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Parashah Scavenger Hunt שְׁאֵלוֹת הַשָּׁבוּעַ
Welcome to Devash's Parashah Scavenger Hunt for Parashat Ki Tavo!
Aliyah #1 (Devarim 26:1-11)
- What is the Hebrew word for basket used in this aliyah?
- What does God choose?
Aliyah #2 (Devarim 26:12-15)
- What number year is said to be שְׁנַת הַמַּעֲשֵׂר (shenat ha-maaser, the year of the tithe)?
- From where does God look?
Aliyah #3 (Devarim 26:16-19)
- A rare form of a word only appears twice in the whole Tanakh, and both appearances are in this aliyah. What are they?
- Where does God put you?
Aliyah #4 (Devarim 27:1-10)
- Benei Yisrael were told to set up stones when they entered the land. What material were they supposed to cover them with?
- What kind of tool are you not allowed to use on the stones of the altar?
Aliyah #5 (Devarim 27:11-28:6)
- How many times does the word אָמֵן (amen) appear in this aliyah?
- What secretive things are not allowed?
Aliyah #6 (Devarim 28:7-69)
- If God punishes the people and makes them return to Egypt, how would they get there?
- Which of the plagues from יְצִיאַת מִצְרַיִם (yetziat Mitzrayim, the Exodus from Egypt) appear as potential curses for Benei Yisrael?
Aliyah #7 (Devarim 29:1-8)
- Where was Og the king?
- During their 40 years in the wilderness, what did Benei Yisrael not drink?
Look anywhere in the parashah to find the answer to these questions!
- What metal is mentioned three separate times in our parashah?
- Which six tribes were responsible for representing the blessings when the people entered the land?
- How many words in our parashah are connected to the שֹׁרֶשׁ (shoresh, root) ב.ר.כ, which means to bless?
- What are the three times that baskets are mentioned in our parashah?
- What did Benei Yisrael not have in the wilderness until Moshe taught them this parashah?
From the Haftarah (Yeshayahu 60:1-22)
- Which animals appear in this haftarah?
Scroll down to see the answers!
Answers:
Aliyah 1
- טֶנֶא (tene) (26:2,4)
- The place where בִּכּוּרִים (bikkurim, first crops) are brought. This ends up being Yerushalayim. (26:2)
Aliyah 2
- The third year (26:12). This refers to the tithe for the poor, known later on as מַעֲשֵׂר עָנִי (maaser ani), and it is given in the third and sixth years of the seven-year shemittah cycle.
- From God’s holy abode, from Heaven (26:15)
Aliyah 3
- הֶאֱמַרְתָּ (he’emarta) and הֶאֱמִירְךָ (he’emirekha) (26:17,18). These are unusual forms of the verb א.מ.ר. (to say); it is not completely clear what the words mean, but they seem to have to do with declaring someone to be very special.
- Up high! (16:19)
Aliyah 4
Aliyah 5
Aliyah 6
- By boat (28:68)
- דֶּבֶר (dever, animal disease) (28:21), שְׁחִין (sh’hin, boils) (28:27, 35), אַרְבֶּה (arbeh, locust) (28:38)
Aliyah 7
From anywhere in the parashah
- Iron: it is forbidden to build an altar with stones cut by an iron blade (27:5); iron is a metaphor for earth that won’t grow anything (28:23); the heavy burden that conquering nations will place upon Benei Yisrael is called an “iron yoke” (28:48)
- Shimon, Levi, Yehudah, Yissakhar, Yosef, Binyamin (27:12)
- 11 (26:15, 27:12, 28:3-6, 8, 12)
- To hold בִּכּוּרִים (bikkurim, first crops) (26:2), as part of a blessing (28:5), and as part of a curse (28:17)
- A heart to know, eyes to see, and ears to hear (29:3)
Haftarah
- Camels, sheep, rams, doves (Yeshayahu 60:6-8)
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