Parashah Scavenger Hunt שְׁאֵלוֹת הַשָּׁבוּעַ
Welcome to Devash's Parashah Scavenger Hunt for Parashat Kedoshim!
Aliyah 1 (Vayikra 19:1-14)
- To which two groups of people must you give the crops at the corners of your field?
- Why should people be קָדוֹשׁ (kadosh, holy)?
Aliyah 2 (Vayikra 19:15-22)
- You must love your neighbor as much as you love whom?
- Where does your heart appear?
Aliyah 3 (Vayikra 19:23-32)
- For how many years is a tree’s fruit forbidden to be eaten?
Aliyah 4 (Vayikra 19:33-37)
- Just like last week, there is a word that appears only four times in our parashah, but all four times are in one pasuk. What is it?
- Who are we instructed to love like ourselves?
Aliyah 5 (Vayikra 20:1-7)
- How many times does God’s face get mentioned in this aliyah?
Aliyah 6 (Vayikra 20:8-22)
- What seemingly very nice word appears in this aliyah that is otherwise all about punishments?
- What word appears twice in a row?
Aliyah 7 (Vayikra 20:23-27)
- What does the Land of Israel flow with?
From anywhere in the parashah
- How many times is Shabbat mentioned in our parashah? In connection with which other mitzvot?
- How do snakes and sorcery connect in our parashah?
- How many times does the phrase אֲנִי יהוה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם (ani Adonai Eloheikhem, I am God your Lord) appear in our parashah?
From the Haftarah
(Haftarah for Sefardim: Yehezkel 20:2-20
Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Amos 9:7-15)
- From the haftarah for Sefardim: What mitzvah did God give to the Jewish people as an אוֹת (ot, sign)?
- From the haftarah for Ashkenazim: What fell down, but God will lift it up?
Scroll down to see the answers!
Answers:
Aliyah 1
Aliyah 2
Aliyah 3
- Three (19:23)
Aliyah 4
Aliyah 5
Aliyah 6
- חֶסֶד (hesed) (20:17)—this word usually means “kindness,” but here it almost certainly means something like “disgrace,” like here: צְדָקָה תְרוֹמֵם־גּוֹי וְחֶסֶד לְאֻמִּים חַטָּאת (righteousness will lift a nation up, but sin is a disgrace [hesed] to any people) (Mishlei 14:34)
- אִישׁ (ish, man) (20:6)—in this case, ish ish means “every person”
Aliyah 7
- חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ (halav u-devash, milk and honey) (20:24)
From Anywhere in the parashah
- Two (19:3,30)—showing respect to parents and to the Temple
- לֹא תְנַחֲשׁוּ (lo tenahashu, do not try to predict what will happen in the future through idols and magic)—which comes from the same root as נָחָשׁ (nahash, snake)! (19:26)
- Ten! (See if you can find them all!)
Haftarah
- Haftarah for Sefardim: Shabbat (Yehezkel 20:12)
- Haftarah for Ashkenazim: סֻכַּת דָּוִיד (sukkat David, Amos 9:11)—this literally means “the sukkah of David,” which might mean the dynasty of kings who descend from King David (Rashi) or the Beit HaMikdash (R. Yosef Kara)
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