פרשת פינחס

Summer Torah for פרשת פינחס

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Questions from this week’s Parsha:

1) Why was פינחס not originally a כהן, after all his father and grandfather were? (רש"י כה:יג)

2) For standing up for the honor of Hashem, what reward did פינחס receive? (כה:יב-יג)

3) What were the names of the people that פינחס killed? (כה:יג-יד)

4) Whom should the בני ישראל oppress? Why? (כה:יז-יח)

5) Why did Hashem ask that the בני ישראל be counted again? (כו:א-ג also see רש"י, אבן עזרא, and others)

6) Did every שבט get the same size land? (כו:נג-נה)

7) How was the division of land done? (כו:נג-נה)

8) What complaint did the daughters of צלפחד have? (כז:א-ה)

9) What did the daughters ask of משה? (כז:א-ה)

10) Who was their father? Why did he die? (רש"י כז:ג)

11) What did משה ask of Hashem? (כז:טו-יז)

12) What did the בנות צלפחד really want? (See video below.)

12) Who did Hashem say would be the next leader of the Jewish people? (כז:יח)

13) When was the קרבן תמיד sacrificed? (כח:א-ח)

14) Which month is considered the first month (שמות יב:א-ב)?

15) For how many days do we eat Matzah? (כח:יז)

16) What is another name for Shavuot? (כח:כו)

17) Which month is called the seventh month?

18) What is the special מצוה of Rosh Hashana? (כט:א)

19) What יומים טובים are in the month of Tishrei? (כט)

Bonus Questions:

1) What is another name for פינחס?

2) What letter in the Torah (in this week’s Parsha) must be split in half? (Check it out this week in Shul!)

3) Where in Israel did the בנות צלפחד inherit land? (Look at a map)

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