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Parashat Hukkat: Scavenger Hunt

Parashah Scavenger Hunt שְׁאֵלוֹת הַשָּׁבוּעַ

Welcome to Devash's Parashah Scavenger Hunt for Parashat Hukkat!
Aliyah 1 (Bemidbar 19:1-17)
  • After a person comes into contact with the dead, on which days must they be purified?
  • What cannot go on a פָּרָה אֲדֻמָּה (parah adumah, red cow)?
Aliyah 2 (Bemidbar 19:18-20:6)
  • What seems to disappear as soon as Miriam dies?
Aliyah 3 (Bemidbar 20:7-13)
  • What detail makes it seem like maybe Moshe was supposed to hit the rock?
  • How many times does Moshe hit the rock?
  • What do Benei Yisrael offer to pay for, if they are allowed to pass through Edom?
  • What path does Moshe want to take?
  • After Aharon died, how long did the people mourn?
  • What kind of a snake did God tell Moshe to make?
  • What written book gets quoted in our parashah?
  • What was the name of the place of the battle between Benei Yisrael and Og?
Look anywhere in the parashah to find the answer to these questions!
  • What insulting term do Benei Yisrael use to describe מָן (mann), the miraculous food that fell for them each day from the sky?
  • After Aharon dies, who takes over as the כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל (kohen gadol, High Priest)?
  • What is the capital of the territory of Sihon, and what does it have to do with mathematics?
  • What place in the parashah shares its name with a part of the Pesah Seder?
From the Haftarah (Shoftim 11:1-33)
  • When Yiftah ran away, where did he go?
Scroll down to see the answers!
Answers: 
Aliyah 1
  • The third and the seventh (19:12)
  • A yoke (19:2)
Aliyah 2
Aliyah 3
  • God tells him to take his staff! (20:8)
  • Twice (20:11)
Aliyah 4
  • Any water they drink (20:19)
  • The king’s path (20:17)
Aliyah 5
  • 30 days (20:29)
  • A שָׂרָף (saraf, a snake that burns) (21:8)
Aliyah 6
  1. 'סֵפֶר מִלְחֲמֹת ה (Sefer Milhamot Hashem, The Book of the Wars of God) (21:14)
Aliyah 7
  1. Edre’i (21:33)
From Anywhere in the parashah
  • לֶחֶם הַקְּלֹקֵל (lehem ha-kelokel, the despicable bread) (21:5)
  • His son, Elazar (20:25-28)
  • Heshbon (21:26)—which is also the modern Hebrew word for math!
  • Kadesh, where Miriam died (20:1)
Haftarah
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