Seven Answers for Seven Aliyos
Parshas Pinchas
Intended for use prior to each Aliyah so that a child (or anyone) would pay attention
First Aliyah
Which letter is written in a way that would usually be make the Torah scroll in valid?
The letter Vav is the word Shalom is severed in the middle (25,12)
Second Aliyah
Which two first cousins had the same name?
Zarchi son of Shimeon (26,12) and Zarchi son of Yehuda (26,20)
Third Aliyah
Which pasuk contains names of 11 people?
Tzelafchad, Chefer, Gilaad, Machir, Menashe, Yosef, Machla, Noah, Chagla, Milca, Tirtza. (27,1)
Fourth Aliyah
Which pasuk has a different order of a typical phrase?
Typical phrase is “and HaShem said to Moshe saying”; (27,15) the only verse in the Torah that says, “and Moshe said to HaShem saying”
Fifth Aliyah
Which offering does it state "in its set time" (bemo'ado)?
The korban Tamid (daily offering) (28,2)
Sixth Aliyah
What does the korbanos of Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur (and Shemini Atzeres) have in common?
Their Musaf has one bull and one ram (29,2; 29,8)
Seventh Aliyah
How many total bulls and total lambs on brought during the seven days of Sukkos?
Lambs = 98 (14 each day) Bulls 70 (1st day 13, one less each day; 7th day 7)
PARSHA QUESTION BEFORE MAFTIR?
Who am I?
My children are more famous than me.
Who killed me is unclear (maybe the Jews or the Amalakites, or the Cananites)
But it was not a miraculous death
Tzelaphchad
