JBQ Weekly Quizzes - BEMIDBAR

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This week's PARSHA is from Numbers (BEMIDBAR) Chapters 1:1 - 4:20

Questions were prepared by Rabbi Joshua Adler and members of the staff.

1. Why was a census of the tribes taken at this time ?

2. How can this census by poll (1:18, 20, 22) be reconciled with
Exodus 30:12 and other Biblical passages which proscribe a count
by head ?

3. Explain the choice of the four lead-tribes in the march: Reuben,
Judah, Dan and Ephraim. What is the logic of the formation of all
the tribes that the Torah prescribes ?

4. This PARSHA seems to contain nothing of an inspirational or
eternal character. How would you explain its significance ?

5. Find the following in the HAFTARAH from Hosea for this PARSHA:
   a) a connection with the Torah reading;
   b) the name of a modern Israeli city;
   c) an expression to please advocates of women's equality;
   d) a prayer used today.