Parashat Va'ethanan: Scavenger Hunt
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Parashah Scavenger Hunt שְׁאֵלוֹת הַשָּׁבוּעַ

Welcome to Devash's Parashah Scavenger Hunt for Parashat Va'etchanan!
  1. Who does Moshe blame for the fact that he cannot enter the land? Look for the answer in Aliyah #1 (Devarim 3:23-4:4)
  2. The people are warned not to make statues or images of which five types of living things? Look for the answer in Aliyah #2 (Devarim 4:5-40)
  3. What was the name of the עִיר מִקְלָט (ir miklat, city of refuge) in the territory of the tribe of Gad? Look for the answer in Aliyah #3 (Devarim 4:41-49)
  4. What is Shabbat supposed to remind us of, according to our parashah? Look for the answer in Aliyah #4 (Devarim 5:1-18)
  5. What do the people ask Moshe to do after they encounter God through fire? Look for the answer in Aliyah #5 (Devarim 5:19-6:3)
  6. What three parts of the body are mentioned in the first paragraph of the Shema? Look for the answer in Aliyah #6 (Devarim 6:4-25)
  7. What does the Torah say is not a reason that God chose Benei Yisrael? Look for the answer in Aliyah #7 (Devarim 7:1-11)
  8. In our parashah, what is the Hebrew term for the Ten Commandments?
  9. What famous lines from the Haggadah can you find in our parashah?
  10. There is a verse on our parashah that contains all 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Which one is it?
Scroll down to see the answers!
Answers: 
  1. The people (3:26)
  2. People, land animals, birds, crawling things, fish (4:16-18)
  3. Ramot (4:43)
  4. That we were slaves in Egypt and God freed us (5:16)
  5. Make sure God stops talking to them directly! They want Moshe to speak to God alone, and pass along what he hears (5:22-24)
  6. The heart (6:5-6), the arm, and the eyes (6:8)
  7. Their size—in fact, they are very small! (7:7)
  8. עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים (Aseret Ha-Devarim, the Ten Words or Statements) (4:13)
  9. עֲבָדִים הָיִינוּ לְפַרְעֹה בְּמִצְרָיִם…וְאוֹתָנוּ הוֹצִיא מִשָּׁם לְמַעַן הָבִיא אֹתָנוּ לָתֶת לָנוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע לַאֲבֹתֵינוּ (We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt…and God took us out of there in order to bring us to and give us the land that was sworn to our ancestors) (6:21,23)
  10. 4:34—Here it is with one of each letter bolded:
אוֹ  הֲנִסָּה אֱלֹהִים לָבוֹא לָקַחַת לוֹ גוֹי מִקֶּרֶב גּוֹי בְּמַסֹּת בְּאֹתֹת וּבְמוֹפְתִים וּבְמִלְחָמָה וּבְיָד חֲזָקָה וּבִזְרוֹעַ נְטוּיָה וּבְמוֹרָאִים גְּדֹלִים כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה לָכֶם יהוה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם בְּמִצְרַיִם לְעֵינֶיךָ׃