Lashon HaPassuk
Which word is used for anger?
10:6
10:16
וַ֠יִּקְצֹ֠ף
How many Pesukim are in Parshat Shemini?
91
Provide the names (Heb and Eng) for the four different species that have one kosher sign, but not the other.
11:4,5,6,7
Camel - הַ֠גָּמָ֠ל
Hyrax - הַשָּׁפָ֗ן
Hare - הָֽאַרְנֶ֗בֶת
Pig - הַֽ֠חֲזִ֠יר
Which two Tannaim does Rashi quote by name in the first half of the Parsha?
Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yishmael
10:2
Which famous Bracha is alluded to in this Parsha?
Birkat Kohanim
9:22
What are the expressions the Torah uses for the signs of a Kosher animal? (3)
and a Kosher fish? (2)
11:3
Mafreset Parsah - split hoof
Shosaat Shesa - double hoof
Maalat Geirah - chews cud
11:9
Snapir - fins
Kaskeset - scales
Which four pairs of brothers are listed in this week's Parsha?
Moshe and Aharon
Nadav and Avihu
Elazar and Itamar
Mishael and Eltzaphan
Which creature is also a cup?
The owl
הַכּ֥וֹס
11:17
According to Rashi, which bird has some similarity to a human?
11:17
an owl - "cheeks like those of a human"
State two laws of mourning we learn from this Parsha.
Tearing Kriah
Not cutting hair
10:6
Find two Pesukim in a row that begin with the same three words.
Ki Ani Hashem Elokeichem
11:44
11:45
What is the exact halfway point of the Torah in words?
10:16
Between Darosh Dorash
Which two birds mentioned in the Parsha, are mentioned elsewhere in Torah?
Eagle - נשר "on the wings of an eagle" in Parshat Yitro, Hashem comparing Yetzias Mitzrayim.
Raven - עורב . In Parshat Noach, Noach first sends the raven out of Teivah.
Explain the Mashal that Rashi uses to say why Yidden are given the laws of Kosher, whereas non-Jews are not.
11:2
A doctor whose patient is terminal, will allow them to eat anything. Whereas, a doctor whose patient has a chance, will severely restrict their diet so they can live.
Yidden, who are destined for Olam Haba, are given restrictions on what they may eat.
When is the only time in Torah that Hashem addresses Aharon alone, and why?
10:8
As a reward for his silence after the death of his sons, so as not to ruin the Yemei HaMiluim.
List the 9 people mentioned by name in this week's Parsha
Moshe
Aharon
Nadav
Avihu
Mishael
Eltzaphan
Uzziel
Elazar
Itamar
Which animal (3 letters) mentioned in the Parsha, has the same Gematria as the word for 'soul'?
שפן
נפש
430
Which of the non-Kosher animals mentioned in the Parsha are listed in another Parsha, 18 times? Context?
Gamal - camel. 18 times in Parshat Chayei Sarah (Elazar finding a wife for Yitzchak)
Draw the family tree of Mishael and Eltzaphan, up to 6 generations.
Mishael and Eltzaphan
Uziel
Kehos
Levi
Yaakov
Yitzchok
Avrohom
What date was Yom HaShemini?
And how does it connect to this Shabbos?
Rosh Chodesh Nissan
This week is Shabbos Mevorchim Nissan
Which expression in Shemini is only used with regard to: The ram used for the Korban Olah, and Flying Insects.
כרעים
legs
9:14
וַיִּרְחַ֥ץ אֶת־הַקֶּ֖רֶב וְאֶת־הַכְּרָעָ֑יִם וַיַּקְטֵ֥ר עַל־הָֽעֹלָ֖ה הַמִּזְבֵּֽחָה
11:21
אַ֤ךְ אֶת־זֶה֙ תֹּֽאכְל֔וּ מִכֹּל֙ שֶׁ֣רֶץ הָע֔וֹף הַֽהֹלֵ֖ךְ עַל־אַרְבַּ֑ע אֲשֶׁר־ל֤וֹ (כתיב אשׁר־לא) כְרָעַ֨יִם֙ מִמַּ֣עַל לְרַגְלָ֔יו לְנַתֵּ֥ר בָּהֵ֖ן עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ:
Of all the people mentioned by name in this Parsha, who has the largest Gematria?
Itamar - איתמר
651
Which famous Neviah has a name of one of the animals listed in Parshat Shemini?
Chuldah HaNeviah
11:29: HaCholed - the weasel
Find a source for the fact that an animal which is a Ben Pakuah, and its descendants, do not have to be shechted before eating.
(NB: Most Halachic authorities do not permit this nowadays)
11:3
כֹּ֣ל ׀ מַפְרֶ֣סֶת פַּרְסָ֗ה וְשֹׁסַ֤עַת שֶׁ֙סַע֙ פְּרָסֹ֔ת מַעֲלַ֥ת גֵּרָ֖ה בַּבְּהֵמָ֑ה אֹתָ֖הּ תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃
any animal that has true hoofs, with clefts through the hoofs, and that chews the cud—such you may eat.
Rashi:
בבהמה AMONGST (lit., in) THE BEAST — This is a redundant word and therefore may be used for an Halachic derivation — to permit the embryo found within the dam (בבהמה — within the beast) to be used as food without itself being slaughtered (Sifra, Shemini, Chapter 3 1; Chullin 69a).
Which 3 AFL team mascots are mentioned in the Parsha?
Collingwood Mapgies - הָֽרָחָֽם 11:18
Hawthorn Hawks -הַתַּחְמָ֖ס 11:16
West Coast Eagles - הַנֶּ֨שֶׁר֙ 11:13