Rashi Questions and Answers
What is Rashi's question and answer on the words אל מחוץ למחנה?
Question: Which מחנה does it mean?
Answer: All 3 camps
וּנְתַתֶּם אֹתָהּ אֶל אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן
and you will give it to Elazar the Kohein
What should we do if we have hatred in our hearts? (2 answers)
Go over to her and discuss. Don’t pretend to be friends while hating in your heart. Tell her why you’re upset - privately, so not to embarass and in a pleasant tone.
Accept that the aggravation is from Hashem and the other person is the messenger.
What ספר, פרשה, and פרק are we learning in Chumash?
ספר במדבר, פרשת חקת, פרק יט
What are 2 things we learn from מרה about complaining?
Even if complaining seems like it "works", It ruins (definitely doesn't build) our relationships.
It's also only a short-term fix and doesn't help us long-term.
What's Rashi's question and answer on the words אדמה תמימה
Question: Why does the פסוק say "תמימה" and also "without blemish"?
Answer: It means the cow must be completely red, not that it has no blemishes.
וְיִקְח֣וּ אֵלֶ֩יךָ֩ פָרָ֨ה אֲדֻמָּ֜ה תְּמִימָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֵֽין־בָּהּ֙ מ֔וּם אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא־עָלָ֥ה עָלֶ֖יהָ עֹֽל
And you should take for you a completely red cow that does not have a blemish that did not go up on it a yoke
How can we train children in the Mitzvah to judge favorably if it happens in our minds?
Think out loud and describe what we are thinking
What were the 3 camps in the מדבר? What was the order?
שכינה, לויה, ישראל
What did we learn from פי החירות? How can we emulate the great act of the person who did something special here if we aren't in life and death situations these days?
We learned to have מסירת נפש and sacrifice for Hashem from נחשון בן עמינדב. Any time we do something that is a personal sacrifice for Hashem, it's מסירת נפש.
What’s Rashi’s question and answer on the words זאת חקת התורה?
Question: All other times in the torah, it either has the word chukas or the word torah. It never has them both together when introducing a Mitzvah
Answer: The nations will make fun of this Mitzvah so Hashem telling Bnei Yisroel, yes you won’t understand this, but that’s okay. You’re not meant to understand this one.
עֵץ אֶרֶז וְאֵזוֹב וּשְׁנִי תוֹלָעַת
cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet wool
לא תשנא את אחיך בלבבך
אחיךWhat does this mean? Who is
Do not hate your brother in your heart.
אחיך is any Jewish person
Why would ה’ give us חקים if they are harder to listen to?
So we can show our אמונה and trust in Him
What did we learn from איתם?
Edge of the desert. No turning back. When we're starting something new or scary we should turn to Hashem to help us.
What is Rashi's question and answer on the words ושחט אתה לפניו
Question: Why does it mention "אלעזר" again in the next פסוק?
Answer: The slaughtering was done by someone other than אלעזר.
אלא זב ובעל קרי ומצורע
Just read
אֶלָּא זָב וּבַעַל קֶרִי וּמְצֹרָע
בצדק תשפט עמיתך
What does this mean literally? How does it apply to us if we are not judges
Judge your nation favorably
What are the 4 steps we've learned so far for making a פרה אדומה - in Hebrew
שחיטה, הזיה, שריפה, עץ ארז
What did we learn from סוכות regarding what בני ישראל got there and in who's זכות did they get it? What can we learn from it
How does רשי know that אל המחנה applies only to מחנה שכינה?
Because only three categories of people are not allowed in the other two camps, and a כהן that is טמא is not one of them
שאם היו בה שתי שערות שחורות פסולה
Read and translate
שֶׁאִם הָיוּ בָהּ שְׁתֵּי שְׂעָרוֹת שְׁחֹרוֹת פְּסוּלָה
That if there is in it 2 black hairs, it's invalid
What are 2 things I am doing wrong according to Halacha?
לא תשנא את אחיך - I should go over to her and figure out why she doesn't like me and apologize and try to make peace.
בצדק תשפט את עמיתך - I should think that she probably didn't step on it on purpose. And even if she did do it on purpose, it doesn't mean I'm allowed to assume the worst. I should work on fixing or at least making a better relationship.
What does that have to do with what we learned?
We are like children. We don't understand the Mitzvah of פרה אדומה, but we know Hashem loves us and only does what's best for us. We also know that He must have a reason why we do it even if we aren't able to understand.
What were the first 5 stops?
רעמסס, סוכות, איתם, פי החירות, מרה