PARSHA MATH

וזאת הברכה V’ZOS HABRACHA

Instructions: Using the key below for the numeric value of each letter, determine the numeric value of each word taken from the Parsha. Place the value of the blue words in the blue column. Place the value of the red words in the red column. Then do the following:

1. Name the word with the highest numerical value ________
2. Name the word with the lowest numerical value ________
3. Who won? Which “team”, the blue or the red, has the highest total numerical word values?
4. According to one opinion, who (besides Moshe) wrote the last 7 verses in the Torah ________

Words to Calculate

• Blue Words: מורשה, באהליך, נביא, ישראל, כל
• Red Words: ברזל, גור, נחשת

Hebrew Letters’ Numerical Value:
א=1, ב=2, ג=3, ד=4, ה=5, ו=6, ז=7, ח=8, ט=9, י=10, כ/ך=20, ל=30, מ/ם=40, נ/ן=50, ס=60, ע=70, פ/ף=80, צ/ץ=90, ק=100, ר=200, ש=300, ת=400

ANSWER SHEET

OBJECTIVE: FAMILIARITY WITH NUMERICAL VALUES OF HEBREW LETTERS
AGE GUIDE: NINE YEARS OLD AND OLDER (THROUGH ADULT)

Values

• Blue: מורשה (551), באהליך (68), נביא (63), ישראל (541), כל (50). TOTAL: 732. (Mystery word: יהושע = 732)
• Red: ברזל (239), גור (209), נחשת (758). TOTAL: 1747.

Answers

1. HIGHEST WORD VALUE: נחשת
2. SMALLEST WORD VALUE: כל
3. “RED” HAS MORE POINTS
4. Yehoshua