For the answers to the first ten questions please use the first study guide
that has the title:
Parshas Devarim
Recalling the Sin of the Spies
The Jewish People's Miscarriage
Part 1
1.
On what day and in what month did the Jewish People arrive at Har Sinai? #1
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2.
When did the Jewish People receive an instruction to move from Har Sinai and on to Eretz Yisrael? #1
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3.
What did HaShem do to communicate that instruction? #1
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4.
What did HaShem mean when He said to the Jewish People "רַב־לָכֶ֥ם"?
a. according to the simple translation (see Devarim Perek 1 Pasuk 6) end of #4
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b. according to Rashi and the Midrash #5 or just see the next question (number 5)
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5.
According to Rashi which acts of greatness did the Jewish People do,
about which, HaShem said to the Jewish people רַב־לָכֶ֥ם-'You have done so much at Har Sinai? #5
a.
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b.
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c.
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d.
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e.
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6.
What did Hashem mean when He said to the Jewish People while they were still at Har Sinai
נָתַ֥תִּי -I (already)gave you the land of Israel (past tense) #7
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7
What were the Jewish People supposed to רְאֵ֛ה see with their own eyes? #8
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8
How can the answer that you wrote in question number 7 apply to our own personal lives? #8
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9.
According to Rashi what will the Jewish People not have to do when they go and possess
the land of Israel? #9
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For questions 10-18 please use the second study guide
that has the title
10.
How many days was it supposed to take for the Jewish People to get to the border of Israel
from Har Sinai? 1.
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11.
When did the Jewish People actually arrive at the border to Eretz Yisrael? 1.
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12.
What does Rashi learn from Moshe's words "all of you" with regard to the way the Jewish People approached him with their request to send spies ahead of them? 3.
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13.
In which gathering did the Jewish People behave in an appropriate way? 3.
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14.
What appropriate behavior did the Jewish People exhibit at that gathering? 3.
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15.
What lesson can be learned regarding the way a group should communicate a request?
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16.
Which two spies returned with a positive report? 5.
a.
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b.
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17.
According to Rashi, what did Moshe mean when he said that the Jewish Peoples request to send spies
was a good in his eyes? What was Moshe hoping for by agreeing so quickly to comply to their request?6.
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18.
What does Rashi say was what the Jewish People people were really feeling
when they claimed that HaShem took them out of Mitzrayim and led them to Eretz Yisrael
because He hated them? 7.
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19.
What psychological concept does Rashi teach us?
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