Sheva Kolos Seven Answers for Seven Aliyos

Sheva Kolos
Seven Answers for Seven Aliyos

Parshas Ki Savo

Intended for use prior to each Aliyah so that a child (or anyone) would pay attention

1. First Aliyah: What four consecutive pesukim are read on a holiday, but are not read in Shul?
   Answer: (26,5-8) These are read from the Hagadah at one’s home on Pesach night
2. Second Aliyah: What phrase refers to Eretz Yisrael”
   Answer: Land flowing with milk and honey (26,12)
3. Third Aliyah: What is the context in which plaster in mentioned?
   Answer: בכל לבבך (26,16)
4. Fourth Aliyah: What is the context in which plaster in mentioned?
   Answer: After crossing the Yarden river, the Jews were to write the Torah on large stones and plaster them afterwards (27,2)
5. Fifth Aliyah: What two words are mentioned 12 times?
   Answer: ארור and אמן
6. Sixth Aliyah: Where is the word “tail” used in this Parsha?
   Answer: One of the blessings for following the Torah is to be "as a head and not a tail" (28,13). The reverse is also stated: our enemy can be "as a head, and you (the Jews) will be as a tail" (28,44)
7. Seventh Aliyah: What items did HaShem not provide in the desert?
   Answer: Bread (from the ground) and wine (29,5)

PARSHA QUESTION BEFORE MAFTIR?
What item is mentioned four times in this Parsha, but nowhere else in the Torah?
Answer: A fruit basket (teneh) is mentioned four times in this Parsha: (1) Pilgrims place their first-fruits in a basket, and bring it to the Holy Temple. (2) The priest then takes the basket and places it near the Altar (26:2, 4). (3-4) In the list of blessings and curses, the fruit basket is mentioned twice, as an indicator whether the Jewish people are following the Torah (28:5,17)