Blessings! Curses! Topography! (Parashat Ki Tavo)

Im tirzi! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-_XAt1OFNI 

 If needed:  https://glz.co.il/%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%A6

a.     Haggadah text

https://www.sefaria.org/Pesach_Haggadah%2C_Magid%2C_First_Fruits_Declaration.2?ven=Koren_Publishers,_Jerusalem,_2013&lang=bi

 

b.     Full text- what is shared?

 Godcast:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1_ymiQr34E

 

Mountains?

  https://www.bibleplaces.com/blog/2008/12/acoustics-of-mounts-gerizim-and-ebal/ 

  https://bibleandtech.blogspot.com/2008/12/using-digital-mapping-tools-mount-ebal.html

 

The Big Four Format: Nouns and Adjectives

Suffix	Meaning	Examples
none	masculine singular	סוּס (horse) טוֹב סוּס (good horse)
ָה      (Kamatz and He)	feminine singular	סוּסָה   (mare) סוּסָה טוֹבָה     (good mare)
ִים     (Chirik, Yud and Mem)	masculine plural	סוּסִים   (horses) סוּסִים טוֹבִים     (good horses)
וֹת (Cholam and Tav)	feminine plural	סוּסוֹת   (mares) סוּסוֹת טוֹבוֹת     (good mares)
And sometimes, there is this special suffix….
ַיִם       (Patach, Yud with Chirik and Mem)	masculine and feminine noun dual form	יָדַיִם   (two hands)

 

 

 

 

1)     How many months is the Passover seder from the 1^st night of sukkot?

a.     5 months

b.     6 months

c.     8 months

d.     9 months, 15 days

e.     You can’t food me.  Sukkot is the Hebrew Name of Passover!

2)    Which of the following is not part of the Passover seder:

a.     Kiddush

b.     Urchatz

c.     Karpas

d.     Yachatz

e.     Maggid

 

3)    Good job! What else is NOT part of the seder

a.     Hand washing

b.     Hamotzi

c.     More handwashing

d.     Eating Matza as dessert

e.     Asking four new questions each year

 

4)    And anything else that is not part of the seder

a.     Tzafun

b.     Barech

c.     Hallel

d.     Nirtzah

e.     Kofer

 

5)    What’s one of the things many Conservatie Jewish families don’t do in part of the seder after the meal?

a.     Barech (Grace after meals)

b.     Hallel (more singing praises to God

c.     The Third cup of wine

d.     The Fourth cup of wine

e.     There’s a part of the seder after the meal??

 

6)    Which of the following does not take place in maggid, the telling and asking part of the seder

a.     Four cups of wine

b.     Four questions

c.     Rabban Gamliel’s 3 things you have to talk about

d.     The ten plauges

e.     Singing Daieynu

 

7)    Wait, what does Passover have to do wit this week’s Torah portion

a.     It doesn’t,  it’s just Jewish trivia

b.     “My father was a wandering Aramean” is in the portion and the Haggadah

c.     “The ten plagues “  are in the portion and in he Haggadah.

d.     “Who knows One” is in the portion and in the haggadah

e.     It doesn’t, Mar Hirsch ran out of questions on the parshah.

 

8)    So what else is in this portion?

a.     Kosher and Treyf  (Yiddish for “torn,” or not kosher)

b.     Laws of good and evil

c.     Verses of Blessings and Curses

d.     A review of all the ancient Jewish holidays

e.     A warning not to disturb the Ark of the Covenant.

 

9)    Anything else in this part of the Torah

a.     Saving a portion  of your crops for the widow a

b.     Saving a portion  of your crops for the orphan

c.     Saving a portion  of your crops for the stranger

d.     Saving a portion of your crops for the landless Levites

e.     Dude, you’re supposed to save a portion for all of those people.

 

10) Okay, fine.  But what is this about reading a part of the Torah quietly and in a subdued tone?

a.     It talks about the death of Miriam

b.     It talks about the death of Aharon

c.     It talks about the death of Moses

d.     It talks about a whole lot of curses for not following the Torah

e.     I’m not falling for this!  We always read torah loudly and clearly.

 

 

 

Devarim Chapter 27: Can I get an “Amen!”???

It was then that Moses charged the people, saying:

After you have crossed the Jordan, the following shall stand on Mount Gerizim when the blessing for the people is spoken: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

And for the curse, the following shall stand on Mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

The Levites shall then proclaim in a loud voice to all the people of Israel:

Cursed be any party who makes a sculptured or molten image, abhorred by Adonai, a craftsman’s handiwork, and sets it up in secret [for worship].—And all the people shall respond, Amen!

Cursed be the one who publicly insults father or mother.—And all the people shall say, Amen!

Cursed be the one who moves a neighbor’s landmark.—And all the people shall say, Amen!

Cursed be the one who misdirects a blind person who is underway.—And all the people shall say, Amen!

Cursed be the one who subverts the rights of the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.—And all the people shall say, Amen!

Cursed be the one who strikes down a fellow [Israelite] in secret.—And all the people shall say, Amen!

Cursed be the one who accepts a bribe in the case of the murder of an innocent person.—And all the people shall say, Amen!

Cursed be whoever will not uphold the terms of this Teaching and observe them.—And all the people shall say, Amen!

 

 

Devarim Chapter 27: Blessings and curses

Now, if you obey your God Adonai, to observe faithfully all the divine commandments which I enjoin upon you this day, your God Adonai will set you high above all the nations of the earth.	But if you do not obey your God Adonai to observe faithfully all the commandments and laws which I enjoin upon you this day
All these blessings shall come upon you and take effect, if you will but heed the word of your God Adonai:	All these curses shall come upon you and take effect:
Blessed shall you be in the city and blessed shall you be in the country.	Cursed shall you be in the city and cursed shall you be in the country.
Blessed shall be your issue from the womb, your produce from the soil, and the offspring of your cattle, the calving of your herd and the lambing of your flock.	Cursed shall be your issue from the womb and your produce from the soil, the calving of your herd and the lambing of your flock.
Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.	Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
Blessed shall you be in your comings and blessed shall you be in your goings.	Cursed shall you be in your comings and cursed shall you be in your goings.

 

 

 

Ki Tavo—Chapter 26

When you enter the land that your God Adonai is giving you as a heritage, and you possess it and settle in it,  you shall take some of every first fruit of the soil, which you harvest from the land that your God Adonai is giving you, put it in a basket and go to the place where your God Adonai will choose to establish the divine name.

You shall go to the priest in charge at that time and say to him, “I acknowledge this day before your God Adonai that I have entered the land that Adonai swore to our fathers to assign us.”

The priest shall take the basket from your hand and set it down in front of the altar of your God Adonai.

You shall then recite as follows before your God Adonai: “My father was a wanderer from Aram. He went down to Egypt with meager numbers and made a long visit there; but there he became a great and very populous nation.

The Egyptians dealt harshly with us and oppressed us; they imposed heavy labor upon us.  We cried to Adonai, the God of our ancestors, and Adonai heard our plea and saw our plight, our misery, and our oppression. Adonai freed us from Egypt by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm and awesome power, and by signs and portents, bringing us to this place and giving us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Wherefore I now bring the first fruits of the soil which You, Adonai, have given me.” You shall leave it before your God Adonai and bow low before your God Adonai. And you shall enjoy, together with the [family of the] Levite and the stranger in your midst, all the bounty that your God Adonai has bestowed upon you and your household.