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Questions for Sidra Shelach Lecha

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Questions for Sidra שלח לך

  1. Why is it considered wrong of the people that they demanded that Mosheh should send men ahead to report on Erets Yisroel?
  2. Who chose the men to go to bring back the report about Erets Yisroel?
  3. Do we have some indication of how great were the men who were sent to bring back the report?
  4. From where in this Sidra do we know that a Minyan is made up of ten men?
  5. Which Tribe did not send a representative and why not?
  6. From which instructions that Mosheh gave these men can we see that they were not supposed to be military spies?
  7. Was there anything in their report that was actually false? What can we learn from this?
  8. Can you think of a reason that the men should have wanted to mislead the people with their dismal report?
  9. Can you think of a motive that could have caused the men to bring back such a dismal report?
  10. What was the plan of the men and do you think they were successful in their plan?
  11. What was wrong of the people in showing that they were determined to go up to Erets Yisroel despite the bad report of the men? Isn’t this a kind of Teshuvah?
  12. Who was Tzelofchod ben Chayfer and why is he famous?
  13. What, do you think, was his motive?
  14. What is the reason that the Torah gives for the Mitzvah of Tsitsis?

Questions for Haftorah שלח לך

  1. What differences do you see between the men that were sent by Yehoshua and the men that Mosheh sent?
  2. What is so remarkable about the feeling of dread that the inhabitants of Kenaan felt?

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