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Parsha Naso

  1. What were the names of the 3 Levite families that were to do the service of The Tent of Meeting and under whose guidance were they?

    Gershonites, Merarites, and Kohatites; Aaron and his sons


  2. At what age were those performing this service required to retire?

    50


  3. How many were counted from these three families between the ages of 30 and 50?

    8580


  4. What was Moshe told to do with lepers, and why?

    To put them outside the camp, so as not to defile the place where G-d dwelled.


  5. Who else was to be sent outside the camp?

    Those who were unclean by the dead, and those who had an issue.


  6. From what were those who took the vow of a Nazirite to abstain during their period of their vows?

    Wine and strong drink; vinegar; fresh or dried grapes; cutting their hair; avoid coming near a dead body.


  7. When the Tabernacle and all that was to go within were completed, anointed, and sanctified, the Princes of the tribes brought their offerings. What were the offerings and who received them?

    6 covered wagons and 12 oxen; they were divided among the Gershonites and Merarites.


  8. Then the princes also brought a dedication offering. Were the dedication offerings of the princes all the same, and if not, how did they differ?

    They were all the same.


  9. Over how many days did the dedication offerings take place?

    12


  10. The wife of Manoah was visited by an angel of G-d, and even though she was barren was told that she would bear a child. What was to be the role of that child?

    He would begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.


  11. When Manoah met the angel, how did he recognize that he was an angel?

    When Manoah and his wife made a burnt offering to G-d, the angel ascended to heaven in the flame from the altar.