Parashat Ki Tissa: Scavenger Hunt
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ShareWelcome to Devash's Parashah Scavenger Hunt for Parashat Ki Tissa! The answers to all of the questions can be found in the parashah.
Parashah Scavenger Hunt שְׁאֵלוֹת הַשָּׁבוּעַ
Welcome to Devash's Parashah Scavenger Hunt for Parashat Ki Tissa!
Aliyah 1 (Shemot 30:11-31:17)
- Who was Aholiav’s father?
- What sins in this aliyah get punished with כָּרֵת (karet, being “cut off” from the nation)?
Aliyah 2 (Shemot 31:18 to 33:11)
- What was the name of the tent that Moshe pitched outside of the camp?
- What special beverage did Benei Yisrael drink?
Aliyah 3 (Shemot 33:12-16)
- Two two-letter Hebrew words appear twice in the same verse. What are they?
- Can you find three appearances of words connected to the word פָּנִים (panim, face)?
Aliyah 4 (Shemot 33:17-23)
- What was Moshe not allowed to see?
Aliyah 5 (Shemot 34:1-9)
- When Moshe went back up the mountain, what was not allowed to be on it?
- Who did Moshe take with him when he went back up הַר סִינַי (Har Sinai, Mount Sinai)?
Aliyah 6 (Shemot 34:10-26)
- In what liquid are you not allowed to cook a kid (the animal!)?
- What holiday is connected to the wheat harvest?
Aliyah 7 (34:27-35)
- What did Moshe wear on his face after he came down from the mountain? Why?
- What did Moshe not know?
Look anywhere in the parashah to find the answer to these questions!
- What two things in our parashah are you not allowed to make for your own use?
- For the first and the second sets of לֻחוֹת (luhot, tablets): who wrote the words on the luhot? Who carved them?
- There is a group of six nations mentioned twice in our parashah. Can you name them all?
- Who describes Benei Yisrael as a stiff-necked people?
- Which pesukim in our parashah remind you of Elul and the יָמִים נוֹרָאִים (Yamim Noraim, High Holidays)?
From the Haftarah
(Melakhim Alef 18:1-39 for Ashkenazim and 18:20-39 for Sefardim)
- How many stones did Eliyahu use to build his מִזְבֵּחַ (mizbe’ah, altar)? Why?
Scroll down to see the answers!
Answers:
Aliyah 1
Aliyah 2
Aliyah 3
Aliyah 4
Aliyah 5
Aliyah 6
Aliyah 7
From anywhere in the parashah
- שֶׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה (shemen ha-mishha, the anointing oil) and קְטֹרֶת (ketoret, incense) (30:33, 38)
- God wrote the words both times; God made the first לֻחוֹת (luhot, tablets) and Moshe carved the second ones (32:16, 34:1)
- הַכְּנַעֲנִי הָאֱמֹרִי וְהַחִתִּי וְהַפְּרִזִּי הַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי (Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizites, Hivites, Jebusites) (33:2, 34:11)
- God (32:9, 33:3, 33:5) and Moshe (34:9)
- 34:6-7, which contain the י”ג מִדּוֹת הָרַחֲמִים (yud gimmel middot ha-rahamim, God’s 13 attributes of mercy) that we say in Selihot prayers
Haftarah:
- 12 stones to represent the tribes of Benei Yisrael (Melakhim Alef 18:31)
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