Parashat Ha'azinu: Scavenger Hunt

Parashah Scavenger Hunt שְׁאֵלוֹת הַשָּׁבוּעַ

Welcome to Devash's Parashah Scavenger Hunt for Parashat Ha'azinu!

Aliyah 1 (Devarim 32:1-6)
  • How many words are used in this aliyah for water that gathers on the ground? What are they?
  • Who or what is asked to listen?
Aliyah 2 (Devarim 32:7-12)
  • What bird is God compared to?
  • Where did God find Benei Yisrael?
Aliyah 3 (Devarim 32:13-18)
  • What two edible items are said to have come out of rocks?
  • What food has blood?
Aliyah 4 (Devarim 32:19-28)
  • How many times does the root כ.ע.ס. (referring to anger) appear in this aliyah?
Aliyah 5 (Devarim 32:29-39)
  • What two wicked cities are mentioned in our parashah?
  • How do the grapes from Sedom and Amorah taste?
Aliyah 6 (Devarim 32:40-43)
  • What object mentioned in our parashah is said to eat flesh?
  • What are God’s weapons?
Aliyah 7 (Devarim 32:44-52)
  • What is the name of the mountain on which Moshe dies?
  • Who will Moshe die like?
Look anywhere in the parashah to find the answer to these questions!
  • What two-word phrase is spelled out by the first letters of the first six aliyot in the parashah?
  • What letter is smaller than all the others in our parashah?
  • What letter is bigger than all the others in our parashah?
From the Haftarah (Hoshea 14:2-10 and Micah 7:18-20 for Sefaradim; Hoshea 14:2-10 and Yoel 2:15-27 for Ashkenazim)
  • What plants appear in the part that’s from the book of Hoshea?
Scroll down to see the answers!
Answers: 
Aliyah 1
  • Four—מָטָר (matar), טַל (tal), שְׂעִירִם (se’irim), רְבִיבִים (revivim) (32:2)
  • The heavens and the earth (32:1)
Aliyah 2
Aliyah 3
Aliyah 4
  • Four – מִכַּעַס (mika’as), כִּעֲסוּנִי (ki’asuni), אַכְעִיסֵם (akh’isem), כַּעַס (ka’as) (32:19,21,27)
Aliyah 5
Aliyah 6
Aliyah 7
From Anywhere in the parashah
  • הַזִּיו לָךְ (haziv lakh, splendor is Yours) (See 32:1,7,13,19,29,40)
  • In תֶּשִׁי, the letter yod (32:18)
  • In 'הַ לְה, the first heh (32:6)
Haftarah