Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 00:55:20 +0000 Reply-To: ml@jer1.co.il Sender: owner-tsc-all@jer1.co.il Precedence: bulk From: "Menachem Leibtag" To: tsc-all@jer1.co.il Subject: KEDOSHIM - Questions for Self Study ************************************************************* THE TANACH STUDY CENTER/ In Memory of Rabbi Abraham Leibtag [http://www.virtual.co.il/torah/tanach/] ************************************************************* PARSHAT KEDOSHIM / Questions for self-study PART I - QUESTIONS FOR THE 'SHABBOS TABLE' 1. On his commentary on the first pasuk of Parshat Kdoshim, the Chizkuni claims that each of the Ten Commandments (or a very similar mitzvah) can be found in Parshat Kdoshim. Before seeing this Chizkuni inside, try to find them on your own. Now look up the Chizkuni. Did your list match his? [See also Ramban 19:4 (towards the end), where he too finds all of the Ten Commandments in this Parsha. See also Ibn Ezra 19:2/ "ki kadoshÉ"!] 2. Even though these mitzvot are similar to the Ten Commandments, they are not identical. Try to define the manner in which they are different (e.g. / are they more strict or lenient etc.). Is this difference significant? Can you relate it to the title of the Parsha - "Kdoshim Tihiyu"? 3. In the first 18 psukim, note how often the phrase ANI HASHEM is repeated? Is there a pattern to this repitition? Note when it states ANI HASHEM and ANI HASHEM ELOKEICHEM. Does this also fit into a pattern? Does this pattern relate in any way to the "TWO LUCHOT" and the division of the DIBROT into to halves? PART II - QUESTIONS FOR PREPARATION (for weekly shiur) 1. In what manner is the header in Parshat Kdoshim (19:1-2) different than the standard header introducing a parsha of mitzvot which is usually found in Chumash? Does Rashi comment on this? If so, what is his comment? How does it explain the reason for this difference? 2. Where else in Chumash do we find a parsha of mitzvot which also includes the header of "KOL ADAT BNEI YISRAEL"? Does it relate in any way to Parshat Kdoshim? [If you give up, try Shmot 12:1-3, 35:1] Do any of these sources help you better understand the Rashi referred to above/ 19:2 - "daberÉm'lamed sh'nemar b'hakhelÉ"? See also Vayikra 8:3-5! 3. What does the word "eydah" mean? What is the Hebrew "shoresh" of this word? Can you relate this "shoresh" to the reason why this parsha was given to the entire "eiydah"? 4. In what context do Bnei Yisrael serve as "eydim" should they fufill the commandments of KDOSHIM TIHIYU? See Sforno 19:2. Can you relate this to your answer? PART III - PARSHANUT 1. Compare Chizkini on 19:2 to Rashi on 19:2 [in regard to "daber el kol adat Bnei Yisrael"]. In what way is Chizkuni similar, and in what way is his statement different than Rashi? 2. See Ramban 19:2. How does Ramban explain why Parshat Kdoshim is recorded in Sefer Vayikra? See Ibn Ezra on 19:2. How does he answer this question? How and why are their answers different? b'hatzlacha, menachem Menachem Leibtag ml@virtual.co.il POB 265 Alon Shevut, Gush Etzion 90433 ISRAEL tel : 972-2-993-1650