QUESTIONS
1)What is the connection between the command to appoint local judges and policemen at the beginning of this Parsha with the laws of the festivals which were taught at the end of last week’s Parsha?
2)Why is the Kohein’s portion of the sacrifices specifically the arm, the jaw, and the stomach? (18:3)
3)Why does the Torah teach the laws of not breaching into someone else’s land amidst the laws of murder? (19:14) (more…)
QUESTIONS
1)Why does the Torah teach that IT WILL BE GOOD FOR YOUR CHILDREN specifically with regards to the command not to eat blood? (12:25)
2)Why does the Torah say OBSERVE AND LISTEN to all of its commands? (12:28) Shouldn’t the order be the other way around since first a person hears the commands and then one observes them?
3)How can the Torah state that the fulfillment of the Pesach laws is to enable us to remember the day we left Egypt ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIVES? (16:3) After all, these commands will insure that we remember that great day on Pesach, itself, when we perform these laws but not the rest of year! (more…)
1)Why does Moshe say AND G-D WILL GUARD HIS COVENANT TO YOU (LECHA)? (7:12) As the verse itself continues to relate, the covenant for our nation to succeed was made with our forefathers!
2)Moshe relates that when he prayed for the Jewish people after the sin of the golden calf, G-D listened to his prayers ALSO THAT TIME. (9:19) When else, prior to the revelation at Sinai, did Moshe pray and G-D heed his prayer?
3)Why does Moshe describe that he put the tablets into the Ark and THEY WERE THERE AS G-D COMMANDED ME? (10:5) Of course Moshe did it as G-D had commanded him! Why does this have to be specified? (more…)