- We are told that when a man makes a vow, he is bound to fulfill it. What kind of vow is specifically mentioned and how do we avoid making a "vow" even though we may feel the need to make an oath?
Specifically we are talking about promises to Hashem. After uttering the 'vow', we say "b'li neder".
- Under what circumstances may a minor female, living in her father's home, make a vow that stands, and under what circumstances may it be voided?
If her father hears it and does not disallow it; her father may void the vow by disallowing it when he hears her make it.
- How many men from each tribe were armed to go to war against the Midianites?
1000
- Pinchas was sent out with the men of war. What did he carry with him?
The holy vessels and the trumpets for the alarm.
- Precisely where are the plains of Moab?
By the Jordan River at Jericho.
- How were the spoils of war divided between those who went to war and those who did not?
50/50
- Which tribes asked to remain east of the Jordan; i.e., they chose not to go into the Land? What was Moshe's response?
Reuven and Gad. Their armed men would have to go into the land and fight. If they did so, the women and children could stay east of the Jordan, and after the Land was secure, the armed men could return east.
- Vis a vis question 7, of what does it remind you today?
Jews outside of Israel seeing life in the diaspora as 'the good life' compared to living in the Land, but being willing to support those in the Land when there is a crisis.
- Hashem swore that no men who left Egypt that were over the age of 20, with the exception of Caleb and Joshua, would see the Land. Is this, in fact, what happened?
No. Moshe saw the land from Mt. Abarim.
- How does this week's parsha confirm the previous concerns of Balak which were what?
That these people coming out of Egypt were numerous, strong, and a huge threat to the Midianites.
- What are the 2 mitzvoth in this week's parasha?
The precept of the Law of Nullifying Vows and that we should not break our word in vows that we make.
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