1. Chazal say (Kid 40a) that a decision to do good is rewarded as if you had done it, while the intention to do a sin is not punished. The same is true for Brachos and Klalos. Where do we see this in the first few pesukim in the parsha?
2. The Torah talks about three harim/mountains in this parsha (besides the general location of idol worship.) Two are identified by name, while the third is left unidentified.
3. What part of Krias Shema is the formula for overcoming the fear of a person with supernatural abilities who tells you that Hashem has changed His Torah.
4. Who executes the person found guilty of sedition against the Torah?
5. A common animal that you would think is mentioned more often but is actually only mentioned four times in the Torah, all in this week’s parsha. The name is also used in Akdamos and elsewhere in Tanach as an adjective meaning desire or beauty.
6. Is there a mitzva of Aliyah laregel on Shmini Atzeres.
7. Was there a mitzva of Aliyah LaRegel to the Mishkan, or only to the Beis HaMikdash?
8. Among Ashkenazim, women make a bracha on mitzvos they do not have to do, such as Lulav and Shofar and Tzitzis. (Sefardim do not, following the Rambam, because וציוונו is really not applicable.) If there was a bracha on Aliya LaRegel, would Ashkenazi women make a bracha on that mitzvah?
9. Which laws in this parsha refer to the number seven? (5 answers)
1. Chazal say (Kid 40a) that a decision to do good is rewarded as if you had done it, while the intention to do a sin is not punished. The same is true for Brachos and Klalos. Where do we see this in the first few pesukim in the parsha?
11:26-28
רְאֵ֗ה אָנֹכִ֛י נֹתֵ֥ן לִפְנֵיכֶ֖ם הַיּ֑וֹם בְּרָכָ֖ה וּקְלָלָֽה׃
אֶֽת־הַבְּרָכָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּשְׁמְע֗וּ אֶל־מִצְוֺת֙ ה’ אלקיכם אֲשֶׁ֧ר אָנֹכִ֛י מְצַוֶּ֥ה אֶתְכֶ֖ם הַיּֽוֹם׃
וְהַקְּלָלָ֗ה אִם־לֹ֤א תִשְׁמְעוּ֙ אֶל־מִצְוֺת֙ ה’ אלקיכם וְסַרְתֶּ֣ם מִן־הַדֶּ֔רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֧ר אָנֹכִ֛י מְצַוֶּ֥ה אֶתְכֶ֖ם הַיּ֑וֹם לָלֶ֗כֶת אַחֲרֵ֛י אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־יְדַעְתֶּֽם׃
For Bracha, Tishme'u is enough. For klalah, only Lo tishme'u plus vesartem.
2. The Torah talks about three harim/mountains in this parsha (besides the general location of idol worship.) Two are identified by name, while the third is left unidentified.
11:29, Gerizim and Eival.
12:11 , the Har Habayis. It is not named, but it is referred to.
והיה המקום אשר יבחר ה’ אלקיכם בו לשכן שמו שם שמה תביאו את כל אשר אנכי מצוה אתכם
3. What part of Krias Shema is the formula for overcoming the fear of a person with supernatural abilities who tells you that Hashem has changed His Torah.
ואהבת את ה' אלוקיך בכל לבבך ובכל נפשך
The passuk (13:4) says that if you withstand the navi sheker, it is only because of that great Ahava and nothing else.
לֹ֣א תִשְׁמַ֗ע אֶל־דִּבְרֵי֙ הַנָּבִ֣יא הַה֔וּא א֛וֹ אֶל־חוֹלֵ֥ם הַחֲל֖וֹם הַה֑וּא כִּ֣י מְנַסֶּ֞ה ה’ אלקיכם אֶתְכֶ֔ם לָדַ֗עַת הֲיִשְׁכֶ֤ם אֹֽהֲבִים֙ אֶת ה’ אלקיכם בְּכׇל־לְבַבְכֶ֖ם וּבְכׇל־נַפְשְׁכֶֽם
4. Who executes the person found guilty of sedition against the Torah?
The person he attempted to seduce.
13:10
כִּ֤י הָרֹג֙ תַּֽהַרְגֶ֔נּוּ יָ֥דְךָ֛ תִּֽהְיֶה בּ֥וֹ בָרִֽאשׁוֹנָ֖ה לַהֲמִית֑וֹ וְיַ֥ד כׇּל הָעָ֖ם בָּאַחֲרֹנָֽה׃
5. A common animal that you would think is mentioned more often but is actually only mentioned four times in the Torah, all in this week’s parsha. The name is also used in Akdamos and elsewhere in Tanach as an adjective meaning desire or beauty.
Tzvi.
12:15 וְהַטָּהוֹר֙ יֹאכְלֶ֔נּוּ כַּצְּבִ֖י וְכָאַיָּֽל׃
12:22 יֵאָכֵ֤ל אֶֽת הַצְּבִי֙ וְאֶת הָ֣אַיָּ֔ל
14:5 אַיָּ֥ל וּצְבִ֖י וְיַחְמ֑וּר וְאַקּ֥וֹ
15:22 וְהַטָּהוֹר֙ יַחְדָּ֔ו כַּצְּבִ֖י וְכָאַיָּֽל׃
Akdamos- צְבִי וְאִתְרָעִי בָן וּמְסַר לָן אוֹרָיְתָא
(also, in the same pesukim, Ayal.)
6. Is there a mitzva of Aliyah laregel on Shmini Atzeres.
No. It is not mentioned in the end of our parsha, because unlike Pesach, Shavuos, and Sukkos, there is no mitzva of Aliyah LaRegel on Shmini Atzeres.
7. Was there a mitzva of Aliyah LaRegel to the Mishkan, or only to the Beis HaMikdash?
There is no mitzvah until the Beis Hamikdash was built; By each of the Regalim, and in the final passuk, it says במקום אשר יבחר השם, and that means the Har HaBayis. See Ramban 16:11.
וְהִזְכִּיר כָּאן בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר ה' לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמוֹ שָׁם, וְכֵן אָמַר (דברים ט"ז:ט"ז) שָׁלוֹשׁ פְּעָמִים בַּשָּׁנָה יֵרָאֶה כָל זְכוּרְךָ וְגוֹ' בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחָר, וְלֹא יָדַעְתִּי אִם לוֹמַר כִּי לְאַחַר שֶׁיִּבָּנֶה בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ לֹא נֵאָסֵף לְהַקְרִיב קָרְבְּנוֹת הָרְגָלִים אֶלָּא בַּמָּקוֹם הַהוּא אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר ה', כַּטַּעַם שֶׁיֹּאמַר (דברים ט"ז:ה') לֹא תוּכַל לִזְבֹּחַ אֶת הַפָּסַח בְּאַחַד שְׁעָרֶיךָ, אוֹ שֶׁיְּבָאֵר כָּאן שֶׁלֹּא יִתְחַיְּבוּ לַעֲלוֹת לָרֶגֶל עַד אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר הַשֵּׁם מָקוֹם לְשִׁכְנוֹ שָׁם:
8. Among Ashkenazim, women make a bracha on mitzvos they do not have to do, such as Lulav and Shofar and Tzitzis. (Sefardim do not, following the Rambam, because וציוונו is really not applicable.) If there was a bracha on Aliya LaRegel, would Ashkenazi women make a bracha on that mitzvah?
No. Because it says זכורך (16:16).
שָׁל֣וֹשׁ פְּעָמִ֣ים בַּשָּׁנָ֡ה יֵרָאֶ֨ה כׇל זְכוּרְךָ֜ אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י ה’ אלקיך בַּמָּקוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִבְחָ֔ר
Unlike other mitzvos which are general but women are excused because of Zman Grama, this mitzva was only given to men. Women are not in the parsha of the mitzva at all.
(Based on R Chaim Kanievsky’s טעמא דקרא at the end of the parsha.)
Important to know: Reb Chaim's postulate that when the mitzva is directed only to men, a woman who does the mitzva gets no schar at all, should be examined in light of the Rambam who seems to say that even a non-Jew who does mitzvos is rewarded.
י' שופטים י'
בן נח שרצה לעשות מצוה משאר מצות התורה כדי לקבל שכר. אין מונעין אותו לעשות כהלכתה.
פיה"מ תרומות (פ"ג משנה ט') "הנכרי והכותי שתרמו תרומתן תרומה" וכתב הרמב"ם "הנכרים אע"פ שאינן חייבין במצוות אם עשו מהם שום דבר יש להם קצת שכר וזהו מן העיקר שלנו, וכיון שהן משתתפין עמנו בשכר, מעשיהן במצוות קיימין"
On the other hand, Reb Moshe (YD II:7) strongly disagrees with this interpretation of the Rambam. Also the Ohr Hachaim in Yisro (19:10) and the Chazon Ish (YD 65:6) state absolutely that a non-Jew who does mitzvos achieves absolutely nothing.
And my grandson Moshe Lawrence pointed out that even if you read the Rambam differently than Reb Moshe, even the Rambam would not say that a non-Jew who does mitzvos can make a bracha on doing them. Whatever schar he may have is too tenuous to justify a bracha. Furthermore, it is theoretically possible that a mitzva done by non-Jew has more meaning than Aliyah LaRegel by a woman; before mattan Torah, the mitzvos were universal, as we see in the Avos doing the mitzvos. But a mitzva that is inherently directed towards women was never given to them.
9. Which laws in this parsha refer to the number seven? (5 answers)
Shmittah occurs every seventh year (15:1).
An Eved Ivri or Amah Ivriyah go free on the seventh year, after working for six years (15:12).
Seven days of Pesach (16:3, 4, 8).
Seven weeks of counting the Omer (16:9).
Seven days of Sukkos (16:13, 15).
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