Thursday, June 29, 2017

פרשת חקת

Summer Torah for פרשת חקת
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Parsha Questions of the Week

1) What is a חוק (a type of commandment)? (רש"י יט:ב)

2) When did the Jewish people arrive in מדבר צן (the desert of Zin)? (כ:א)

3) Who passed away in מדבר צן (the desert of Zin)? (כ:א)

4) What needed resource was missing from מדבר צן (the desert of Zin)? (כ:ב)

5) What is the connection between the passing of מרים and the lack of water? (רש"י כ:ב)

6) What did Hashem tell משה to do to get drinking water? (כ:ז-ח)

7) What did משה do to produce water? (כ:יא)

8) What consequence did משה receive for not following Hashem's instructions? (כ:יב)

9) Who did משה send a message to? What was this message? (כ:יד-יז)

10) Who passed away at הר ההר? Who took over for him? (כ:כב-כט)


Bonus Questions 

1) Where else was משה asked to hit the rock and bring forth water to drink?

2) Where is the rock that משה struck today?

3) Where is the well of מרים today?



Extra Videos that connect to this week's Parsha:
Moshe's Rock

Miriam's well



Friday, June 23, 2017

פרשת קרח


Summer Torah for פרשת קרח
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Parsha Questions of the Week:

1) What is the name of this week’s Parsha?

2) Who disagreed with Moshe, insisting that he should be the Korein and not Aaron?

3) How did Korach convince others to join him? (רש"י טז:א)

4) Why does the Torah tell us what tribe Korach most influenced? (רש"י טז:א)

5) What challenge did Moshe offer to prove that everything that he had done was from Hashem? (טז:יז)

6) After the ground swallowed Korach and his followers, who was sent to collect the pans used?  (יז:ב)

7) Why did these pans need to be collected? (See video below)

8) After the staff of Aaron budded flowers, where was it left? (יז:כה)

Bonus Questions: 

1) What great leader came from Korach?

2) What other Biblical leader used a challenge like the one Moshe used to prove that Hashem is the true G-d?