!
אִם־עַנֵּ֥ה תְעַנֵּה אֹת֑וֹ כִּ֣י אִם־צָעֹ֤ק יִצְעַק֙ אֵלַ֔י שָׁמֹ֥עַ אֶשְׁמַ֖ע צַֽעֲקָתֽוֹ
How long is "forever" according to Halacha?
50 years
(re: freeing a slave in the Yovel year)
21:6
Which Passuk contains a phrase where the Roshei Teivos spell the word: Elul - אלול?
21:13
אִנָּ֣ה לְיָד֑וֹ וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י לְךָ֙
Which six people are mentioned by name?
Moshe
Aharon
Nadav
Avihu
24:1
Yehoshua 24:13
Chur 24:14
Find two Pesukim, each of them beginning and ending with the letter Aleph.
21:19
אִם־יָק֞וּם וְהִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ בַּח֛וּץ עַל־מִשְׁעַנְתּ֖וֹ וְנִקָּ֣ה הַמַּכֶּ֑ה רַ֥ק שִׁבְתּ֛וֹ יִתֵּ֖ן וְרַפֹּ֥א יְרַפֵּֽא
21:21
אַ֥ךְ אִם־י֛וֹם א֥וֹ יוֹמַ֖יִם יַֽעֲמֹ֑ד לֹ֣א יֻקַּ֔ם כִּ֥י כַסְפּ֖וֹ הֽוּא:
Find a Passuk which has three words in a row all containing the same Shoresh.
21:12
מַכֵּ֥ה אִ֛ישׁ וָמֵ֖ת מ֥וֹת יוּמָֽת:
Apart from bowing down to idols, what other forms of idol-worship are listed as assur but do not incur the death penalty, according to Rashi?
- Sweeping before the idol
- Spraying water to keep dust from rising in front of it
- Kissing it
- Embracing it
"From the River to the Sea"
Find the passuk - reclaim the phrase!
23:31
וְשַׁתִּ֣י אֶת־גְּבֻֽלְךָ֗ מִיַּם־סוּף֙ וְעַד־יָ֣ם פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וּמִמִּדְבָּ֖ר עַד־הַנָּהָ֑ר כִּ֣י | אֶתֵּ֣ן בְּיֶדְכֶ֗ם אֵ֚ת יֽשְׁבֵ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ וְגֵֽרַשְׁתָּ֖מוֹ מִפָּנֶֽיךָ:
I will set your borders from the Sea of Reeds to the Philistine Sea, and from the desert to the Euphrates River, for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hands, and you will drive them out from before you.
Find two names (descriptions) which are used for both Hashem, and people.
(judges) 22:8, 22:27 - אֱלֹהִ֑ים
(master/owner) 21:5, 23:17 - אֲדֹנִ֔י
In what context do the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 appear?
1. In one year - 23:29 (driving out our enemies from the land)
2. Thief pays two times the amount - 22:23
3. If he does not do these three things for his wife - 21:11
4. Stealing and selling a sheep, pay four times the value - 21:37
5. Stealing and selling an ox, pay five times the value -21:37
6. Jewish slave works for six years - 21:2
7. In the seventh year, Jewish slave goes free - 21:2
8. Offer firstborn animal only from the eighth day from birth - 22:29
Which four-letter word is a Hapax Legomena in this week's Parsha?
Gematria: 400
מַּרְצֵ֔עַ
21:6
an awl ( to pierce the ear)
Which Malach has the same gematria as one of Hashem's holy names?
Metatron
Same gematria as Shakai - 314
מְטַטְרוֹן
שַׁדַּ-י
23:21
Which Possuk seems to be a classic example of the Castle Doctrine?
22:1
אִם־בַּמַּחְתֶּ֛רֶת יִמָּצֵ֥א הַגַּנָּ֖ב וְהֻכָּ֣ה וָמֵ֑ת אֵ֥ין ל֖וֹ דָּמִֽים:
If a thief is caught while breaking in, and he is struck and dies, there is no bloodguilt in his case.