Friday, May 16, 2014

Alphabetical Parsha Challenge: פרשת בחקתי

א Together with the answer to letter ‘ה’, Hashem promises us these two aspects if we follow in His ways.
ב If we don’t follow in Hashem’s ways, He will make our heavens like:
ג What is one of the things that Hashem will provide if we follow his commandments?
ד If we follow Hashem’s ways, then the season for _______ will run into the season of the grape harvest (because the former will be so plentiful).
ה Together with the answer to letter ‘א’, Hashem promises us these two aspects if we follow in His ways.
ו The parsha starts out, "אם בחקתי תלכו".  If we do this, then Hashem will reciprocate, “__________  ___________”
ז If when we are in גלות we are sorry for our sinful behavior, what will Hashem do?
ח The value of a person in what age group (______ to ______) is worth the least?
ט If an animal (that may be brought as a korban) is pledged to Hashem, it may not be exchanged ______  ______
י The value of a field is calculated in relation to what?
כ Part of the curse is that even though no one will be chasing them, people will ____________________.
ל Hashem reassures us by saying that even though we are in galus, “_________________________”.
מ If we follow in Hashem’s ways, what will He place among us?
נ If we follow Hashem’s ways, He promises that He will do this for us: “_________________________”
ס The mitzvot in this parsha were given to Moshe Rabbeinu where?
ע A significant portion of this parsha discusses the laws of someone who makes a נדר to Hashem regarding what?
פ What should be done with a non-kosher animal that was designated for the upkeep of the Beit HaMikdash?
צ Ma’aser is taken not only from produce, but also from what?
ק We are warned not to behave towards Hashem in this way, or He will behave towards us in this way:
ר If we do not follow in Hashem’s ways, He will not ‘smell’ (pay attention to) our:
ש During the time that we are in גלות, Eretz Yisrael will make up for what?
ת Part of the curse is that 10 women will have to bake bread in one __________

Friday, May 9, 2014

Alphabetical Parsha Challenge: פרשת בהר

א At the end of the parsha we are told that we are not allowed to make these for ourselves:
ב Hashem promises that if we follow his halachos, we will live in Eretz Yisrael  ______ל.
ג What is the term for a person who buys back land that his relative sold?
ד What are we supposed to proclaim throughout the land, for all who live there, during a yovel year?
(This pasuk is inscribed in English on the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia!)
ה Where was Moshe when he received the laws of shemita?
ו Because some of the halachos in this parsha are dependent on the intention of the person doing them, and are otherwise hidden from sight, we are therefore warned:
ז This is one type of work that we are not allowed to do in Eretz Yisrael during a shemita year:
ח Which (number) year is set aside to be the Yovel year?
ט Although no word beginning with ט appears in this parsha, in what context does the number 9 come up?
י This is the only holiday that is mentioned in this parsha.  (And in what context is it mentioned?)
כ In relating the halachos of shemita, the Torah specifies that it applies to both fields and:
ל Whose cities and fields can always be redeemed (bought back) at any time and never become the permanent acquisition of someone who buys it from them?
מ When one buys a field from his neighbor, according to what should the payment be calculated?
נ If a person borrows money, what are you not allowed to take from him?
ס Although these were not planted, but rather grew on their own, one is not allowed to harvest them during the shemita year:
ע A house in this location may be redeemed for up until a year after it is sold; after that point, it may not be bought back, and isn’t returned even during a yovel year.
פ If a Jew sells himself as a slave to you, you are not allowed to make him do this kind of work:
צ If we keep the halachos of shemita, what will Hashem do for us in the sixth year?
ק This is one type of work that we are not allowed to do in Eretz Yisrael during a shemita year:
ר If a Jew sells himself as a slave to a non-Jew, and then is able to redeem himself through payment, he calculates the payment based on whether there are still ________  ________, or fewer remain.
ש What (number) year is set aside to be a shemita year?  How many shemita cycles happen before a yovel year?
ת We are commanded to sound a ________ on the 10th day of the 7th month of the yovel year.

Friday, May 2, 2014

Alphabetical Parsha Challenge: פרשת אמור

א A Kohen is allowed to become טמא למת for this relative only If certain conditions are met.
ב When on the 14th of Nisan is the Pesach offering brought?
ג A Kohen is not allowed to marry a woman who is a:
ד The Jewish woman who had a son with an Egyptian man was שלמית בן ______.
ה What does the Kohen do with the korban ha’omer that is brought on the second day of Pesach?
ו What are we supposed to do on the tenth day of the seventh month?
ז What are we supposed to have on the first day of the seventh month?
ח What penalty does a non-Kohen have to pay if he accidentally eats something that was קודש?
ט The Kohen Gadol was not allowed to become _______________, even for his mother or father.
י The tenth day of the seventh month is known as:
כ One of the ד' מינים that we are supposed to take for ourselves on חג הסוכות is:
ל What was placed on top of the stacks of לחם הפנים which were on the שלחן?
מ This disqualifies a Kohen from bringing korbanot:
נ What was שמן זית זך used for in the משכן?
ס What were B’nei Yisrael supposed to do to the son of the Jewish woman and Egyptian man?
ע The eighth day after the start of חג הסוכות is called:
פ What mitzvah is when one leaves the wheat in the corner of the field for the poor?
צ A Kohen who has this is not allowed to eat from קדשים.
ק What sin did the man who had a Jewish mother and an Egyptian father do?
ר In addition to waiting until nightfall, what must a Kohen who is טמא do before he is allowed to eat קדשים?
ש How much time must elapse after an animal is born before it is allowed to be brought as a korban?
ת Any animal offered as a korban must be: