Names
Which insect appears in the Parsha? (use Lashon HaPassuk)
Chagavim - locusts
13:33
Which three of the Shivat HaMinim all appear in the one Passuk?
Grapes, pomegranates and figs.
(13:23)
Whose name was changed in Parshat Shelach?
BONUS 100 POINTS: Name three other people whose names are changed in Tanach.
Hoshea = Yehoshua
אֵ֚לֶּה שְׁמ֣וֹת הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַ֥ח משֶׁ֖ה לָת֣וּר אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיִּקְרָ֥א משֶׁ֛ה לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ בִּן־נ֖וּן יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ:
13:16
BONUS: Avram = Avraham
Sarai = Sarah
Yaakov = Yisrael
What punishment did the 10 Meraglim receive for saying Lashon Hara about Eretz Yisrael?
14:37
בַּמַּגֵּפָה לִפְנֵי ה' - In a plague before God - i.e., by the means of death suited to them, measure for measure: They sinned with their tongue, so their tongues unrolled down to their navels, and worms came out of their tongues and entered their navels. It therefore says here בַּמַּגֵּפָה (lit.) “in the plague” and not בְּמַגֵּפָה “in a plague,” and that is what is meant by “before God” – i.e., by that death suited to them by the attributes of the Holy One, blessed be He, who apportions punishment measure for measure.
Which special Mitzvah for women is in this week's Parsha?
What special Mitzvah for men is in this week's Parsha?
Challah!
15:20
רֵאשִׁית֙ עֲרִסֹ֣תֵכֶ֔ם חַלָּ֖ה תָּרִ֣ימוּ תְרוּמָ֑ה כִּתְרוּמַ֣ת גֹּ֔רֶן כֵּ֖ן תָּרִ֥ימוּ אֹתָֽהּ:
Tzitzis!
15:38
וְעָשׂ֨וּ לָהֶ֥ם צִיצִ֛ת עַל־כַּנְפֵ֥י בִגְדֵיהֶ֖ם לְדֹֽרֹתָ֑ם וְנָֽתְנ֛וּ עַל־צִיצִ֥ת הַכָּנָ֖ף פְּתִ֥יל תְּכֵֽלֶת:
Which Egyptian city is mentioned by name in the Parsha?
Tzoan
13:22
In which two contexts do we see the number forty?
Meraglim scouted the land for 40 days. (13:25)
Hashem promises Bnei Yisrael they shall wander in the desert for 40 years (13:33)
זָבַ֨ת חָלָ֥ב וּדְבַ֛שׁ - flowing with milk and honey
14:8
13:27
What were the names of three giants who inhabited Canaan, and from whom were they descended?
Achiman, Sheishai, Talmai (13:22)
Shamchazai and Azael - fallen angels (13:33)
Who is placed inside a prison in this week's Parsha?
BONUS 100 POINTS: Name three other people in Tanach who are placed inside a prison? (using the same expression as this week's Parsha)
The Mekoshesh Eitzim (wood-gatherer)
BONUS: Butler, baker, and Yosef (all are placed in a Mishmor).
Which of the Meraglim contains the same name as one of the Shvatim?
Yigal ben Yosef, from Shevet Yissachar (13:17)
How many of the Yud Gimmel Midos HaRachamim are seen in this week's Parsha? What are they?
אֶ֤רֶךְ אַפַּ֨יִם֙ 1.Slow to anger
וְרַב־חֶ֔סֶד 2. Full of kindness
נֹשֵׂ֥א עָוֹ֖ן וָפָ֑שַׁע 3.Forgiving sins
וְנַקֵּה֙ לֹ֣א יְנַקֶּ֔ה 4.Acquitting those who repent
פֹּקֵ֞ד עֲוֹ֤ן אָבוֹת֙ עַל־בָּנִ֔ים עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁ֖ים וְעַל־רִבֵּעִֽים 5.Only remembering sins of fathers onto children for the third and fourth generation
What four consecutive Pesukim are said multiple times a day in Davening?
15:38-41
דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם וְעָשׂ֨וּ לָהֶ֥ם צִיצִ֛ת עַל־כַּנְפֵ֥י בִגְדֵיהֶ֖ם לְדֹֽרֹתָ֑ם וְנָֽתְנ֛וּ עַל־צִיצִ֥ת הַכָּנָ֖ף פְּתִ֥יל תְּכֵֽלֶת:
וְהָיָ֣ה לָכֶם֘ לְצִיצִת֒ וּרְאִיתֶ֣ם אֹת֗וֹ וּזְכַרְתֶּם֙ אֶת־כָּל־מִצְוֹ֣ת יְהֹוָ֔ה וַֽעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם וְלֹֽא־תָת֜וּרוּ אַֽחֲרֵ֤י לְבַבְכֶם֙ וְאַֽחֲרֵ֣י עֵֽינֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּ֥ם זֹנִ֖ים אַֽחֲרֵיהֶֽם:
לְמַ֣עַן תִּזְכְּר֔וּ וַֽעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֶת־כָּל־מִצְוֹתָ֑י וִֽהְיִיתֶ֥ם קְדשִׁ֖ים לֵאלֹֽהֵיכֶֽם:
אֲנִ֞י יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר הוֹצֵ֤אתִי אֶתְכֶם֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם לִֽהְי֥וֹת לָכֶ֖ם לֵֽאלֹהִ֑ים אֲנִ֖י יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶֽם:
Where in this Parsha do we see an example of the saying:
"The best lies are wrapped around a piece of truth"
זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבַשׁ הִוא -
Any false statement ultimately cannot endure without beginning it with some truth
Rashi 13:27
Where do we see Kvitzas HaDerech in Parshat Shelach?
Rashi tells us Eretz Yisrael is 400 x 400 parsa
ie: 1 parsa aprox 4 km. = 1600 km x 1600 km
https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/13938/the-size-shape-of-biblical-israel
(look at this link to see disputed ideas as to how to understand this number, especially as Melb to Brisbane is just under 1800 km.)
Either way, would have taken far longer to scout the land than just 40 days, but Hashem had rachmonus on BY and gave the Meraglim Kvitzas HaDerech so we wouldn't have to wander in the desert for more than 40 years.
Which place, mentioned in two consecutive Pesukim, is spelled differently in both places (first time around it is missing a letter).
(13:23) אֶשְׁכֹּ֗ל
(13:24) אֶשְׁכּ֤וֹל
Who is mentioned the most often in this week's Parsha? And how many times is he mentioned?
Moshe
24 times
Find a phrase which we say numerous times during Yom Kippur davening:
סְלַח־נָ֗א לַֽעֲוֹ֛ן הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֖ה כְּגֹ֣דֶל חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ וְכַֽאֲשֶׁ֤ר נָשָׂ֨אתָה֙ לָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם וְעַד־הֵֽנָּה
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ה' סָלַ֖חְתִּי כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ
14:19-20
Rashi 13:21 says they walked a route along the border, in the shape of a Gamma. Γ
Find two sets of 4 words in a row, each set having the Sofei Teivos (last letters of the word) spelling the word "מצוה"
14:8
אִם־חָפֵ֥ץ בָּ֨נוּ֙ יְהֹוָ֔ה
15:19
מִלֶּ֣חֶם הָאָ֑רֶץ תָּרִ֥ימוּ תְרוּמָ֖ה
The fathers of which two Meraglim both have the exact same letters in their name, just in a different order?
(13:7) לְמַטֵּ֣ה יִשָּׂשכָ֔ר יִגְאָ֖ל בֶּן־יוֹסֵֽף
(13:14) לְמַטֵּ֣ה נַפְתָּלִ֔י נַחְבִּ֖י בֶּן־וָפְסִֽי
Using first names only, which one of the Meraglim has the smallest Gematria, and what is it?
Gadi ben Susi - From Menashe.
Gadi = 17
13:11
Which Passuk begins and ends with the same three words?
15:41
אֲנִ֞י ה' אֱלֹֽקיכֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר הוֹצֵ֤אתִי אֶתְכֶם֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם לִֽהְי֥וֹת לָכֶ֖ם לֵֽאלֹקים אֲנִ֖י ה' אֱלֹֽקיכֶֽם:
Mark Antony's famous speech in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar":
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him"
is modelled on what part of this week's Parsha?
13:30
Calev started off ostensibly ready to ch'v denigrate Moshe Rabbeinu, and as soon as the people quietened down, he started praising him.
וַיַּהַס כָּלֵב. הִשְׁתִּיק אֶת כֻּלָּם:אֶל־משֶׁה - (lit.) To Moses - i.e., to hear what he would speak about Moses. He shouted, saying: “Is this the only thing the son of Amram has done for us?!” One hearing this imagined that Caleb was about to criticize Moses, and since they now resented Moses due to the spies’ report, they all fell silent to hear his criticism. Caleb then said: “Did he not split the sea for us, bring the manna down for us, and sweep up the quails for us?”
The name of which very famous, former Chief Rabbi of Tzahal, is found in this week's Parsha?
HaRav (Shlomo) Goren
רֵאשִׁית֙ עֲרִסֹ֣תֵכֶ֔ם חַלָּ֖ה תָּרִ֣ימוּ תְרוּמָ֑ה כִּתְרוּמַ֣ת גֹּ֔רֶן כֵּ֖ן תָּרִ֥ימוּ אֹתָֽהּ
15:20