First Chumsh Test

Question 1

What are the 3 requirements to become a סוטה

Answer 1

1. קנאה
2. נסתרה
3. נסתרה) כדי טומאה)

Question 2

What is קנאה?

Answer 2

This is where the husband gets jealous of the wife and warns who not to talk to him

Question 3

What is נסתרה?

Answer 3

When someone sees her go into seclution with the other person

Question 4

What is נסתרה) כדי טומאה)?

Answer 4

When she is in seclution long enough to so something forbidden

Question 5

What is the connection between the מתנת כהונה and the סוטה

Answer 5

People that keep the מתנת כהונה value their possesions way too much so they think that all Hashem gives them is theirs so they lose their best possession, their wife.

Question 6

what does the word תשטה mean?

Answer 6

It means stupid and when a woman does adultery then a spirit of stupidness overcomes her called a רוח שטות

Question 7

Why is the word קנאת plural?

Answer 7

Because Hashem AND her husband were jealous

Question 8

What are three things that will happen after the סוטה drinks the bitter waters?

Answer 8

1. she will blow up
2. she wont receive the punishment but she wont have kids
3. She will have kids if she wasn’t impure and if she had not cheated earlier

Question 9

What is the theme of Bamidbar and what was it supposed to be?

Answer 9

The theme of Bamidbar is NUMBERS and it was supposed to be about בנ”י preparing for war and going into Israel and instead we are in the desert

Question 10

What are the camps around the משכן in the East?

Which one of them is the leader? (starred)

Answer 10

1. יהודה *
2. יששכר
3. זבולון

Question 11

What are the leaders around the משכן in the North?

Which one of them is the leader? (starred)

Answer 11

1. דן *
2. אשר
3. נפתלי

Question 12

What are the leaders around the משכן in the South?

Which one of them is the leader? (starred)

Answer 12

1. ראובן*
2. שמעון
3. גד

Question 13

What are the leaders around the משכן in the West?

Which one of them is the leader? (starred)

Answer 13

1. אפרים*
2. מנשה
3. בנימן

Question 14

Why was שבט לוי special?

Answer 14

They didn’t do the golden calf

Question 15

In the first pasuk it says “these are the generations of Moshe and Aharon” but it only lists the sons of Moshe. Why?

Answer 15

When you teach someone’s son Torah then it is like you created them, and your their father. Moshe taught Aharon’s sons Torah and that is why they didn’t list Aharon’s sons.

Question 16

What is a סוטה?

Answer 16

A married woman suspected of adultry

Question 17

Why does she bring flour for the קרבן סוטה?

Answer 17

She performed a despicable act

Question 18

Why does she bring barley for the קרבן סוטה?

Answer 18

barly is used for animal fodder and she acted like an animal

Question 19

Why isn’t frankinsense (לבנן) placed?

Answer 19

the Emahot were called לבנן and she strayed from their path

Question 20

Why isn’t oil poured?

Answer 20

because oil is like light and when she went into seclution she went into darkness

Question 21

Why do married woman cover their hair?

Answer 21

because the Cohen uncovered the סוטה’s hair

Question 22

What do we learn from the bitter water?

Answer 22

if you take away the letters of Hashems name from איש and אישה you get two fires (אש) that cant be put out

Question 23

Why is the סוטה next to the נזיר?

Answer 23

One who sees her go into seclution takes a vow of נזרות because we assume she did this because she is drunk so we vow to not drink wine so nothing can ruin the relationship with Hashem