Questions for Sidra Chukas
Questions on the Sidra | July 09, 2024
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Questions for Sidra Chukas

Questions on the Sidra | June 27, 2025

1. Why the fuss about the Law of the Red Heifer being called a "חק", a law for which no reason is stated? After all, there are quite a number of other Mitzvos in the Torah that are called חוקים ?

2. How can it be right to consider טומאה as something objectionable if there are cases where one simply can’t help being טומאה or it might even be a Mitzvah to make oneself טומאה? (Like a מת מצוה.)

3. Why did the Travelling Well suddenly dry up when Miriam died?

4. If Mosheh made a mistake when he got the rock to give its water he was punished that he would not come to Erets Yisroel, but what wrong did Aharon do?

5. When the people of Aysov refused to let us go through their land, why didn’t we simply fight them like we fought Si’chon the King of the Emorites and, later, Ohg the king of the Boshon region?

6. How old was Aharon HaKohen when he died?

7. Why were the Clouds of Glory removed when Aharon died?

8. What happened when the Clouds of Glory were removed?

9. Why did HaShem send the plague of poisonous snakes?

10. Why did the miracle of the Travelling Well come to an end when we came to the Plains of Mo’av?

11. What cold comfort do you think did the people of Mo’av derive when we went to war with Si’chon and conquered him and took all the land that he held?

1. Why the fuss about the Law of the Red Heifer being called a "חק", a law for which no reason is stated? After all, there are quite a number of other Mitzvos in the Torah that are called חוקים ?

2. How can it be right to consider טומאה as something objectionable if there are cases where one simply can’t help being טומאה or it might even be a Mitzvah to make oneself טומאה? (Like a מת מצוה.)

3. Why did the Travelling Well suddenly dry up when Miriam died?

4. If Mosheh made a mistake when he got the rock to give its water he was punished that he would not come to Erets Yisroel, but what wrong did Aharon do?

5. When the people of Aysov refused to let us go through their land, why didn’t we simply fight them like we fought Si’chon the King of the Emorites and, later, Ohg the king of the Boshon region?

6. How old was Aharon HaKohen when he died?

7. Why were the Clouds of Glory removed when Aharon died?

8. What happened when the Clouds of Glory were removed?

9. Why did HaShem send the plague of poisonous snakes?

10. Why did the miracle of the Travelling Well come to an end when we came to the Plains of Mo’av?

11. What cold comfort do you think did the people of Mo’av derive when we went to war with Si’chon and conquered him and took all the land that he held?

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