Parshas Acharei Mos-Kedoshim - Parsha Stumpers and Something to Think About

פרשת אחרי-מות

Parsha Stumpers and Something to Think About

1. The passuk (17:10) when describing prohibition of eating blood says that anyone who eats blood 
   
   
   
   
   – Hashem will direct his face upon them and cut them off from their people. Rashi explains 
   
   
   
   
   further that Hashem will turn aside, so to speak, from all his other concerns to deal with this
   
   
   
   
   
   
    person. What is so bad about eating blood that the Torah takes so seriously? (Extra Credit: 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Where else in the Torah does the Torah use the same expression and Rashi explain the same 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   way? What is the connection?)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

פרשת קדושים

Parsha Stumpers and Something to Think About

2. What does it mean to be kedoshim? The Gemara in kiddushin describes that the rabbanan 
   
   
   
   
   termed the hebrew word for engagement as “Kiddushin” because essentially by marrying a wi
   
   
   
   
   fe you are making her “assur to everyone else just like hekdesh”. What is the root of what it 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   means to be a kadosh?
3. Parshas Kedoshim contains many mitzvos – within these the eseres hadibros are present. Some 
   
   
   
   
   of them are straight out and some of them are alluded to. Where?
   
   
   
   
4. The passuk (19:17) says tjhat there is a mitzva to give others mussar...'and you should not bear a 
   
   
   
   
   sin because of him'. What does this mean?
   
   
   
   
5. Why is 'v'ahavta l'reiacha kamocha' a 'zeh k'lal gadol ba'Torah?
   
   
6. The passuk (20:3), when describing prohibition of giving children over to molech (avcodah
   
   
   zarrah), says that anyone who eats blood – Hashem will direct his face upon them and cut them 
   
   
   
   
   off from their people. Rashi explains further that Hashem will turn aside, so to speak, from all 
   
   
   
   
   his other concerns to deal with this person. Why does the Torah use this expression here more 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   than other times in chumash? (Extra Credit: Where else in the Torah does the Torah use the 
   
   
   
   
   same expression and Rashi explains the same way? What is the connection?)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Parshas Tazria-Metzora - Parsha Stumpers and Something to Think About

פרשת תזריע

Parsha Stumpers and Something to Think About

1. Where do we see in this week's parsha that speech creates things?

2. How do you see this from the word which means “speech”?

3. Where in davening do we see this idea?

4. What about in kiddush haChodesh?

5. E.C: Using the above, give an explanation as to why eidim zomimin get what 1

they tried to do to their fellow?

6. What lesson do we learn from the combination of all of the above?
   
   
   
   
   פרשת מצורע
   Parsha Stumpers and Something to Think About
   
   
   1. Rabbah bar bar Shila says on Daf Beis amud beis in Berachos that if in the passuk of “u'va ha'shemesh v'taheir”, u'va hashemesh=beeas ohro and v'taheir=tahor gavra; then the passuk should have used the word “vayitaheir” to illustrate the active requirement to become tahor instead of the word “tahor” which is a more passive sounding word (even without a kaparah).....Ask a question on this from this week's parsha.
   
   
   2. Where is there an acronym for Motzee Shem Ra in this week's parsha?