- Give Pinchas' full name (Including grandfather)
Pinchas ben Eleazar ben Aaron haCohen.
- Hashem says that Pinchas turned His wrath away from the people. What
did Pinchas do and who were the main characters involved?
He killed Zimri ben Salu (a Shimonite) and Cozbi, a Midianite woman who
were acting improperly in front of the whole camp.
- What did Hashem tell Moshe to do, vis a vis the Midianites and why?
How does it relate to us today?
To harass and smite the Midianites, for by their wiles they beguiled
and led the Jewish people astray. Assimilation with non-Jews in the
diaspora.
- Hashem commanded two persons to take a census. Who were they? Who was
to be counted?
Moshe and Eleazar; everyone over 20, by tribe.
- What were two reasons for the census?
To plan for war and to determine how much land each tribe inherited.
- How was it to be determined which tribe got which land?
How much land
did the Levites get?
Were the Levites counted the same as the other tribes?
By lot;
None;
They counted every male from a month old and upward.
- What were the names of Moshe's mother and father?
Amram ben Kohath haLevi and Yocheved bat Levi.
- What were the names of Aaron's children? What happened to two of his
sons?
Nadav, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Nadav and Abihu were killed by Hashem
because they took strange fire into the sanctuary.
- Zelafchad had five daughters and no sons. Tell the story about them
as related in this weeks parasha. What were the names of at least three
of the daughters?
Zelafchad had no sons and his daughters asked Moshe if they could not
inherit their father's land rather than have it go to their father's
brothers. Machla, Noah, Chagla, Milcha, and Tirtza.
- If there were no sons or daughters in a family to receive an
inheritance, who was first in line?
Brothers of the deceased, then brothers of the deceased's father
(i.e., uncles on the father's side).
- When Hashem told Moshe that he would only get to see the Land, not
go into it, what did Moshe ask?
Moshe asked Hashem to choose the next leader of the people. He did
not plea to be allowed to enter the Land.
- From which mountain did Moshe see the land?
Abarim
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