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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?
Aliyah 4 (Bemidbar 20:14-21)
- What do Benei Yisrael offer to pay for, if they are allowed to pass through Edom?
- What path does Moshe want to take?
Aliyah 5 (Bemidbar 20:22-21:9)
- After Aharon died, how long did the people mourn?
- What kind of a snake did God tell Moshe to make?
Aliyah 6 (Bemidbar 21:10-20)
- What written book gets quoted in our parashah?
Aliyah 7 (Bemidbar 21:21-22:1)
- 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
Aliyah 2
- Water (20:1-2)
Aliyah 3
Aliyah 4
Aliyah 5
Aliyah 6
- 'סֵפֶר מִלְחֲמֹת ה (Sefer Milhamot Hashem, The Book of the Wars of God) (21:14)
Aliyah 7
- Edre’i (21:33)
From Anywhere in the parashah
Haftarah
- Eretz Tov (Shoftim 11:3)
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