Parashat Re'eh: Scavenger Hunt
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Parashah Scavenger Hunt שְׁאֵלוֹת הַשָּׁבוּעַ

Welcome to Devash's Parashah Scavenger Hunt for Parashat Re'eh!
  1. When Benei Yisrael get to Eretz Yisrael, where are they supposed to read the curse? Look for the answer in Aliyah #1 (Devarim 11:26-12:10)
  2. When eating an animal, what are you supposed to do with its blood? Look for the answer in Aliyah #2 (Devarim 12:11-28)
  3. Can you listen to a prophet who says to worship other gods if the prophet actually makes something amazing happen as a sign of the prophecy’s truth? Why or why not? Look for the answer in Aliyah #3 (Devarim 12:29-13:19)
  4. In the list of forbidden animals in our parashah, how many animals are listed as specifically permitted to eat? Look for the answer in Aliyah #4 (Devarim 14:1-21)
  5. You are supposed to take a tenth of all of your field’s produce to God’s chosen place each year. But what if it is too far and too heavy to do that? Look for the answer in Aliyah #5 (Devarim 14:22-29)
  6. How frequently are you supposed to forgive all loans? Look for the answer in Aliyah #6 (Devarim 15:1-18)
  7. What are the names given for the three holidays mentioned in our parashah? Look for the answer in Aliyah #7 (Devarim 15:19-16:17)
  8. What specific date is given for Shavuot in our parashah?
  9. What specific date is given for Sukkot in our parashah?
  10. How many times does our parashah mention the מָקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר יהוה (the place God will choose)?
Scroll down to see the answers!
Answers: 
  1. הַר עֵיבָל (Har Eival, Mount Eival) (11:29)
  2. Pour it on the ground (12:16)
  3. No! The Torah says that is God testing your loyalty (13:4)
  4. Ten: 1) שׁוֹר (shor, ox), 2) שֵׂה כְשָׂבִים (seh khesavim, sheep), 3) שֵׂה עִזִּים (seh izzim, goat), 4) אַיָּל (ayal, deer), 5) צְבִי (tzvi, gazelle), 6) יַחְמוּר (yahmur, roebuck), 7) אַקּוֹ (akko, wild goat), 8) דִישֹׁן (dishon, ibex), 9) תְאוֹ (te’o, antelope), 10) זָמֶר (zamer, mountain sheep) (14:4-5)
  5. You can take an equal amount of money instead, and use it to buy food to eat in God’s chosen place (14:24-26)
  6. Every seven years (15:1-2)
  7. חַג הַמַּצּוֹת (Hag Ha-Matzot, festival of matzahs); חַג הַשָּׁבֻעוֹת (Hag Ha-Shavuot, festival of weeks); חַג הַסֻּכּוֹת (Hag Ha-Sukkot, festival of booths) (16:16)
  8. There doesn’t seem to be one! We are told that it happens seven weeks after the standing grain is first cut down (16:9-10). Elsewhere, the Torah says that this counting of weeks starts מִמָּחֳרַת הַשַּׁבָּת (mimahorat ha-shabbat), which we understand as referring to the 2nd day of Pesah. That puts Shavuot at the 6th of Sivan.
  9. There doesn’t seem to be one! We are told that it happens when you are gathering in grain and wine (16:13). Elsewhere, the Torah says that this happens on the 15th of the seventh month (which we know as Tishrei).
  10. 16 times! (12:5, 12:11, 12:14, 12:18, 12:21, 12:26, 14:23, 14:24, 14:25, 15:20, 16:2, 16:6, 16:7, 16:11, 16:15, 16:16)