1) How is it possible that a healthy adult Jewish male has a kosher pair of tefillin in his possession that he owns, yet he (correctly) only wears the tefillin shel rosh on his head, but not the tefillin shel yad on his arm?
2) Which essential objects or items were located in the courtyard of the Mishkan, but are not explicitly mentioned anywhere in Parshas Terumah, Tetzaveh, or Ki Sisa?
3) There are six actions in the Torah that take place, בין הערבים – in the afternoon, three of which are mentioned in Parshas Tetzaveh. How many of them can you identify?
4) Which two of the shivas haminim (seven species for which Eretz Yisroel is praised – Devorim 8:8) are mentioned in this week’s parsha?
5) Rashi writes (Shemos 28:30) that the Kohen Gadol was able to ask questions to the Urim V’Tumim inside the Choshen, to which he received heavenly replies as the letters forming the response to his query either lit up or protruded. Was it permitted to consult the Urim V’Tumim on Shabbos?
6) There is a fascinating Rabbeinu Bechaye in this week’s parsha (28:43). He writes that the kohen gadol would wear eight garments and a regular kohen four. They weren’t allowed to wear any additional clothes, which meant that in the cold winter, there were no sweaters or extra clothes allowed. He writes: It’s amazing how the kohanim were able to serve in the Beis HaMikdosh in the winter, wearing just a kosenes [thin shirt] and nothing on their feet. He writes, that for this reason, they had a special doctor who would look after them, as many of them would become ill.
However, I don’t understand, as surely the avodah in the Beis HaMikdosh is a mitzvah, and when one does a mitzvah there is a guarantee, that shluchai mitzvah eini nizokin, one doesn’t get harmed when performing a mitzvah, so why did they need a special doctor?
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