Illustration Credit: Elad Lifshitz, Dov Abramson Studio
רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית A Moment of Hebrew
וְאֵ֨ת כׇּל־הָעֵדָ֜ה הִקְהִ֗ילוּ בְּאֶחָד֙ לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִ֔י וַיִּתְיַֽלְד֥וּ עַל־מִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑ם בְּמִסְפַּ֣ר שֵׁמ֗וֹת מִבֶּ֨ן עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָ֛ה וָמַ֖עְלָה לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָֽם׃
On the first day of the second month, they brought together the community, and they were registered by family—the names of those twenty years and older, listed head by head.
לְהַקְהִיל le-hakhil (שֹׁרֶשׁ ק.ה.ל)
To assemble or bring together
קְהִלָּה (kehillah) = Community
הַקְהֵל (hakhel) = The mitzvah to assemble Benei Yisrael for a massive Torah reading once every seven years on Sukkot
מַקְהֵלָה (makhelah) = Choir
פַּחַד קָהָל (pahad kahal) = Stage fright
Find the Word!
What parashah shares this שֹׁרֶשׁ (shoresh, root)? (Hint: It’s in Sefer Shemot.)
In Parashat Ve-Zot Ha-Berakhah, can you find the song that contains a word from this shoresh? (Hint: The verse starts with “Torah tzivah lanu Moshe…”)
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