Alphabetical Parsha Challenge: פרשת קדושים

א This מצוה is similar to כבד את אביך ואת אמך:

ב What should one do with the leftover meat from a korban that is no longer allowed to be eaten?

ג We can’t act wrongly toward a ________, but we have to treat him just like we would any other person, because we were once like him.  (Where?)

ד Righteousness means that we are not allowed to (unjustly) favor even this person:

ה If we see someone doing something wrong, we have a מצוה of:

ו This mitzvah is considered by Rabbi Akiva to be one of the foundations of the Torah.

ז We are supposed to show deference to a:

ח We are not supposed to insult or curse a __________

ט We are supposed to separate between what types of animals?         

י This is one type of raising spirits of the dead which we are not allowed to do.

כ This term refers to a prohibited mixture of two types of the same thing, such as animals, or plants.

ל While you are harvesting your fields, you are not supposed to pick up individual stalks of wheat that fall to the ground, rather you should leave them there for the poor.  What is this mitzvah called?

מ What are we not supposed to put in the path of a blind person?  (This can be interpreted metaphorically as well, to mean someone who is not literally blind, but ignorant of something.)

נ We aren’t allowed to make ourselves abominable; "לא תשקצו את ________ ,through animals that are טמא.

ס Although this word is not used in our parsha, its synonym is – and it is the punishment for those who practice raising spirits of the dead.

ע What is the term for fruit that grows on a tree during the first three years after it is planted?  This fruit may not be eaten.

פ One who brings a קרבן שלמים is allowed to eat from it for two days.  A sacrifice which was offered with the intention of eating it on the third day is called __________ and is not accepted.

צ We are supposed to act with ________ in our business dealings (ex. with weights and measurements).

ק This idea is stated three times in this parsha.  The command itself is rather vague, and the mefarshim debate what exactly it means, but it refers to an aspect of our behavior.

ר We are not allowed to round off the corners of this:

ש It is prohibited to wear a garment of wool and linen together.  This kind of mixture is called:

ת In the same sentence that we are told to observe Shabbos, we are also told to do what in relation to Hashem’s מקדש?

Alphabetical Haggadah Challenge

א What is the answer that we give to the חכם?

ב Which phrase expresses the idea that we have to imagine ourselves as if we were also taken out of Egypt?

ג With which phrase did Hashem tell אברם about שעיבוד מצרים?

ד We praise Hashem for doing so many great things for us.  After each one, we say !________, and yet Hashem continued to do even more!

ה What did the students of ר' אליעזר, ר' יהושע, ר' אלעזר בק עזריה, ר' עקיבא, & ר' טרפון come and tell them when these rabbis were discussing יציאת מצרים all night?

ו With which phrase did Hashem tell אברם that He would punish the Mitzrim for enslaving B’nei Yisrael?

ז We do כורך as _______  _______  _______

ח According to ר' יוסי הגלילי, how many plagues struck the Mitzrim at the sea?  (How does he arrive at this calculation?)

ט In one of the songs that we sing, these beings praise Hashem, saying, "...לך ה' הממלכה"

י In another of the songs that we sing, we praise Hashem by praising some of His qualities, with the hope and wish that, ________  ________  ________.

כ With these words at the start of מגיד, we invite any Jew who is hungry and needy, to come and join with us at our Seder.

ל Which 8 words in a row begin with this letter?  (It is expressing our obligation to thank Hashem for taking us out of slavery).

מ According to the second opinion in the Mishnah, the obligation of ספור יציאת מצרים starting from גנאי and ending with שבח means that we should start the story from where?

נ We say, “If Hashem had fed us the מן, but would not have ______________________________, it would have been sufficient for us…”

ס Although it isn’t technically part of the Seder, in חוץ לארץ we do this during נרצה on the second night.

ע This is the beginning of the answer, of why we do so many things differently on the Seder night.

פ During the time of the Beit HaMikdash, our ancestors ate this in commemoration of the fact that Hashem skipped over the houses of the Jews in Mitzrayim.

צ These words introduce the segment where we talk about the fact that Lavan wanted to destroy Yaakov Avinu.

ק We say in the Haggadah that at the beginning our ancestors worshipped idols, but now, _________  _________  _________.       

ר There is a discussion in מגיד as to whether the mitzvah of ספור יציאת מצרים begins from this day.  It is determined though, that it does not.

ש We mention the fact that we came down to Mitzrayim with only ___________________, but then Hashem made us as numerous as the stars.

ת We sing about the fact that this came and drank the water.  (The answer is in Aramaic.)  Why do we sing this song at the Seder?

Alphabetical Haggadah Challenge (for younger children)

א We aren’t supposed to eat anything else after we eat this.  (Do you know what this thing represents?)

ב We make this bracha four times during the course of the Seder: בא"ה אמ"ה ___________________

ג We say this bracha right before we say the bracha on the second כוס.  This theme is the main theme of Pesach.

ד What are the three groups of initials (סימנים) of the מכות?

ה These words/this song begins מגיד.  We indicate that the matzo is לחם עוני, and we invite anyone who is hungry to come and join us.  (This paragraph is in Aramaic, rather than Hebrew.  Why do you think that is?)

ו In which part of the Seder do we wash our hands without making a bracha?

ז This is one of the items on the Seder plate.  What is it supposed to remind us of?

ח We end the Seder singing ____________; it is an analogy to B’nei Yisrael.

ט ________  ר' was one of the 5 rabbis that sat, discussing יציאת מצרים all night long.

י Which matza are we supposed to use for כורך?

כ This is one of the two items that we ‘dip’ at the Seder.

ל Par’oh only decreed to destroy the males, but this man wanted to destroy everyone.

מ We discuss 4 differences between the Seder night and other times by asking this question:

נ The second time we do this at the Seder, we do it with a bracha.

ס The essence of the Seder is the fulfillment of which mitzvah?

ע The telling of the story begins with which idea?

פ This is the first of 3 items which are key components of the Seder.  According to Rabban Gamliel, if we don’t discuss these three things, we haven’t fulfilled our obligation.

צ We are supposed to make sure to get up to this part of the Seder before חצות.

ק Five rabbis, including Rabbi Akiva, were discussing יציאת מצרים all night long, until their students told them it was time for what?

ר This is one of the four sons; the one that excludes himself from the community.

ש We drink the wine and eat the matza at the Seder leaning to which side?

ת Which of the 4 sons asks, "מה זאת?"

Alphabetical Parsha Challenge: פרשת אחרי מות

א The ‘time stamp’ on the beginning of this parsha is when?

ב What are the clothes that the כהן גדול wears when he enters the קדש הקדשים made from?

ג What does the כהן גדול do to determine which שעיר was for each purpose?

ד In this parsha we are told about the prohibition to eat what?

ה What does the כהן גדול do with the blood of the פר החטאת and of the שעיר החטאת?

ו We are told to keep Hashem’s חוקים and משפטים, “________  ________”

ז Hashem does not want בנ"י bringing ________ outside of the אהל מועד.

ח The שעיר that is chosen לה' is offered as a:

ט An animal that died on its own is called a נבלה; an animal that was killed by another animal is called a ________.

י The whole beginning of this parsha is about the procedure of which day?

כ The things that the כהן גדול does on יום כפור are in order to get ________ for בנ"י.

ל Towards the end of the parsha we are given a whole list of relatives about whom we are told, “________  ________  ________”

מ To where does Aharon HaKohen send the שעיר that was left alive?

נ Regarding יום הכפורים we are told, "ועניתם את __________"

ס What does Aharon HaKohen do to the live שעיר before he sends it away?

ע One of the שעירים was for:

פ Where does Aharon HaKohen present the שעירים before Hashem as he chooses which שעיר is for each purpose?

צ Someone who ______________  must pour out the blood and cover it with dirt.

ק What special offering did the כהן גדול bring in the קדש הקדשים?

ר What does the כהן גדול do each time he changes his clothing that day?

ש Yom HaKippurim is called:

ת The end of the parsha lists a number of things which the previous inhabitants of א"י did.  All these are ________ and we are not allowed to do them.

Alphabetical Parsha Challenge: פרשת מצורע

א One item that is needed for the process of purifying the מצורע is:

ב The Kohen takes some of the blood from the קרבן אשם that the purified-מצורע brought, and puts it where?

ג What did the מצורע do twice during the purification process; once on the 1^st day and once on the 7^th?

ד The Torah makes an allowance for a ________; instead of bringing 3 lambs as korbanot, he brings only one lamb and two birds, instead.

ה What does the Kohen do with the items that were dipped in the blood of the bird?

ו Why does a person have to empty his house before the Kohen comes to check if it might have צרעת?

ז The second half of פרשת מצורע discusses the laws of טומאה and טהרה of the:

ח If there is suspected צרעת on the walls of a house, the Kohen closes off the house for 7 days.  When he re-checks it, if he finds that the נגע has spread in the walls, what happens?

ט This parsha focuses on which aspect of the laws of צרעת on a person?

י Which אצבע does the Kohen use to do the sprinklings of blood and oil?

כ In order to become טהור, depending on the degree of טומאה that a person has, some people, in addition to immersing their bodies in water must:

ל How much שמן does a מצורע take to bring with his korbanot for his purification?

מ Where does the מצורע stay for the 7 days after he is purified?

נ What do you have to do to a house in which the צרעת has come back after having been scraped clean and replastered?

ס What does a זב or זבה do after he/she is no longer having a discharge?

ע A person purifying himself from צרעת brings 3 korbanot: an אשם, a חטאת and an:

פ When someone suspects that their house might have צרעת, what do they have to do before the Kohen comes to check it?

צ During the purification process for something with צרעת, one of these is dipped into the blood of a second one:

ק Like all חטאת offerings, the אשם of the מצורע is also:

ר After the Kohen sprinkles some of the oil לפני ה' and puts some of it on the ear, thumb and big toe of the purified מצורע, where does he put the rest of the oil?

ש During his purification, how many times was the מצורע sprinkled with the blood of the bird?

ת This is one of the parts of the מצורע’s body that had blood and then oil put on it during the purification process.