Torah Trivia for
Parashah 49. Ki Teitzei (Questions Only)
1.) Can you describe, in the appropriate
sequence, what a captive, foreign woman must do before she can marry an Israeli
man:
a.)
She is to pledge an oath to B’nai Israel?
b.)
She is to trim her hair;
c.)
She is to cut her fingernails;
d.)
She is to visit the Mikveh;
and/or,
e.)
She is to change her foreign clothing;
f.)
She is to remain within the Israeli man’s house, mourning her parents
for 1 month;
2.) Can you describe the method of execution (as
described within the first Aliyah of Parashah Ki Teitzei) which is established
for someone convicted of a capital punishment?
3.) When a man has 2 wives, can you discern: a.)
whether he is able provide favourable inheritance to the son of his
favourite wife, or must the husband provide a double portion to his elder son,
irregardless of who the son’s mor (mother) is;
b.) Also, what is the penalty for
an uncontrollably disobedient son?
4.) Can you describe what an Israeli is commanded
to do when seeing an ox or sheep wandering around, lost:
a.)
He is to ignore it;
b.)
He is to slice, dice, skewer, and grill it so nice;
c.)
He is to let it be free to roam;
d.)
He is to return it to its “owner”;
e.)
He is to notify the authorities;
and/or,
f.)
He is to post a traffic sign, warning motorists?
5.) When finding a bird’s nest, with a mor-bird
(mother bird), her chicks, and/or her eggs, can you describe which of these
option(s) are explicitly permitted:
a.)
Taking the mor-bird, leaving the chicks, and leaving eggs
b.) Take chicks, leave mor-bird, leave eggs
c.) Take eggs, leave mor-bird, leave eggs
d.) Take mor-bird, take chicks, leave eggs
e.) Take chicks, take eggs, leave mor-bird
f.) Take mor-bird, take eggs, leave chicks
g.) Take mor-bird, chicks, and eggs
h.) Leave mor-bird, chicks, and eggs
6.) When a husband accuses his wife of having
sexual intercourse before his and her wedding, can you describe: a.)
what his punishment is, for making a false accusation; and, b.)
what the wife’s punishment is, for previously committing adultery?
7.) Can you describe the distinction of penalties
for a man and a woman, when the man rapes a woman engaged to someone else,
a.) inside a city; and, b.)
outside a city; what is penalty
for man who rapes a virgin?
8.) Potpouri:
can you describe which of these mitzvot are included within Parashah Ki
Teitzei:
a.)
Building railings around 1’s house;
b.)
Abstaining from planting 2 different types of crops within the same
field;
c.)
Abstaining from plowing with oxes and donkeys on same team;
d.)
Abstaining from mixing wool and linen;
e.) Wearing Tzitzit;
f.)
Marrying 1’s far’s wife;
g.)
Staying outside the sanctuary when a man has deformed genitals;
h.)
An Israeli woman abstaining from marrying a bastard;
i.)
Abstaining from making Peace with the Ammonis and/or Moabis;
j.)
Abstaining from charging interest on loans to Israelis;
k.)
Charging interest on loans to foreigners; and/or,
m.)
Utilising honest weights and measures?
9.) Can you describe: a.)
which of these activities an Israeli is explicitly permitted to do, when
entering a neighbour’s field; and,
b.) where else, within the Torah, is a
corollary of this rule located:
a.)
Eating the grain;
b.)
Eating the grapes;
c.)
Harvesting the produce, and bringing it home to share with 1’s family;
d.)
Having a party in the fields with friends; and/or,
e.) Taking the produce, establishing a retail
outlet, selling the produce, and providing the steward with a generous
“finder’s fee”?
10.) Can you describe the penalty that is
proscribed for a man who kidnaps an Israeli and forces the Israeli into
slavery?
11.) Can you describe where a creditor is
commanded to wait before receiving his portion from his debtor:
a.)
Inside the debtor’s domicile;
b.)
At a designated creditor/debtor lounge;
c.)
At 1 of the designated “debtor’s cities”;
d.)
Outside the debtor’s domicile;
e.)
At the location where the debt is incurred; and/or,
f.)
At the debtor’s place of employment?
12.) Can you describe: a.)
the duration a creditor is permitted to hold a coat given in collateral
from a debtor; and, b.) the duration an
employer is able to withhold the wages of a hired servant?
Torah Trivia for
Parashah 49. Ki Teitzei 118.12.19 (with Answers)
1.) Can you describe, in the appropriate
sequence, what a captive, foreign woman must do before she can marry an Israeli
man:
a.)
She is to pledge an oath to B’nai Israel?
b.)
She is to trim her hair;
c.)
She is to cut her fingernails;
d.)
She is to visit the Mikveh;
and/or,
e.)
She is to change her foreign clothing;
f.)
She is to remain within the Israeli man’s house, mourning her parents
for 1 month;
Answer: The answer is b.) trim her hair; c.) cut her fingernails; e.)
change her foreign clothing; and,
f.) remain within the man’s house until
after directly mourning the passing of her parents; whilst a.)
pledging an oath to B’nai Israel;
and d.) visiting the Mikveh, but
both be involved, there is an absence of explicit description of such within
this passage:
“When you take the
field against your enemies, and the LORD your God delivers them into your power
and you take some of them captive, and you see among the captives a beautiful
woman and you desire her and would take her to wife, you shall bring her into
your house, and she shall trim her hair, pare her nails, and discard her
captive’s garb. Shall spend a month’s time
in your house lamenting her father and mother, after that you may come to her
and possess her, and she shall be your wife.”
(Devarim 21:10 – 13).
2.) Can you describe the method of execution (as
described within the first Aliyah of Parashah Ki Teitzei) which is established
for someone convicted of a capital punishment?
Answer: The method is impaling on a stake:
“If a man is guilty
of a capital offense and is put to death, and you impale him on a stake, you
must not let his corpse remain on the stake overnight, but must bury him the
same day. For an impaled body is an
affront to God: you shall not defile the
land that the LORD your God is giving you to posees.” (Devarim 21:22 – 23);
3.) When a man has 2 wives, can you discern: a.) whether he is able provide favourable
inheritance to the son of his favourite wife, or must the husband provide a
double portion to his elder son, irregardless of who the son’s mor (mother)
is; b.)
Also, what is the penalty for an uncontrollably disobedient son?
Answer:
a.) The far must provide a double portion to his
elder son, according to tradition, irregardless of his favouritism to any of
his wives:
“If a man has two
wives, one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved one and the unloved
have borne him sons, but the first-born is the son of the unloved—when he wills
his property to his sons, he may not treat as first-born the son of the loved
one in disregard of the son of the unloved who is older. Instead, he must accept the first-born, the
son of the unloved one, and allot to him a double portion of all he
possesses; since he is the first fruit
of his vigor, the birthright in his due.”
(Devarim 21:15 – 18).
“If a man has a
wayward and defiant son, who does not heed his father or mother and does not
obey them even after they discipline him, his father and mother shall take hold
of him and bring him out to the elders of his town at the public place of his
community. They shall say to the elders of
his town, ‘This son of our is disloyal and defiant; he does not heed us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’ Thereupon the men of his town shall stone him
to death. Thus you will sweep out evil
from your midst: all Israel will hear
and be afraid. (Devarim 21:18 – 23).
4.) Can you describe what an Israeli is commanded
to do when seeing an ox or sheep wandering around, lost:
a.)
He is to ignore it;
b.)
He is to slice, dice, skewer, and grill it so nice;
c.)
He is to let it be free to roam;
d.)
He is to return it to its “owner”;
e.)
He is to notify the authorities;
and/or,
f.)
He is to post a traffic sign, warning motorists?
Answer: The answer is: d.) he
is to return it to its “owner”:
“If you see your
fellow’s ox or sheep gone astray, do not ignore it; you must take it back to your fellow. If your fellow does not live near you or your
do not know who he is, you shall bring it home and it shall remain with you
until your fellow claims it; then you
shall give it back to him. You shall do
the same with his ass; you shall do the
same with his garments; and so too shall
you do with anything that your fellow loses and you find: you must not remain indifferent.” (Devarim 22:1 – 3).
5.) When finding a bird’s nest, with a mor-bird
(mother bird), her chicks, and/or her eggs, can you describe which of these option(s)
are explicitly permitted:
a.)
Taking the mor-bird, leaving the chicks, and leaving eggs
b.) Take chicks, leave mor-bird, leave eggs
c.) Take eggs, leave mor-bird, leave eggs
d.) Take mor-bird, take chicks, leave eggs
e.) Take chicks, take eggs, leave mor-bird
f.) Take mor-bird, take eggs, leave chicks
g.) Take mor-bird, chicks, and eggs
h.) Leave mor-bird, chicks, and eggs
Answer: The answer is explicitly: b.)
taking chicks, and leaving eggs and mor-bird; the answer is also presumably: c.)
taking eggs, and leaving chicks and mor-bird, and e.) taking chicks, taking eggs, and leaving
mor-bird; taking the mor-bird is
definitely prohibited, in any manner:
a.), d.), f.), and g.); it is
also presumed that leaving all the eggs, chicks, and mor-bird is also
permissible: h.):
“If, along the
road, you chance upon a bird’s nest, in any tree or on the ground, with
fledglings or eggs and the mother sitting over the fledglings or on the eggs,
do not take the mother together with her young.
Let the mother go, and take only the young, in order that you may fare
well and have long life.” (Devarim 6 –
7).
6.) When a husband accuses his wife of having
sexual intercourse before his and her wedding, can you describe: a.) what
his punishment is, for making a false accusation; and, b.) what the wife’s punishment is, for previously
committing adultery?
Answer: a.)
The man’s punishment for a false accusation is a whipping, and a fine
paid to the wife’s father; b.) the wife’s punishment for committing adultery
is being stoned to death:
“A man marries a
woman and cohabits with her. Then he
takes an aversion to her and makes up charges
against her and defames her, saying, ‘I married this woman; but when I approached her, I found that she
was not a virgin.’ In such a case, the
girl’s father and mother shall produce the evidence of the girl’s virginity
before the elders of the town and the gate.
And the girl’s father shall say to the elders: ‘I gave this man my daughter to wife, but he
has taken an aversion to her; so he has
made up charges, saying, ‘I did not find your daughter a virgin.’ But here is the evidence of my daughter’s
virginity!’ And they shall spread out
the cloth before the elders of the town.
The elders of that town shall then take the man and flog him, and they
shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give it to the girl’s
father; for the man has defamed a virgin
in Israel. Moreover, she shall remain
his wife; he shall never have the right
to divorce her.
“But if the charge
proves (True), the girl was found not to have been a virgin, then the girl was
found not to have been a virgin, then the girl shall be brought out to the
entrance of her father’s house, and the men of her town shall Stone her to
death; for she did a shameful thing in
Israel, committing fornication while under her father’s authority. Thus you will sweep away evil from your
midst.” (Devarim 22:13 – 21).
7.) Can you describe the distinction of penalties
for a man and a woman, when the man rapes a woman engaged to someone else,
a.) inside a city; and, b.)
outside a city; what is penalty
for man who rapes a virgin?
Answer:
a.) Upon a man raping an engaged woman inside a
city, both the man and the woman are sentenced to be stoned:
“In the case of a
virgin who is engaged to a man—if a man comes upon her in town and lies with
her, you shall take the two of them out to the gate of that town and stone them
to death: the girl because she did not cry
for help in the town, and the man because he violated another man’s wife. Thus you will sweep away evil; from your
midst.” (Devarim 22:23 – 24);
b.) Upon a man raping an engaged woman outside a
city, only the man is stoned:
“But if the man
comes upon the engaged girl in the open country, and the man lies with her by
force, only the man who lay with her shall die, but you shall do nothing to the
girl. The girl did not incur the death
penalty, for this case like that of a man attacking another and murdering him. He came upon her in the open; though the engaged girl cried for help, there
was no one to save her.” (Devarim 22:25
– 27);
c.) Upon a man raping a virgin, the man is
sentenced to pay the woman’s far a fine, and to marry the woman, without the
opportunity for divorce:
“If a man comes
upon a virgin who is not engaged and he seizes her and lies with her, and they
are discovered, the man who lay with her shall pay the girl’s father fifty
shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife.
Because he has violated her, he can never have the right to divorce
her.” (Devarim 22:28 – 29).
8.) Potpouri:
can you describe which of these mitzvot are included within Parashah Ki
Teitzei:
a.)
Building railings around 1’s house;
b.)
Abstaining from planting 2 different types of crops within the same
field;
c.)
Abstaining from plowing with oxes and donkeys on same team;
d.)
Abstaining from mixing wool and linen;
e.) Wearing Tzitzit;
f.)
Marrying 1’s far’s wife;
g.)
Staying outside the sanctuary when a man has deformed genitals;
h.) An Israeli woman abstaining from marrying a
bastard;
i.)
Abstaining from making Peace with the Ammonis and/or Moabis;
j.)
Abstaining from charging interest on loans to Israelis;
k.)
Charging interest on loans to foreigners; and/or,
m.)
Utilising honest weights and measures?
Answer: The answer is, arguably, “n*.)”: all the above, except for “k.)”: charging interest on loans to foreigners; this act is permitted (as distinguished from
the prohibition of doing such to Israelis), however, there seems to be an
absence of any command that compels an Israeli to impose interest upon
foreigners:
a.)
Building railings around 1’s house,
(Devarim 22:8);
b.)
Abstaining from planting 2 different types of crops within the same
field, (Devarim 22:9);
c.) Abstaining from plowing with oxes and donkeys
on same team, (Devarim 22:10);
d.)
Abstaining from mixing wool and linen, (Devarim 22:11);
e.) Wearing Tzitzit (Devarim 22:12);
f.)
Marrying 1’s far’s wife (Devarim 23:1);
g.)
Staying outside the sanctuary when a man has deformed genitals (Devarim 23:2);
h.)
An Israeli woman abstaining from marrying a bastard (Devarim 23:3);
i.)
Abstaining from making Peace with the Ammonis and/or Moabis (Devarim
23:4 – 7);
j.)
Abstaining from charging interest on loans to Israelis (Devarim 23:20);
k.)
Charging interest on loans to foreigners (Devarim 23:21); and,
m.)
Utilising honest weights and measures (Devarim 25:13 – 16).
9.) Can you describe: a.) which
of these activities an Israeli is explicitly permitted to do, when entering a
neighbour’s field; and, b.) where else, within the Torah, is a corollary
of this rule located:
a.)
Eating the grain;
b.)
Eating the grapes;
c.)
Harvesting the produce, and bringing it home to share with 1’s family;
d.)
Having a party in the fields with friends; and/or,
e.) Taking the produce, establishing a retail
outlet, selling the produce, and providing the steward with a generous “finder’s
fee”?
Answer: The answer is: a.)
eating the grain; b.) eating the grapes; and potentially, d.) having a party in the fields with friends
(whilst there is an absence of an explicit prohibition for such, there may be
general prohibition against such a party causing damage to the steward’s
produce; however, there are numerous
parties that can be imagined as permissible whilst the friends, who maintain
the need, behave with decorum and within the guise that permits a.) and
b.); c.) and e.) taking any produce from the field is
explicitly prohibited:
“When you enter another
man’s vineyard, you may eat as many grapes as you want, until you are full, but
you must not put any in your vessel.
When you enter another man’s field of standing grain, you may pluck the
ears with your hand; but you must not
put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain.”
(Devarim 23:25 – 26).
This mitzvah can
also be found within: Parashah Ki
Teitzei (Devarim 24:19 – 22), and Parashah K’doshim (Vayikra 19:9 – 10).
10.) Can you describe the penalty that is
proscribed for a man who kidnaps an Israeli and forces the Israeli into
slavery?
Answer: The penalty is death:
“If a man is found
to have kidnapped a fellow (Israeli), enslaving him or selling him, that
kidnapper shall die; thus you will sweep
out evil from your midst.” (v24:7).
11.) Can you describe where a creditor is commanded
to wait before receiving his portion from his debtor:
a.)
Inside the debtor’s domicile;
b.)
At a designated creditor/debtor lounge;
c.)
At 1 of the designated “debtor’s cities”;
d.)
Outside the debtor’s domicile;
e.)
At the location where the debt is incurred; and/or,
f.)
At the debtor’s place of employment?
Answer: The answer is: d.) outside
the debtor’s domicile:
“When you make a
loan of any sort to your countryman, you must not enter his house to seize his
pledge. You must remain outside, while
the man to whom you made the loan brings the pledge out to you.” (Devarim 24:10 – 11).
12.) Can you describe: a.) the
duration a creditor is permitted to hold a coat given in collateral from a
debtor; and, b.) the duration an
employer is able to withhold the wages of a hired servant?
Answer:
a.)
the creditor is permitted to hold the coat, in collateral, until the
Sunset;
“If he is a needy
man, you must return the pledge to him at sundown, that he may sleep in his
cloth and bless you; and it will be to
your merit before the LORD your God.”
(Devarim 24:12 – 13);
b.)
the employer is able to withhold the wages until the Sunset:
“You shall not
abuse a needy and destitute labourer, whether a fellow countryman or a stranger
in one of the communities of your land.
You must pay him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets, for he
is needy and urgently depends on it;
else he will cry to the LORD against you and you will incure
guilt.” (Devarim 24:15).
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Discussion Questions:
What
is the nature and the dynamics regarding the ability for an Israeli man to find
beauty within a foreign woman; as well
as the apparent sanctioning of such affection, within the Torah?
If
impaling a body is an affront to Adonai, why does Adonai abstain from
prohibiting all impaling, rather than simply that which is held over the night?
What
are appropriate lessons drawn from the
proscribed treatment of wayward cattle and free-living birds (and the apparent
distinctions therein)? How does this
compare/contrast, and what is the confluence and symmetry between these mitzvot
and that regarding the mixture of clothing materials? Is there any tacit or intentional applicability
of these mitzvot towards the interaction between B’nai Israel and additional
beings?
What’s
the deal with the distinctions regarding the penalties for the infidelity of
men and women within marriage?
What
do laws regarding rape reveal about perceptions towards women? What are appropriate lessons gleaned from
these laws?
Amidst
all the mitzvot that are commanded within this Parashah, there is the
consideration of what the comic, esoteric, intuitive, instinctive, and
material, and direct connexion is between those who adhere to specific and/or
all mitzvot, and those who historically adhere to the same and/or all mitzvot
throughout the millennia of history; is
there any legitimacy within the notion that such a bond exists? If so, what is the nature of that bond? Can it be palpable, tangible? And is it strengthened when continuing to
adhere to the same mitzvot as 1 progresses through life? What additional, similar bonds may
exist; and how can the aggregate of
these bonds enhance 1’s righteousness?
118.12.20
ושלום אהבא , Family and
Friends.
שלום.नमस्ते.สมาธ.Pax.سلام.Peace.SatNam.صلح.Kwey.Amani.Barış.ειρήνη.Pace.Paz.Paix.Fred.Frieden.Vrede.Siochana.мир.امن.和平.平和.평화.Aloha.
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This
week’s Parashah is “Ki Teitzei;” we are
almost there, and we are almost back on schedule regarding our Torah Trivia
study J.
This
week’s Parashah provides additional, specific mitzvot regarding topics from
agriculture, clothing, to sexual impropriety.
The
featured Hebrew terms for this Parashah are:
“אויב” (“ayov,” meaning, “enemy”) as a rendering of this (“איביך,” “ayovecha,” “enemies”) appears within Parashah Ki Teitzei
(Devarim 21:10); and “אחיך” (“achicha,” meaning, “friends” and actually, “brothers”), as
this appears in Devarim 22:1; another
Hebrew term, which seems appropriate, although it is provided from the previous
Parashah, “Re’ih,” is: “עבד,” (“eved,” meaning, “slave”), appearing as, “ועבדך,” “v’evedecha,” “slaves,” in Devarim 15:12; and whilst this Hebrew term is also absent
from Parashah Ki Teitzei, it also seems appropriate to include (and is actually
rather similar to the name of the Parashah “Re’ih”): “ראי,”
(“re’ee,” meaning, “mirror”).
The
Torah trivia question of the week is:
Can you describe what an Israeli is supposed to do when encountering an
ox or a sheep who is wandering astray?
(The question regarding the neighbour’s field of produce is also
beneficial).
Additional
Torah study resources include:
USCJ
Torah Sparks: www.uscj.org/JewishLivingandLearning/WeeklyParashah/TorahSparks/Archive/Default.aspx;
שבת שלום.
,ושלום אהבא
Peter
שלום.नमस्ते.สมาธ.Pax.سلام.Peace.SatNam.صلح.Kwey.Amani.Barış.ειρήνη.Pace.Paz.Paix.Fred.Frieden.Vrede.Siochana.мир.امن.和平.平和.평화.Aloha.
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Shalom
(Hebrew). Namaste (Sanskrit). Samadhi (Thai/Pali). Pax (Latin). Salaam
(Arabic). Peace (English). Sat Nam (Punjabi). Solh (Persian). Kwey (Lakotah).
Amani (Swahili). Barish (Turkish). Erieni (Greek). Pache (Italiano). Paz
(Espanol). Paix (Francais). Fred (Scandinavian). Frieden (Deutsch). Siochana (Irish).
Mir (Russian). Amin (Urdu). Heping (Mandarin). Heiwa (Japanese). Pyeonghwa
(Korean). Aloha (Hawai’ian). Peace (Common Symbol). Peace (Common Sign). Peace
(General American Sign Language). Peace (American Braille).
ૐ.אמן
(Om. Amein)
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