Parsha Bee – Acharei Mos & Kedoshim

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Parsha Bee – Acharei Mos & Kedoshim

Parshas Acharei Mos

General

  1. How many total pesukim are in Parshas Acharei Mos?
  2. Which Navi is read for the Haftorah of Acharei Mos?
  3. How many total mitzvos are there in Acharei Mos?
  4. How many positive mitzvos and how many negative mitzvos appear in the Parsha?

Rishon

  1. Why does the Torah recount the death of Aharon’s sons at the beginning of the Parsha?
  2. Under what condition may the Kohen Gadol enter the Kodesh?
  3. Which four special garments must the Kohen Gadol wear during the Yom Kippur Avodah?
  4. Which offerings does the Kohen Gadol bring on Yom Kippur for himself?
  5. Which offerings do Bnei Yisrael bring for Yom Kippur?
  6. What process is used to distinguish between the two goats brought on Yom Kippur?
  7. Where is the Azazel goat sent?

Sheini

  1. How many times is the blood sprinkled on the Mizbeach?
  2. On which parts of the Mizbeach is the blood placed?
  3. What does the Kohen Gadol do before the live goat is sent to the desert?
  4. What sins does the Azazel goat carry away?
  5. Which offering does Aharon bring after changing his garments?

Shelishi

  1. What is done with the Cheilev of the Chatas?
  2. What must the escort of the Azazel goat do before re-entering the camp?
  3. Where are the Chatas animals burned?
  4. On which day and month is Yom Kippur?
  5. What type of day is Yom Kippur described as (“Shabbos ___”)?
  6. Who must perform the Yom Kippur Avodah each year?

Revi’i

  1. What is the punishment for slaughtering a korban outside the Mishkan?
  2. Why is slaughtering outside considered comparable to spilling blood?
  3. To whom must all korbanos be brought?
  4. Which forbidden beings were korbanos being offered to instead?

Chamishi

  1. Who is included in the prohibition of offering korbanos outside the Mikdash?
  2. Why is eating blood prohibited according to the Torah?
  3. What consequence is given for eating blood?
  4. Which types of animals require Kisui HaDam?

Shishi

  1. What happens to someone who eats a neveilah or treifah bird?
  2. What is required for purification after eating a neveilah?
  3. Which two nations’ practices are Bnei Yisrael warned not to follow?
  4. Why does the Torah say kept mitzvos lead to life?

Shevi’i

  1. What does the phrase “revealing ervah” mean in this Parsha?
  2. Name three forbidden familial relationships mentioned.
  3. What punishment affects the land if these sins are committed?
  4. What happens to one who gives offspring to Molech?
  5. Which acts are described as “to’eivah”?
  6. Why can Eretz Yisrael “vomit out” its inhabitants?

Parshas Kedoshim

General

  1. How many pesukim are in Parshas Kedoshim?
  2. Which Navi is read for the Haftorah of Kedoshim?
  3. How many total mitzvos appear in Kedoshim?
  4. What is the opening command of the Parsha?

Rishon

  1. What three mitzvos open the Parsha together?
  2. How long may a Shelamim offering be eaten?
  3. What must be done with leftover Kodshim on the third day?
  4. Which kareis punishment is mentioned in the opening aliyah?
  5. Which four agricultural gifts must be left for the poor?
  6. Why are converts included in the gifts to the poor?
  7. Which forms of theft are mentioned explicitly?

Sheini

  1. What are judges warned against when issuing rulings?
  2. Which mitzvah prohibits remaining silent when someone is in danger?
  3. What is the proper manner to rebuke a sinner?
  4. Which mitzvah is called a “great rule of the Torah”?
  5. What are the three forms of kilayim mentioned?

Shelishi

  1. How long is Orlah forbidden?
  2. Where must Neta Revai fruit be eaten?
  3. Which superstitious practices are prohibited?
  4. Why is tattooing prohibited?
  5. How must one show respect to elders?
  6. What behavior demonstrates fear of the Mikdash?

Revi’i

  1. How must converts be treated?
  2. Why does the Torah repeat honesty in business?
  3. What reminder is given as the reason to keep the mitzvos?

Chamishi

  1. What punishment is given for serving Molech?
  2. What happens if the people ignore the offender?
  3. How does Molech worship desecrate Hashem’s Name?

Shishi

  1. Which sins carry the death penalty listed in this aliyah?
  2. What is the punishment for adultery?
  3. What punishment is given for bestiality?
  4. What happens to one who sleeps with a nida with penetration?
  5. Which sins result in being “aririm” (childless)?

Shevi’i

  1. Why are Bnei Yisrael commanded not to follow gentile statutes?
  2. What is the purpose of distinguishing between pure and impure animals?
  3. Why does Hashem say He separated us from the nations?
  4. What is the punishment for Ov or Yidoni?

ANSWER KEY – Parsha Bee

 

Acharei Mos

General

  1. 80
  2. Amos 9:7–15
  3. 28
  4. 2 positive, 26 negative

Rishon

  1. To warn about improper entry into the Kodesh and set the framework for Yom Kippur.
  2. When the cloud is on the Kapores.
  3. Ksones, Michnasayim, Avneit, Mitznefes (four linen garments).
  4. A bull for a Chatas and a ram for an Olah.
  5. Two goats for Chatas and one ram for an Olah.
  6. A lottery (goral).
  7. To the wilderness/desert.

Sheini

  1. Seven times
  2. On the corners of the Mizbeach
  3. He confesses the sins of Bnei Yisrael.
  4. All the sins of the Jewish people.
  5. His Olah and the Olah of the nation.

Shelishi

  1. It is burned on the Mizbeach.
  2. Wash clothes and immerse in a mikveh.
  3. Outside the camp.
  4. 10th day of the 7th month.
  5. Shabbos Shabbason.
  6. The Kohen Gadol.

Revi’i

  1. Kares.
  2. Because it is considered spilling blood.
  3. The Mishkan / Beis HaMikdash.
  4. Shedim (demons).

Chamishi

  1. Jews and converts.
  2. Because the soul is in the blood.
  3. Kares.
  4. Wild animals (Chayah) and birds.

Shishi

  1. He becomes tamei until evening.
  2. Wash clothes and immerse.
  3. Egypt and Canaan.
  4. Because Hashem’s mitzvos give true life.

Shevi’i

  1. Forbidden marital relations.
  2. Any three, e.g. mother, sister, aunt.
  3. The land becomes defiled.
  4. Death and Kares.
  5. Homosexual relations, bestiality.
  6. Because sin defiles the land.

 

 

Parshas Kedoshim

General

  1. 64
  2. Yechezkel 20:2–20
  3. 51
  4. “Kedoshim tihyu” – Be holy

Rishon

  1. Holiness, fearing parents, Shabbos.
  2. That day and the next day.
  3. Burned on the third day.
  4. Eating Nosar.
  5. Peiah, Leket, Olalos, Peret.
  6. Because they are also needy and vulnerable.
  7. Stealing, denying debt, false oaths.

Sheini

  1. Favoring rich or poor.
  2. Lo saamod al dam re’echa.
  3. Without embarrassing.
  4. Love your fellow as yourself.
  5. Animals, seeds, clothing (shatnez).

Shelishi

  1. Three years.
  2. In Yerushalayim.
  3. Divination and superstition.
  4. Because it is forbidden bodily marking.
  5. Standing up for elders.
  6. Not entering with staff, shoes, or belt.

Revi’i

  1. Like a full Jew.
  2. Because honesty is foundational to holiness.
  3. Yetzi’as Mitzrayim.

Chamishi

  1. Stoning.
  2. Hashem Himself cuts them off.
  3. It defiles the Mikdash and Hashem’s Name.

Shishi

  1. Adultery, incest, bestiality, homosexual relations.
  2. Death for both parties.
  3. Death for both.
  4. Kares.
  5. Sleeping with an aunt or brother’s wife.

Shevi’i

  1. Because Hashem rejected those ways.
  2. To remain holy and pure.
  3. To be Hashem’s nation.
  4. Stoning.

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