Riddles
Menucha Magazine | July 12, 2024
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Riddles

Menucha Magazine | June 25, 2025

וְלָקְחוּ לַטָמֵא מֵעֲפַר שְרֵפַת הַחַטָאת וְנָתַן עָלָיו מַיִם לֶא םי יַחכֶלִי. (parshas Chukas, Bamidbar 19:17)

Find a possible hint from this verse to the practice that a Kohen is called up first to the Torah, then a Levi, and then a Yisroel.

In this week’s parsha, Moshe hit the rock twice: וַיַךְ אֶת הַסֶלַע בְמַטֵהוּ פַּעֲמָיִם The word פַעֲמָּׁיִם is found in the Torah infrequently. Besides this verse, it appears in three more places in the Torah. Can you find them?

וְלָקְחוּ לַטָמֵא מֵעֲפַר שְרֵפַת הַחַטָאת וְנָתַן עָלָיו מַיִם לֶא םי יַחכֶלִי. (parshas Chukas, Bamidbar 19:17)

Find a possible hint from this verse to the practice that a Kohen is called up first to the Torah, then a Levi, and then a Yisroel.

In this week’s parsha, Moshe hit the rock twice: וַיַךְ אֶת הַסֶלַע בְמַטֵהוּ פַּעֲמָיִם The word פַעֲמָּׁיִם is found in the Torah infrequently. Besides this verse, it appears in three more places in the Torah. Can you find them?

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