Reminder: Today is Rosh Chodesh Menachem-Av. This begins the nine days 😢.
The times listed are for the Greater Washington D.C. Area.
Candle lighting: 8:04 pm Havdalah: 9:07 pm
Questions from this week’s Parsha:
1) What did שבט ראובן and שבט גד have too much of? (במדבר לב:א)
2) What land did שבט ראובן and שבט גד want to inherit? (במדבר לב:א-ה)
3) Who did the Jewish people capture this land from? (רש"י במדבר לב:ג)
4) Under what conditions would the שבט ראובן and שבט גד be granted their request? (במדבר לב:כ-כד)
5) What other שבט joined on the other side of the Jordan River? (במדבר לב:לט-מב)
6) According to רש"י, why does the תורה need to remind us of all of the places that the בני ישראל camped out during the 40 years in the desert? (במדבר רש"י לג:א)
7) How many places in total did the בני ישראל camp out during the 40 years in the desert?
8) How would the land be divided once entering Israel? (במדבר לג:נד)
9) What is an ער מקלט? When is it used? (במדבר לה:יא-יב)
10) How many ערי מקלט were there? (במדבר לה:יג-יד)
Bonus Questions:
1) At the beginning of the Parsha, Moshe tells the Jewish people that all spoils of war are to be split almost the Jewish people. Who else in Tanach had to establish a Halacha about spoils of war? (2 answers)
2) Based on your knowledge of Chumash, why were שבט ראובן and שבט גד concerned about their animals living in the land of Israel? (Hint: think Avraham and Lot - See מדרש הגדה)
3) Besides for accidental murderers, who lived in a ער מקלט regularly?
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