🐝 Parsha Bee – Q&A on Parshas Eikev

Q1: How many pesukim are in Parshas Eikev, and what is its siman?
👉 A: 111 pesukim; siman יעל״א

Q2: What is the haftorah for Eikev?
👉 A: Yeshayahu 49:14–51:3

Q3: How many mitzvos are in Eikev, and what is the breakdown?
👉 A: Eight total — six positive, two negative

Q4: Which mitzvah commands blessing Hashem after eating bread?
👉 A: Birkat Hamazon — “You shall eat, be satisfied, and bless Hashem”

Q5: Which mitzvah commands loving the convert?
❤️ A: Ahavat haGer — to love the convert

Q6: Which mitzvah commands fearing Hashem?
👉 A: Yirat Shamayim — to fear Hashem

Q7: Which mitzvah is the daily avodah of prayer?
🙏 A: To serve Hashem and daven to Him daily

Q8: What does “u’ledavka bo” teach?
👉 A: To attach oneself to Hashem by cleaving to Torah sages

Q9: Which mitzvah allows swearing by Hashem’s Name?
👉 A: To swear only in Hashem’s Name

Q10: What are the two negative mitzvos about idolatry in Eikev?
🚫 A: Not to benefit from ornaments of idolatry, nor from any item of idolatry

Q11: List three blessings promised for guarding the mitzvos.
👉 A: Abundant offspring/produce, removal of illnesses, victory over enemies

Q12: What specific health blessing is promised?
👉 A: Hashem will remove all illnesses from Israel

Q13: How will the nations of Canaan be driven out?
👉 A: Little by little, with Hashem sending the tzir’ah (wasp)

Q14: Why won’t enemies be annihilated quickly?
👉 A: Lest wild animals overrun the land

Q15: What must be done to idols and their ornaments?
🔥 A: Destroy and burn them; no benefit from their gold or silver

Q16: What did the manna teach about sustenance?
👉 A: “Man does not live on bread alone, but on the word of Hashem”

Q17: What miracle happened to clothing and feet in the desert?
👉 A: Clothing didn’t wear out; feet didn’t swell

Q18: Name the seven species of Eretz Yisrael listed in Eikev.
👉 A: Wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives, date‑honey

Q19: What natural resources are praised in the land?
👉 A: Stones are iron; mountains contain copper

Q20: Which pasuk is the source for Birkat Hamazon?
👉 A: “V’achalta v’savata u’verachta et Hashem Elokecha”

Q21: What danger follows becoming wealthy and comfortable?
😠 A: Forgetting Hashem and His mitzvos

Q22: What mistaken claim does Eikev warn against about success?
👉 A: Saying “My strength and the might of my hand made me this wealth”

Q23: Who gives the power to achieve wealth?
👉 A: Hashem gives the strength to succeed

Q24: What is the consequence of turning to other gods?
👉 A: Destruction and loss of Hashem’s protection

Q25: How are the Canaanite cities described?
👉 A: Fortified to the heavens; nations mightier than Israel

Q26: Why is Israel not inheriting the land due to its righteousness?
👉 A: Because of the nations’ wickedness and Hashem’s promise to the Avot

Q27: How is Israel’s character described here?
👉 A: A stiff‑necked (stubborn) nation

Q28: How long was Moshe on the mountain the first time?
👉 A: Forty days and forty nights without eating or drinking

Q29: What did Moshe do with the first Luchos?
💔 A: He broke them before the people

Q30: How did Moshe seek forgiveness after the Eigel?
👉 A: Fell before Hashem another forty days and nights in prayer

Q31: What was Hashem’s reaction to Aharon after the Eigel?
👉 A: Angry with Aharon; Moshe prayed for him too

Q32: What happened to the Golden Calf physically?
🔥 A: Burned, ground to dust, thrown into the brook from the mountain

Q33: Name two other incidents of rebellion recalled in Eikev.
👉 A: Tav’eirah and Kivrot HaTa’avah (plus refusal at Kadesh)

Q34: Who carved the second Luchos?
👉 A: Moshe carved them; Hashem wrote the words

Q35: What did Moshe make to house the Luchos?
👉 A: An Aron of acacia (shittim) wood

Q36: Where were the second Luchos placed?
👉 A: In the Aron Moshe made

Q37: Where did Aharon die and get buried?
👉 A: Moseirah (Mosera)

Q38: Who succeeded Aharon as Kohen Gadol?
👉 A: Elazar his son

Q39: Which stations are mentioned after Mosera?
👉 A: Gudgodah and Yotvatah, a land of streams of water

Q40: What were the Levi’im designated to do?
👉 A: Carry the Aron, serve before Hashem, bless in His Name

Q41: Why do the Levi’im have no land portion?
👉 A: Hashem is their portion

Q42: What does Hashem ask of Israel in Eikev’s summary?
👉 A: Fear Him, walk in His ways, love Him, serve with all heart and soul, keep mitzvos

Q43: What is “milat ha‑lev” commanded here?
👉 A: Remove the “orlah” of the heart — stop being stubborn toward Hashem

Q44: Which chesed command is repeated with added empathy?
❤️ A: Love the convert, for you were converts in Egypt

Q45: How does one “attach” to Hashem practically?
👉 A: By cleaving to Torah scholars and emulating them

Q46: Which family from the rebellion is singled out for punishment here?
👉 A: Dasan and Aviram — swallowed by the earth with their households

Q47: How is Eretz Yisrael contrasted with Egypt agriculturally?
👉 A: Egypt needed irrigation; Eretz Yisrael drinks rain from the heavens

Q48: How closely does Hashem watch Eretz Yisrael?
👉 A: His eyes are upon it from year’s beginning to year’s end

Q49: What are the rewards in “V’haya im shamoa” for loving and serving Hashem?
👉 A: Timely rain, grain/wine/oil harvests, pasture for animals, satiation

Q50: What warnings and mitzvos follow if hearts turn astray?
👉 A: Rain withheld; place these words on heart/soul, bind tefillin, teach children, affix mezuzot to lengthen days in the Land