Riddles and Trivia

1. The last verse of this week’s parsha tells us that Moshe Rabbeinu remained on Har Sinai for forty days. Yossi likes to count. Today when he was sitting next to his father in shul, he opened his siddur to a random page and started counting the words. “One, two, three,..., thirty nine, and forty!” counted Yossi. “Abba, look! There are 40 words, here!” Yossi’s father looked inside and said: “Correct! And the reason for why there are 40 words here, is because Moshe Rabbeinu remained on Har Sinai for 40 days!” What was Yossi counting?
2. It’s a precious gemstone, a building block, and also a sign to remember. Can you find it in our parsha?
3. In this week’s parsha there is a negative commandment not to do to your fellow Jew what the Egyptians did to us. What is that negative commandment?

(The “Hints & Answers” section is on page 4)