Parashat Pinhas: Scavenger Hunt
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Parashah Scavenger Hunt שְׁאֵלוֹת הַשָּׁבוּעַ

Welcome to Devash's Parashah Scavenger Hunt for Parashat Pinhas!
  • What were the names of the two people struck down by Pinhas?
  • Who does God command to count Benei Yisrael?
Aliyah 2 (Bemidbar 26:5-51)
  • What happened to Korah’s sons?
  • In the tribe of Binyamin, which two family names rhyme with each other?
  • Who was Tirtzah, and why is she mentioned?
  • What tribe did the daughters of Tzelofhad come from?
Aliyah 4 (Bemidbar 27:6-23)
  • According to the Torah, if a man has no children at all, who inherits from him when he dies?
  • What does God tell Moshe to do on Mt. Avarim?
Aliyah 5 (Bemidbar 28:1-15)
  • When did Benei Yisrael first start offering the עֹלַת תָּמִיד (olat tammid, twice-daily olah sacrifice)?
  • When was the קָרְבַּן תָּמִיד (korban tamid, daily sacrifice) offered?
  • What is Shavuot called in our parashah?
  • What is Rosh Hashanah called?
  • What was the total number of bulls offered over all seven days of Sukkot?
  • On each day of Sukkot, did the number of bull sacrifices go up or down?
Look anywhere in the parashah to find the answer to these questions!
  • In the count of Benei Yisrael in our parashah, which tribe is the smallest?
  • Who was Asher’s daughter?
  • On which three special days was the עֹלָה (olah, burnt offering) supposed to be one bull, one ram, and seven lambs?
  • How many women’s names appear in our parashah?
  • On which three special days was the עֹלָה (olah, burnt offering) supposed to be one bull, one ram, and seven lambs?
From the Haftarah (Yirmiyahu 1:1-2:3)
  • In Yirmiyahu’s vision, why was the steaming pot facing north?
Scroll down to see the answers!
Answers: 
Aliyah 1
Aliyah 2
  • They did not die during their father’s rebellion (26:11)! Korah’s descendants seem to have gone on to become famous poets and singers—you can see some of their songs in Sefer Tehillim (e.g., Tehillim 42).
  • The Shufami family and the Hufami family (26:39)
Aliyah 3
  • She was a daughter of Tzelofhad, who died without any sons. She and her four sisters felt it was unfair to their father that his family would not inherit his land just because all his children were girls (27:1).
  • Menashe (27:1)
Aliyah 4
  • His brother (27:9)
  • Look at the land of Canaan and die (27:12-13)
Aliyah 5
  • At הַר סִינַי (Har Sinai, Mount Sinai) (28:6)
  • Every day: once in the morning, and once in the afternoon (28:4)
Aliyah 6
  • יוֹם הַבִּכּוּרִים (Yom Ha-Bikkurim, the day of first fruits) (28:26)
  • יוֹם תְּרוּעָה (yom teru’ah, the day of blasting a horn) (29:1)
Aliyah 7
From Anywhere in the parashah
  • The Tribe of Shimon, with 22,200 (26:14)—and they were the third biggest in the count at the beginning of Bemidbar (1:23)!
  • Serah (26:46); she is mentioned both here and among those who went down to Egypt with Yaakov (Bereishit 46:17), leading some midrashim to say she lived hundreds and hundreds of years, or even forever (see Midrash section)!
  • The first day of the seventh month (Rosh Hashanah) (29:1-2); the tenth day of the seventh month (Yom Kippur) (29:7-8); the eighth day after the 15th of the seventh month (Shemini Atzeret) (29:35-36)
  • Nine women: Kozbi (25:15); Serah (26:46); Yoheved and Miriam (26:59); Mahlah, Noa, Hogla, Milkhah, and Tirtzah (26:33 and 27:1)
  • The first day of the seventh month (Rosh Hashanah) (29:1-2); the tenth day of the seventh month (Yom Kippur) (29:7-8); the eighth day after the 15th of the seventh month (Shemini Atzeret) (29:35-36)
Haftarah
  • It’s a sign that Benei Yisrael’s troubles will come from the north (Yirmiyahu 1:14)