Parashah Scavenger Hunt שְׁאֵלוֹת הַשָּׁבוּעַ
Welcome to Devash's Parashah Scavenger Hunt for Parashat Korah!
- What was Korah’s relationship to the person, Levi? Look for the answer in Aliyah #1 (Bemidbar 16:1-13)
- How many מַחְתּוֹת (mahtot, firepans) were used in total in the showdown between Moshe and Korah? Look for the answer in Aliyah #2 (Bemidbar 16:14-19)
- What happens to the copper mahtot used by the 250 rebels? Look for the answer in Aliyah #3 (Bemidbar 16:20-17:8)
- How many people died in the plague that followed Korah’s rebellion? Look for the answer in Aliyah #4 (Bemidbar 17:9-15)
- What kind of food grew out of Aharon’s staff? Look for the answer in Aliyah #5 (Bemidbar 17:16-24)
- Aharon and his descendants get a lot of privileges, but what do they not get? Look for the answer in Aliyah #6 (Bemidbar 17:25-18:20)
- When the לְוִיִּם (Levi’im, members of the tribe of Levi) received מַעֲשֵׂר (ma’aser, a tenth) from the crops of Benei Yisrael, what percentage did they have to give to the כֹּהֲנִים (kohanim, priests)? Look for the answer in Aliyah #7 (Bemidbar 18:21-32)
- What was Korah’s family relationship to Moshe?
- Which person started out as a named rebel and then disappeared from the story? What tribe was he from?
- How many times in our parashah does God talk directly to Aharon without speaking to Moshe?
Scroll down to see the answers!
Answers:
- He was his great-grandson (16:1)
- 252—One for Aharon, one for Korah, and 250 for Korah’s allies (16:17)
- They are beaten into a covering for the copper מִזְבֵּחַ (mizbei’ah, altar) (17:2-4)
- 14,700 (17:14)
- Almonds (17:23)
- Land (18:20)
- A tenth! (18:26)
- They were first cousins—Korah was the son of Yitzhar, who was the brother of Amram, who was the father of Moshe (16:1)
- On ben Pelet from the tribe of Reuven (16:1)
- Three (18:1, 8, 20)
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