Parashat Re'eh: Scavenger Hunt

Parashah Scavenger Hunt שְׁאֵלוֹת הַשָּׁבוּעַ

When Benei Yisrael get to Eretz Yisrael, where are they supposed to read the curse?
What should Benei Yisrael destroy?

Can you listen to a prophet who says to worship other gods if the prophet actually makes something amazing happen as a sign of the prophecy’s truth? Why or why not?
Which family members might try to tempt a person into worshiping idols?

In the list of forbidden animals in our parashah, how many animals are listed as specifically permitted to eat?
Why isn’t a pig kosher?

You are supposed to take a tenth of all of your field’s produce to God’s chosen place each year. But what if it is too far and too heavy to do that?

Aliyah 6 (Devarim 15:1-18)

Look anywhere in the parashah to find the answer to these questions!

What specific date is given for Shavuot in our parashah?
What specific date is given for Sukkot in our parashah?
How many times does our parashah mention the מָקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר יהוה (the place God will choose)?
Will there always be people who are poor? What two answers to this question appear in our parashah?
How many times does the warning not to eat blood appear in Parashat Re’eh?

From the Haftarah (Yeshayahu 54:11-55:5)

Scroll down to see the answers!

Answers: 

Aliyah 1

הַר עֵיבָל (Har Eival, Mount Eival) (11:29)
Any place where idols were worshiped; altars, pillars, posts, and figures used for idolatry (12:2-3)

Aliyah 2

Pour it on the ground (12:16)
When bringing ma’aser (one tenth of your produce) to eat it in Yerushalayim. This kind of ma’aser is ma’aser sheni (12:18).

Aliyah 3

Aliyah 4

Ten: 1) שׁוֹר (shor, ox), 2) שֵׂה כְשָׂבִים (seh khesavim, sheep), 3) שֵׂה עִזִּים (seh izzim, goat), 4) אַיָּל (ayal, deer), 5) צְבִי (tzvi, gazelle), 6) יַחְמוּר (yahmur, roebuck), 7) אַקּוֹ (akko, wild goat), 8) דִישֹׁן (dishon, ibex), 9) תְאוֹ (te’o, antelope), 10) זָמֶר (zamer, mountain sheep) (14:4-5)
Even though it has split hooves, it does not chew its cud (14:8)

Aliyah 5

You can take an equal amount of money instead, and use it to buy food to eat in God’s chosen place (14:24-26)

Aliyah 6

Every seven years (15:1-2)
When שְׁמִטָּה (shemittah, the year of release), which happens every seven years, is approaching (15:9)

Aliyah 7

חַג הַמַּצּוֹת (Hag Ha-Matzot, festival of matzahs); חַג הַשָּׁבֻעוֹת (Hag Ha-Shavuot, festival of weeks); חַג הַסֻּכּוֹת (Hag Ha-Sukkot, festival of booths) (16:16)
לֶחֶם עֹנִי (lehem oni, the bread of affliction) (16:3)

From anywhere in the parashah

There doesn’t seem to be one! We are told that it happens seven weeks after the standing grain is first cut down (16:9-10). Elsewhere, the Torah says that this counting of weeks starts מִמָּחֳרַת הַשַּׁבָּת (mimahorat ha-shabbat), which we understand as referring to the 2nd day of Pesah. That puts Shavuot at the 6th of Sivan.
There doesn’t seem to be one! We are told that it happens when you are gathering in grain and wine (16:13). Elsewhere, the Torah says that this happens on the 15th of the seventh month (which we know as Tishrei).
16 times! (12:5, 12:11, 12:14, 12:18, 12:21, 12:26, 14:23, 14:24, 14:25, 15:20, 16:2, 16:6, 16:7, 16:11, 16:15, 16:16)
There will be a time when no people are poor (15:4); There will always be people who are poor (15:11)
Three times! (12:16, 12:23, 15:23)

Haftarah

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