bamidbar 21: 1-10

Question 1

what type of person was this person?

Answer 1

a maidservant

Question 2

how many people were taken captive by the ca’anim?

Answer 2

Just one

Question 3

What does bnei yisrael do in pasuk bet?

Answer 3

They vow to hashem that if he will deliver these people into their hands, they will consecrate their spoils to Him

Question 4

Did hashem help them?

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

After the place was destroyed, what was it called- spell it in hebrew and know how to pronounce it.

Answer 5

חָרְמָה

Question 6

Why did the jews circle edom when really they could have traveled across it?

Answer 6

Because the edomim refused to let them pass

Question 7

why did the jews call the manna rotten bread?

Answer 7

it absorbed into their limbs

Question 8

how did hashem meet this rebellious statement- well or badly?

Answer 8

Badly

Question 9

what did he do?

Answer 9

He sent snakes to punish the sinners

Question 10

what did the bnei yisrael then do?

Answer 10

They asked moshe to pray for forgiveness for them.

Question 11

what does rashi say about this?

Answer 11

From here we learn that someone who is asked to forgive, should not be so cruel so as not to forgive.

Question 12

did hashem accept his tefilah?

Answer 12

Yes

Question 13

what did he tell moshe to do and what material was it made out of?

Answer 13

Take a copper snake, put it on a pole, and let anybody who was bitten gaze at the snake.

Question 14

what material did hashem tell moshe to make it out of?

Answer 14

he gave him no specific instructions on what material it must be

Question 15

where did the jews camp in?

Answer 15

אֹבֹת

Question 16

why was the snake placed on a pole?

Answer 16

as a reminder or sign

Question 17

why a snake?

Answer 17

Because a snake will gaze at it prey. so too, the jews had to gaze to their father in heaven otherwise they would waste away.

Question 18

what did amalak always have in store for the jews- give the words rashi uses and your own.

Answer 18

Amalek was always a chastising whip for Israel, ready at any time to mete out punishment. this means more or less that amalek hated the jews with a passion

Question 19

who lived in the south?

Answer 19

the amaleki

Question 20

translate the following pasuk-דוַיִּסְעוּ מֵהֹר הָהָר דֶּרֶךְ יַם סוּף לִסְבֹב אֶת אֶרֶץ אֱדוֹם וַתִּקְצַר נֶפֶשׁ הָעָם בַּדָּרֶךְ:

Answer 20

They journeyed from Mount Hor by way of the Red Sea to circle the land of Edom, and the people became disheartened because of the way.

Question 21

how did the jews consider moshe and hashem- give a comparison.

Answer 21

they likened a servant to his master

Question 22

what did moshe first have to do before putting the serpent on the pole?

Answer 22

nothing

Question 23

why snakes?

Answer 23

because a snake can only taste one thing and the jews complained that the manna tasted bland even though it didn’t

Question 24

why did the king of the ca’anim think he could capture jews at the time?

Answer 24

1. He was an idiot

2. (the real reason) aharon died and the clouds of glory left the jews

Question 25

what was the name of the person who was taken captive by the ca’anim?

Answer 25

we don’t know