Parashat Vezot Ha-Berakhah: Scavenger Hunt
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Parashah Scavenger Hunt שְׁאֵלוֹת הַשָּׁבוּעַ

Welcome to Devash's Parashah Scavenger Hunt for Parashat Vezot Ha-Berakhah!
  1. According to our parashah, God came from Sinai and appeared in which three other places? Look for the answer in Aliyah #1 (Devarim 33:1-7)
  2. What does the parashah say the tribe of Levi places in God’s nose? Look for the answer in Aliyah #2(Devarim 33:8-12)
  3. Which two kinds of animals is Yosef compared to? Look for the answer in Aliyah #3 (Devarim 33:13-17)
  4. Which animal is Gad compared to? Look for the answer in Aliyah #4 (Devarim 33:18-21)
  5. In what liquid will Asher dip his feet? Look for the answer in Aliyah #5 (Devarim 33:22-26)
  6. What two-word phrase from the Amidah appears in this Aliyah? Look for the answer in Aliyah #6 (Devarim 33:27-29)
  7. Which city is called עִיר הַתְּמָרִים—the city of date palms? Look for the answer in Aliyah #7 (Devarim 34:1-12)
  8. Which tribe does not get a blessing in our parashah?
  9. Which tribes have the names of their tribes appear once in the introduction to their blessing and once in the blessing itself?
  10. For how many days did the people mourn Moshe after he died?
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Answers: 
  1. Seir (the home of Esav); Har Paran (once the home of Yishmael); Rivevot Kodesh (perhaps a reference to Benei Yisrael, who are elsewhere described as רִבְבוֹת אַלְפֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל—the Rivevot of Israel) (33:2)
  2. Incense (33:10)
  3. שׁוֹר (shor, ox); רְאֵם (re’eim, oryx) (33:17)
  4. לָבִיא (lavi, lion) (33:20)
  5. Oil (33:24)
  6. מִי כָמוֹךָ (mi khamokha, who is like You) (33:29) — it appears in the second blessing of the Amidah in the phrase מִי כָמֽוֹךָ בַּֽעַל גְּבוּרוֹת וּמִי דֽוֹמֶה לָּךְ (Who is like You, Master of mighty deeds, and who can be compared to You?)
  7. Yeriho (34:3)
  8. Shimon! Ramban suggests that maybe a hint at Shimon is included in the blessing of Yehudah, שְׁמַע ה’ קוֹל יְהוּדָה (shma HaShem kol Yehudah, may God hear Yehudah’s voice) (33:7). This would fit with the fact that Shimon’s territory in the land was absorbed into Yehudah’s territory. See Yehoshua 19:1,9.
  9. Yehudah (33:7), Zevulun (33:18), Gad (33:20), Dan (33:22), Naftali (33:23), Asher (33:24)
  10. 30 (34:8)