Review questions Spring 5776 2016
Parasha
Terumah
1.
According to
Rashi what intrigue is contained in the book of shmot?
2.
Does Rashi
believe in “chronological integrity”?
3.
Does Ramban
believe in “chronological integrity”?
4.
Bring 3 examples
where Rashi claims stories did not take place in the order they were told?
5.
Why would the
story of the Golden Calf be told out of sequence?
6.
According to
Rashi what was the content of the “Book of the Covenant” (Shmot 24:7)?
7.
According to
Ramban what was the content of the “Book of the Covenant” (Shmot 24:7)?
8.
According to
Hizkuni what was the content of the “Book of the Covenant” (Shmot 24:7)?
9.
What was strange
about the choice of the Keruvim (Cherubs)?
10. Who
saw the Keruvim (Cherubs) as something sordid?
11.
Where is the
first time in the Torah we find the Keruvim (Cherubs) how could this possibly
relate to the Mishkan?
12. Parashat
Tetzaveh
13. How
is the commandment to light the candles in the Mishkan related to the burning
bush and the western wall?
14. In
what way is the is the incense related to the sin in Eden?
15. How
is clothing related to sin?
16. In
which narrative in the Torah is beged found?
17.
In which
narrative in the Torah is ktonet found? 2 examples
18. In
what way is the clothing of the kohen related to sin? In terms of language? In
terms of construction?
19. According
to the midrash what was the origin of the prohibition of shatnez?
20. What
is the verse which follows “love your neighbor as yourself “? Why?
21. What
type of offering did Kayin bring? What is the significance?
22. What
type of offering did Hevel bring? What is the significance?
23. Ki-Tisa
24. What
was Aharon’s strategy in terms of the people who wanted him to “make a god”?
Which tactics did he use? (two examples)
25. Who
did Moshe leave in charge when he ascended the mountain to receive the Torah?
26. Which
four people are singled out when Moshe ascended the mountain to receive the
Torah? What did each of these people represent?
27. What
happened to Hur? How did this impact Aharon?
28. Who
was Hur’s grandson? Why is he significant as a prototype?
29. What
did the people get right and what did they “get wrong” on the day they
worshipped the Golden Calf?
30. In
what way is the sin of the Golden Calf related to the tree of Knowledge of Good
and Evil?
31. In
what way is the sin of the Golden Calf related to the Red Heifer?
32. What
lesson did Eliyahu teach Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai? Where was he standing? Why is
this place significant?
Vayakhel –
33. When
Moshe finally speaks with people what law does he start with? Why
34. Give
3 explanations.
35. According
to the midrash what question does Moshe pose to God when he was instructed to build
the mishkan? What is the answer?
36. Why
are the laws of Shabbat derived from the Mishkan? What is the intrinsic
relationship?
37. What
is the paradoxical nature of creation when one takes into account an infinite
creator? What is the resolution?
38. Which
day and which time was the universe created? What was the moment before
creation?
39. Describe
the inverse relationship between God and Man and how this gives insight on
Shabbat.
40. Which
two of the 39 categories of work on Shabbat are “outliers”?
41. In
what way is carrying on Shabbat an inferior action?
42. How
are the two of the 39 categories of work on Shabbat which are “outliers”
related to the Ten Commandments?
Pikudai
43. According
to the Ramban what is the significance of the end of the book of Shmot? Which
previous event shares linguistic similarities?
44. How
does the Mishkan connect to the tent of Sarah?
45. What
is the significance of the first day of the first month year one? Year two?
What is the connection – other than the date?
46. What
is the root of the Hebrew word “mitzvah”? What did the Shlah Hakadosh
suggest was the real meaning?
47. In
what way were the Jews “naked” in Egypt? How did God clothe them?
48. Is
the end of Shmot a happy ending according to Rashi? Explain.
49. Had
there never been a Golden Calf how would the book of Shmot ended according to
our understanding of Rashi?
Parashat Zachor
50. Describe
the two sections in the Torah which deal with Amalek
51. What
is the word whose meaning is unclear in Shmot regarding the battle which
Amalek? What is the significance of this word?
52. Why
does Amalek attack the Jews when they do and not many years before?
53. Why
did Esav have no moral argument against Yakov in the sale of the birthright?
What negative lesson could nonetheless have been learned?
54. What
phrase was unclear in Parshat Zachor (in Dvarim)?
55. What
section precedes the section of the battle with Amalek? How is that
significant? (Shmot)
56. What
section precedes the Parshat Zachor (in Dvarim)? How is that significant?
57. What
happened on the Eighth Day?
58. What
makes the Eighth Day unusual in the book of Vayikra?
59. What
makes the Eighth Day unique in the book of Vayikra?
60. What
offering did Aharon bring on the Eighth day as a sin offering? Why
61. What
offering did the community of Israel bring on the Eighth day as a sin offering?
Why
62. What
offering did Aharon bring on the Eighth day as a burnt offering? Why
63. What
did the Akaida (binding) have in common with the Eighth day?
64. Why
was it theologically impossible for the initial instruction regarding the
Akaida to result in an offering?
65. What
was the ultimate lesson we learned from the Akaida process?
66. What
happened when Aharon followed all the instructions on the eighth day and
blessed the people? Who noticed?
67. Who
was rewarded on the eighth day? Why? How may this have emboldened and
encouraged Nadav and Avihu?
68. What
did Nadav and Avihu do?
69. Why
did Nadav and Avihu specifically bring incense? What sin may they have been
trying to repair? Explain
70. Is
it possible that Nadav and Avihu saw their action as a success? Explain.
Tazria
71.
What is the
definition of “tumah”?
72. Which
type of tumah is considered most severe?
73. Why
would a woman bring a “sin offering” after giving birth?
74. What
did the students ask Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai regarding the new mother? What was
his answer?
75. Why
would one consider issues of death after a birth? explain
76. What
was the sin offering of the new mother? What does this teach? Who else brings
the same sin offering? What did we learn from this comparison?
77. What
is Shemita?
78. What
is Yovel?
79. On
which day was the Shofar blown on the Yoval? Why is this strange?
80. In
what sense are Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashana the same?
81. Why
does the Vilna Gaon think the blessing the moon after Rosh Hashanah before Yom
Kippur, will help the equation for the previous year?
82. What
did the Ramban consider to be one of the great secrets of the Torah?
83. Would
scientists’ argument against creationists sway the Ramban? What would the
Ramban say?
84. In
what way are shemita and yovel connected to creation?
85. What
links infidelity and “misappropriations” from the Mishkan?
86. In
what way are the second and seventh
commandments related?
87. In
what way did Moshe’s behavior after the Golden Calf relate to sotah?
88. Which
linguistic connection is there which links the sin of the Golden Calf relate and sotah?
89. Where
is afar עפר used first in the Torah?
90. How
does the commentary of the Targum Yonatan link man’s composition and the Sotah
rite?
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