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QUESTIONS FOR PARSHAT KI TAVO 5781 by Rabbi Edward Davis, Rabbi Emeritus & Sephardic Minyan Rabbi

I. From the Text 1. To whom did the Jewish farmer give his Bikkurim, his First Fruits? (26:4) 2. As soon as Bnei Yisrael crossed into Eretz Yisrael, they were to renew their Covenant with Hashem. Upon which two mountains did that happen? (27:4, 27:12,13) 3. What is the ultimate punishment in the Admonition? (28:64) 4. Where did Hashem create Covenants with Bnei Yisrael? (28:69) 5. What will be the outcome if Bnei Yisrael will observe all that Hashem tells them? (29:8) II. From Rashi 6. From which fruits did the law of Bikkurim apply? (26:2) 7. When is the “year of the tithe”? (26:12) 8. In Exile, will the Jews be required to worship idols? (28:64) 9. When taken into Exile and forced into slavery, the says that “there will be no buyer.” (28:68). What else is in store for them? 10. When Moshe wrote a Torah and gave it to the tribe of , what did the other tribes say? (29:3) III. From the Rabbis 11. There are two Admonitions (Toch’chah) in the Torah. According to the Ramban, to which time period does each Admonition apply? 12. What common denominator exists for all the sins in the Arrur (Accursed) list in chapter 27? (Rashbam) 13. “Then all the nations of the earth will see that the name of Hashem is proclaimed over you...” (28:10). What exactly will the Goyim see? IV. Midrash 14. Clothes that you were wearing in the desert never wore out. How about clothes that were stored in a box? V. Haftorah. Isaiah 15. In the ultimate blessings of the future, what will replace copper and iron? VI. Relationships a) Moshe - Yitro b) Aharon - Aminadav c) Yocheved - Levi d) - Gershon (two answers) e) Calev - Betzalel

ANSWERS FOR PARSHAT KI TAVO 5781 1. To a Kohen. 2. Mts. Gerizim and Eival. 3. Exile. 4. In the land of Moav and earlier at Chorev (Mt. Sinai). 5. Success in life. 6. From the seven special fruits of Eretz Yisrael: Wheat, Barley, Grapes, Pomegranates, Figs, Olives, and Dates. 7. The third year of the Shemittah cycle, when a tithe is given to the poor, instead of eating a tithe in Yerushalayim (Ma’aser Sheini). 8. No, but they will be required to pay taxes to the priests of other gods. 9. Death. 10. They wanted Moshe to write for them as well. 11. The first Admonition refers to the end of the time of the First Holy Temple. The second Admonition refers to the end time of the Second Holy Temple. 12. These are all sins done in secret. 13. They will see us wearing Tephillin. 14. Those clothes will wear out. 15. Gold and silver. 16. Relationships a) Father-in-Law Yitro b) Father-in-Law Aminadav c) Father Levi d) Uncle Gershon; Brothers-in-Law e) Great Grandfather Calev