Parashat VaYakhel: Scavenger Hunt
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ShareWelcome to Devash's Parashah Scavenger Hunt for Parashat VaYakhel! 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 VaYakhel!
Aliyah 1 (Shemot 35:1-20)
- How many times does the word אֶת (et) or וְאֶת (v’et) appear in the first 20 verses of our parashah?
- What specific activity is forbidden on Shabbat?
Aliyah 2 (Shemot 35:21-29)
- What special job does the Torah say was done by women?
- Who brought the precious stones for the אֵפוֹד (ephod) and the חֹשֶׁן (hoshen) that the כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל (kohen gadol, high priest) wore?
Aliyah 3 (Shemot 35:30-36:7)
- Betzalel was the chief artist and architect of the mishkan. Who was his grandfather?
- What two words are repeated twice in a row?
Aliyah 4 (Shemot 36:8-19)
- What made the mishkan into one unified structure?
Aliyah 5 (Shemot 36:20-37:16)
- How many קְרָשִׁים (kerashim, planks) were made for the mishkan in total?
- Who made the אָרֹן (aron, ark)?
Aliyah 6 (Shemot 37:17-29)
- The description of the מְנוֹרָה (menorah) involves all the numbers from 1 to 7, except one number. Which is it?
Aliyah 7 (Shemot 38:1-20)
- Was the מִזְבַּח הָעוֹלָה (mizbah ha-olah, altar for sacrifices) taller than it was wide, or wider than it was tall?
- What was the כִּיּוֹר (kiyor, washbasin) made out of?
Look anywhere in the parashah to find the answer to these questions!
- Which two names for Hebrew letters are used to describe parts of the mishkan?
- Which items in the mishkan had poles for carrying them?
- Which item does the Torah say Betzalel personally made himself?
- What had a זֵר (zer, crown)?
From the Haftarah
Haftarah for Sefardim: Melakhim Alef 7:13-26
Haftarah for Ashkenazim (Shabbat Shekalim): Melakhim Bet 12:1-17
- Haftarah for Sefardim: What did Hiram have?
- Haftarah for Ashkenazim: What did the כֹּהֲנִים (kohanim, priests) fail to do?
Scroll down to see the answers!
Answers:
Aliyah 1
- 44!
- Lighting a fire (35:3)
Aliyah 2
Aliyah 3
Aliyah 4
- The gold קְרָסִים (kerasim, clasps) that attached the יְרִיעוֹת (yeriot, strips of cloth) (36:13)
Aliyah 5
Aliyah 6
- 5 (The others can be found in 37:18-23)
Aliyah 7
From anywhere in the parashah
- וָו (vav, hook; 36:36, 38:10) and כָּף (kaf, ladle; 37:16)
- אֲרוֹן (aron, ark), שֻׁלְחָן (shulhan, table), מִזְבַּח הַקְּטֹרֶת (mizbah ha-ketoret, incense altar), מִזְבַּח הָעֹלָה (mizbah ha-olah, altar for sacrifices) (35:12-16)
- The aron (37:1)
- The אָרֹן (aron, ark) (37:2), the שֻׁלְחָן (shulhan, table) (37:11), and the מִזְבַּח הַקְּטֹרֶת (mizbah ha-ketoret, incense altar) (37:26)
Haftarah
- Haftarah for Sefardim: Skill, ability, and talent for working with bronze (Melakhim Alef 7:14)
- Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Repair the Beit Ha-Mikdash (Melakhim Bet 12:7)
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