JBQ Weekly Quizzes - PINCHAS

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This week's PARSHA is from Numbers (PINCHAS) Chapters 25:10 - 30:1

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

1. Why is a census taken again at this point and how does it differ
from the method of counting the people at the beginning of BAMIDBAR ?

2. Labor is prohibited on the first and last days of each of the
festivals mentioned in Chapters 28 and 29. What distinction is made
with regard to working on Yom Kippur ?

3. The sacrificial offerings for all festivals are listed in Chapters
28 and 29. Which two holidays are not recalled by their names ? Which
festival has two of its names mentioned ?

4. What parallel is there between the story of the spies and the
incident described in Chapter 25 ?

5. What was the complaint of the daughters of Zelophchad ? How was
it solved ?