Parashah Scavenger Hunt שְׁאֵלוֹת הַשָּׁבוּעַ
Welcome to Devash's Parashah Scavenger Hunt for Parashat Aharei Mot!
Aliyah 1 (Vayikra 16:1-17)
- How does Aharon pick which of the two goats is for God and which is for Azazel?
- What two clouds are mentioned?
Aliyah 2 (Vayikra 16:18-24)
- What does Aharon do to the goat for Azazel before sending it off to the desert?
Aliyah 3 (Vayikra 16:25-34)
- What date each year is set aside for forgiving all of the people’s sins?
- What holiday is called שַׁבַּת שַׁבָּתוֹן (Shabbat Shabbaton, a Shabbat of complete rest)?
Aliyah 4 (Vayikra 17:1-7)
- Benei Yisrael were told not to offer sacrifices to beings other than God. What were they called?
Aliyah 5 (Vayikra 17:8-18:5)
- Which part of an animal’s body does the Torah say contains its נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, soul or life force)?
Aliyah 6 (Vayikra 18:6-21)
- What idolatrous god is spelled with the same letters as the Hebrew word for king?
- Does the Torah have a special word for “aunt”?
Aliyah 7 (Vayikra 18:22-30)
- What two groups of people are expected to follow all the rules at the end of our parashah?
Look anywhere in the parashah to find the answer to these questions!
- What does the Torah call the person who takes the goat out to the desert?
- There is a word that appears only four times in our parashah, but all four times are in one verse. What is it?
- What will the land do to the people, if they follow the ways of the nations around them?
From the Haftarah (Yehezkel 22:1-16 for Sefardim and 22:1-19 for Ashkenazim)
- How many times can you find the word דָּם (dam, blood)? (Including with prefixes and suffixes!)
Scroll down to see the answers!
Answers:
Aliyah 1
- By a גּוֹרָל (goral, lottery) (16:8-9)
- The cloud where God appears over the כַּפֹּרֶת (kaporet, the cover of the ark) (16:2); a cloud of קְטֹרֶת (ketoret, incense) covers the kaporet on Yom Kippur (16:13)
Aliyah 2
- He puts his hands on its head and confesses the people’s sins (16:21)
Aliyah 3
Aliyah 4
- שְׂעִירִים (se’irim), the same word that means “goats” (17:7)
Aliyah 5
Aliyah 6
- מֹלֶךְ (Molekh) (18:21), spelled with the same letters as מֶלֶךְ (melekh, king)
- No, it describes aunts as אֲחוֹת אָבִיךָ (ahot iveha, your father’s sister) and אֲחוֹת אִמְּךָ (ahot imeha, your mother’s sister) (18:12-13)
Aliyah 7
- הָאֶזְרָח וְהַגֵּר (the ezrah/native-born member of Benei Yisrael, and the ger/non-Israelite who lives with them) (18:26)
From anywhere in the parashah
Haftarah
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