פרשת ויקרא

1) Why is there a small א in the word ויקרא at the beginning of this ספר? Why is not the same size as all letters? (רש"י ויקרא א:א)

2) What double wording is there in פסוק א? Why? (רש"י ויקרא א:א)

3) From where did Hashem speak to משה in the Mishkan? (רש"י ויקרא א:א)

4) What is another name for ספר ויקרא? Why?

5) What is the meaning of the word קרבן? Explain.

6) What must an animal look like when it is being brought as a קרבן (basic info)? (ויקרא א:ג)

7) What is the difference between מליקה and שחיטה? When is each used?

8) What does a קרבן מנחה consist of? (ויקרא ב:א-ג)

9) What does every קרבן include? (ויקרא ב:יג)

10) Why must this be brought with all sacrificers? (רש"י ויקרא ב:יג)

11) What is done today to remember this?

12) What קרבן is קלוי באש (roasted in fire)? (רש"י ויקרא ב:יד)

13) When was this קרבן brought? (ויקרא כג:ט-יד)

14) If a person did a sin unintentionally, what type of קרבן should they bring? (ויקרא ד)

15) When was the קרבן תמיד brought?

פרשת ויקהל-פקודי

1)  On which day did משה assemble the people? (רש"י שמות לה:א)

2) What important lesson do we learn from the fact that the מצוה of keeping שבת is written in this פרשה next to the construction of the משכן (why do these topics juxtapose on another)? (רש"י שמות לה:ב)

3) How many major kinds of work are we forbidden to do on שבת (NOT MOKTZAH)?

4) Why do we eat חמין on שבת (hot foods)? (see שמות לה:ג)

5) Why does the תורה single out the prohibition of lighting a fire on שבת above all others? (רש"י שמות לה:ג)

6) Explain כל נדיב לבו. Does the heart give??? (רש"י שמות לה:ה)

7) Who actually made the parts of the משקן, and constructed each aspect of it? (שמות לה:ל -לה)

8) List בצלאל‘s family lineage. (רש"י שמות לה:ל)

9) How was he able to create all of the needed parts? (שמות לה:לא)

10) Who helped with the making of the משכן construction? (שמות לה:לד)

11) What did he specifically do? (שמות לה:לד-לה)

12) Why did Hashem choose אהליאב to help בצלאל to oversee this important building project? (רש"י שמות לה:לד)

13) How much was collected for the building of the משכן in total? (שמות לו:ה)

14) What was done to prevent any more from being donated? (רש"י שמות לו:ו)

15) What was the reason for repeating all of the מלכת המשכן now? (רש"י שמות לח:כא)

16) List the names of all of the people that were tasked with overseeing the construction on the משכן building project. (שמות לח:כא-כג)

17) Why were the לויים involved in the משכן project? (רש"י שמות לח:כא)

18) In what style and manner did the בני ישראל create the parts of the משכן project? (שמות לט:לב)

19) Why did בצלאל and אהליאב bring the משכן to משה unbuilt? (רש"י שמות לט:לג)

20) When משה saw the משכן was finished, what did he say/do? (רש"י שמות לט:מג)

21) What was the date that the משכן was to be erected for the first time? (שמות מ:ב)

22) Who erected the משכן once all the parts were done? (שמות מ:יז-יח)

23) When was the משכן finally set up? (שמות מ:יז)

24) How could משה do this alone? (מוסף רש"י שמות מ:יז)

25) Why could משה no longer enter into the אהל מועד once it was set up? (שמות מ:לה)

26) How would the בני ישראל know when it was time to travel? (שמות מ:לד-לח)

27) Based on these פרשיות, please draw and label all of the parts of the משכן (to the best of your ability):

פרשת כי תשא

1) How should the בית ישראל count the number of people each year? What was used?    
 (שמות ל:יב-יג)

2) What age was counted? Why? (רש"י שמות ל:יד)

3) Who was allowed to give more or less than a מחצית השקל? (שמות ל:טו)

4) Why do you think this was? (YOU THINK QUESTION)

5) Describe the כיור as it was made. (רש"י שמות ל:יח)

6) Where was the כיור placed? Why? (שמות ל:יח-כא)

7) What was the כיור made of? Where did this material come from?
(שמות ל:יח and רש"י שמות לח:ח)

8) From where did the רבנן learn that the oil that משה made to anoint אהרון was used for all generations? (רש"י שמות ל:לא and תלמוד הוריות יא:)

9) Who was to build and oversee the creation of the משקן in it’s entirety? (שמות לא:ב)

10) Explain the difference between חכמה, בינה, and דעת (we use these three words in Tefila). (רש"י שמות לא:ג)

11) Why does the תורה interrupt the building of the משקן to discuss the מצוה of שבת? What do we learn from this? (רש"י שמות לא:יג).

12) כי אות הוא ביני וביניכם..., what is שבת a sign of? (רש"י שמות לא:יג)  

13) What was the date that Hashem gave משה the לוחת to bring to the Jewish people? (רש"י שמות לא:יח)

14) Explain אין מוקדם ומאוחר בתורה. How do we see this in פרשת כי תשא (Hint: look at the dates)? (רש"י שמות לא:יח)

15) How did the בני ישראל miscount the forty days that משה was on הר סיני (the first time)? (רש"י שמות לב:א)

16) Why did אהרן agree to help make a new god to lead the people? (רש"י שמות לב:ב)

17) How did the gold become a golden calf? (רש"י שמות לב:ד)

18) When משה was pleading with Hashem to forgive the בני ישראל, why did he mention אברהם, יצחק, and יעקב in his prayer? (רש"י שמות לב:יג)
19) Describe the writing on the לוחת as they were on the stones. (שמות לב:טו-טז , עיין ברש"י)

20) How did משה punish the בני ישראל for serving the עגל הזהב (three parts)? (רש"י שמות לב:כ)

21) What did משה ask of Hashem regarding His forgiveness to the people? (שמות לב:לב)

22) What big change would there be in the way that the בני ישראל traveled after the חט העגל (what was missing)? (שמות לג:א-ג)

23) How did the בני ישראל react to this news? What did they do? (שמות לג:ד)

24) What did משה do now that Hashem was no longer dwelling amongst the people?                         (שמות לג:ז)

25) Who should get the stones for the second לוחת? Why? (רש"י שמות לד:א)

26) Who wrote the second set of לוחת? Explain. (שמות לד:א)

27) List the thirteen attributes of Hashem. (שמות לד:ו-ז)

28) What did משה do when he heard Hashem say these attributes? Explain why.
 (שמות לד:ח ועיין ברש"י)


29) What did משה need to do after spending another forty days in Heaven with Hashem?
 (שמות לד:ל-לג)

30) What did he do when he spoke with Hashem? (שמות לד:ל-מא)

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פרשת תצוה - זכור

1) Why does this סדרה start with the word ואתה - and you, and not ויאמר ה' אל משה like we usually find?
(שמות כז:כ עיין בעל הטורים)

2) What does the גמרא tell us that we see from here? (מכות יא.)

3) What kind of oil was used in the משכן to light the מנורה each day? (שמות כז:כ)

4) Explain שמן זית זך (how was it made)?  (רש"י שמות כז:כ)

5) Where was the מנורה kept and lit? (Be exact in it’s location.) (שמות כז:כא)

6) List the בגדי כהונה (all eight garments)? (שמות כח:ד & כח:לו)

7) List which בגדים were for the כהן גדול and which were for the כהן הדיוט (based on #6). (עיין רש"י שמות כח:מ)

8) What were the בגדי כהונה made from? (שמות כח:ה)

9) What was engraved into the two אבני שהם (shoulder stones)?  (שמות כח:ט-י)

10) In what order were these written? List all. (רש"י שמות כח:י)

11) How many letters were on each? (רש"י שמות כח:י)

12) Why was the חושן called חושן משפט (law)? (רש"י שמות כח:טו)

13) What was placed on the חושן (chest-plate)? (שמות כח:יז-כ)

14) What should be written on the אבני מילוים (chest-plate)? (שמות כח:כא)

15) What was on the bottom of the מעיל(rode)? (שמות כח:לג-לד)

16) Why were these SO important? (שמות כח:לה)

17) What was engraved on the ציץ (gold plate on the forehead)? (שמות כח:לו)

18) During the inauguration of the כהנים, a פר was brought as a sin offering. For what sin did this offering atone? (רש"י שמות כט:א)

19) What should be made for the קטרת to be burned on? (שמות ל:א)

20) וכפר אהרן על קרנתיו אחת בשנה. When was this? (רש"י שמות ל:י)