Torah Teasers: Parshas Balak

Parshas Balak

Tantalizing questions and challenging riddles from the weekly parsha. by Rabbi Moshe Erlbaum

1. Which relative of Balak has a name linguistically related to a relative of Moshe?
2. In this Parsha, who is compared to an ox, a lion, and a lion cub? What two other people in the Torah are compared to a lion cub?
3. In this Parsha, to whom does Hashem ask a question? What three other places in the Torah does Hashem ask someone a question?
4. In this Parsha, Bilaam saddles his own donkey (Numbers 22:21). Who else in the Torah saddled his own donkey? What two people in the Torah harness their own chariot?
5. In this Parsha, in what context is veering to the right or left mentioned? Where is this concept mentioned in Parshas Chukas?
6. In this Parsha, a donkey speaks to Bilaam (22:28). Where else in the Torah does an animal speak to a human?
7. Where in this Parsha does someone clap his hands?
8. In this Parsha, what location is mentioned that shares its name with a type of wood mentioned elsewhere in the Torah?
9. What weapon is mentioned in this Parsha, but appears nowhere else in the Torah?