1. What need is there for HaShem to order the counting of the Bnei Yisroel? The All-Knowing Ribbono Shel Olam knows exactly how many there are in the Bnei Yisroel without actually counting them?
2. HaShem commands that the count of the Bnei Yisroel is to be obtained by each person to be counted giving a token and these token are then to be counted. But why this roundabout way of counting the people? Why not simply count them directly?
3. What was the silver half-Shekels that were collected for the counting of the people actually used for? What significance, do you think, can be seen in this?
4. Which of the Tribes was not included in the general count of the Bnei Yisroel and why, do you think, was this so?
5. Why was this Tribe singled out in this manner?
6. What were the duties of the three families of the Tribe of Levi?
7. What can be considered as unusual (mathematically speaking) about the totals of the counted Tribes of the Bnei Yisroel and how, do you think, this can be explained?
8. Looking at the Plan of the Camp, find an example of a good neighbour’s influence upon the people who live near him.
9. Again looking at the Plan of the Camp, find an example of a bad neighbour’s influence upon the people who live near him.
10. Looking at the Plan of the Camp, how much space was there between the Machaneh Shechinah and the Machaneh Levi’yoh and Machaneh Yisroel? Can you suggest a reason for this exact space?
11. Once again, looking at the Plan of the Camp, you will see that each of the blocks of three Tribes of Yisroel is given a number. What do these numbers signify and what happened to the number 2?
Questions for Haftorah Bamidbar
12. What is the connexion between the Sidra and this Haftorah?
13. What famous Pesukkim taken from this Haftorah are said by every grown man in his Davvening almost every single weekday?
