Parashat Eikev: Scavenger Hunt
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Parashah Scavenger Hunt שְׁאֵלוֹת הַשָּׁבוּעַ

Welcome to Devash's Parashah Scavenger Hunt for Parashat Eikev!
  1. What are the שִׁבְעַת הַמִּנִּים (shivat ha-minim), the Torah’s seven favorite kinds of produce associated with Eretz Yisrael ? Look for the answer in Aliyah #1 (Devarim 7:12-8:10)
  2. If Benei Yisrael get too comfortable and wealthy, what might they say in their hearts? Look for the answer in Aliyah #2 (Devarim 8:11-9:3)
  3. What five place names are mentioned in this aliyah as places where Benei Yisrael rebelled or made God angry? Look for the answer in Aliyah #3 (Devarim 9:4-29)
  4. According to our parashah, where does Aharon die and get buried? Look for the answer in Aliyah #4 (Devarim 10:1-11)
  5. According to our parashah, which two groups of people does God love? Look for the answer in Aliyah # (Devarim 10:12-11:9)
  6. How is the source of water in Egypt different from the source of water in Eretz Yisrael? Look for the answer in Aliyah #6 (Devarim 11:10-21)
  7. What four major land features are given in our parashah as guides to the boundaries of Eretz Yisrael? Look for the answer in Aliyah #7 (Devarim 11:22-25)
  8. How many times does the root ע.ק.ב. appear in our parashah?
  9. Moshe repeatedly talks about spending a certain amount of time on the mountain with God. How much time did he spend there?
  10. Can you identify in our parashah a famous phrase from the first בְּרָכָה (berakhah, blessing) of the Amidah?
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Answers: 
  1. חִטָּה (hittah, wheat), שְׂעֹרָה (seorah, barley), גֶּפֶן (gefen, grapes), תְּאֵנָה (te’einah, figs), רִמּוֹן (rimmon, pomegranate), זֵית שֶׁמֶן (zeit shemen, olive oil), דְּבַשׁ (devash, honey) (8:8)
  2. כֹּחִי וְעֹצֶם יָדִי עָשָׂה לִי אֶת־הַחַיִל הַזֶּה (“my own power and the strength of my hand created this wealth”) (8:17)
  3. Horeiv (9:8), Taveirah, Massah, Kivrot Hataavah (9:22), Kadeish Barnei’a (9:23)
  4. Moseirah (10:6)
  5. The ancestors of Benei Yisrael (10:15) and the גֵּר (ger, stranger)—a person from a different nation who chooses to live with Benei Yisrael, and who is usually poor (10:18)
  6. In Egypt, you “water your garden with your feet” (11:10)—irrigation canals provide water from the Nile that can be pedaled in by your feet to your fields. In Eretz Yisrael, you have to wait for rain (11:11).
  7. הַמִּדְבָּר (ha-midbar, the desert off to the south and the east), הַלְּבָנוֹן (ha-levanon, the Lebanon mountains in the north), נְהַר־פְּרָת (nehar perat, the Euphrates River in the northeast), יָּם הָאַחֲרוֹן (yam ha-aharon, the Western Sea aka the Mediterranean) (11:24)
  8. Four—twice in the form of the word עֵקֶב (7:12 and 8:20), twice in the form of וּלְיַעֲקֹב (9:5 and 9:27)
  9. 40 days and 40 nights (he mentions this five times!—9:9, 9:11, 9:18, 9:25, 10:10)
  10. הָאֵ-ל הַגָּדֹל הַגִּבֹּר וְהַנּוֹרָא (ha-El ha-gadol ha-gibbor ve-ha-nora, God the Almighty the Great the Powerful the Awesome) (10:17)