Parashah Scavenger Hunt שְׁאֵלוֹת הַשָּׁבוּעַ
Welcome to Devash's Parashah Scavenger Hunt for Parashat Metzora!
Aliyah 1 (Vayikra 14:1-12)
- After the כֹּהֵן (kohen, priest) lets the bird fly free, what three things must the person recovering from צָרַעַת (tzara’at) do before they reenter the camp?
- When a person is becoming טָהוֹר (tahor, pure) after having צָרַעַת (tzara’at), what kind of hairstyle do they have to wear?
Aliyah 2 (Vayikra 14:13-20)
- In which hand does the kohen put the oil?
Aliyah 3 (Vayikra 14:21-32)
- Why is there a choice between bringing two turtledoves or two pigeons?
- After the kohen does his specific oil sprinkling tasks, what does he do with any leftover oil in his hand?
Aliyah 4 (Vayikra 14:33-53)
- What happens if the tzara’at comes back after the stones in the house are replaced?
- What do you have to do before the kohen checks a נגֶעַ (nega) on a house?
Aliyah 5 (Vayikra 14:54-15:15)
- What happens to a wooden vessel touched by a זַב (zav)?
Aliyah 6 (Vayikra 15:16-28)
- How many times does the word וְאִשָּׁה (ve-ishah, and a woman) appear in our parashah?
Aliyah 7 (Vayikra 15:29-33)
- When you bring two birds as a קָרְבָּן (korban, sacrifice), they are always part of two kinds of sacrifice. Which ones?
Look anywhere in the parashah to find the answer to these questions!
- If you double some Hebrew letters, you can make a two-letter word. There are five of these two-letter words in the Torah (not including words with prefixes and suffixes). One of these is in our parashah. What word?
- Which three things can get tzara’at?
- Two words in our parashah in a single verse are spelled identically and have almost opposite meanings. What are they?
From the haftarah for Shabbat Ha-Gadol: Malakhi 3:4-24
- The prophet Eliyahu will bring peace between two groups of people. Who are they?
Scroll down to see the answers!
Answers:
Aliyah 1
- Wash their clothes, shave all their hair off, and bathe (14:8)
- They have to shave all the hair on their head and beard and eyebrows (14:9)
Aliyah 2
- The left, so the right hand can be used to sprinkle and place it (14:15-16)
Aliyah 3
- In case one type of bird is less expensive and you can’t afford the other kind (14:22)
- He pours it on the head of the person becoming tahor (14:29)
Aliyah 4
- The house is destroyed and the stones are taken outside the camp (14:43-45)
- Move everything out of the house (14:36)
Aliyah 5
- It must be rinsed (15:12)
Aliyah 6
Aliyah 7
- (hattat) חַטָּאת and עֹלָה (olah) (15:30)
From Anywhere in the parashah
- רָר (rar) (15:3)—the others are דֹּד (dod), חָח (hah), שֵׁשׁ (sheish), and תֵּת (teit)
- Person, clothing, house (14:54-55)
- הַמְטַהֵר (hametaher, someone making someone else pure) and הַמִּטַּהֵר (ha-meetaher, someone becoming pure themselves) (14:11)
Haftarah
- Parents and children (Malakhi 3:23)
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