CHUMASH TEST ONE- BAMIDBAR
PEREK ALEPH THROUGH
GIMMEL/DALED. EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
What are the ten sefers in bamidbar? -
ANS Bamidbar,Naso,Bahalotcha,Shlach,Korach,Chukas,Balak ,Pinchas,Matot,Masei
What is a Sefer? - ANS one of the 5 books of torah. Composed by Hashem and written by
Moshe
What is a Sedra? - ANS Weekly Torah Portion. Composed by the Amoraaim
What is a perek? - ANS a chapter- Made by christians
What is a Parshia? - ANS spaces in the torah that divide the pasukim into sections. Composed
by Hashem, written by Moshe
What is Pshat? - ANS Closest reading/understanding of the text (pesukim)
What is a Drash - ANS taking an outside source to better understand the pesukim.
What are the positives and negatives of a Drash? - ANS +, helps us fill in gaps from the text
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Who is Rashi and when did he live? - ANS Rav Shlomo yitzchaki, lived from 1040-1105
Who is the Ramban and when did he live? - ANS Rav Moshe ben nachman , 1194-1270
What is the typical style of the Rambans peirush? - ANS More Drash Based, Usually quotes
rashi, kabalistic(Kabbalah-Mystical), long peirush
Who was the Ibin Ezra, and when did he live? - ANS Avraham ben meir Ibin Ezra,()ראב״ע
1089-1167
Who was the Ntziv? - ANS Rav Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin. (1816-1893)
What is a Milah Mancha? - ANS A word or pharse repeated multiple times for emphasis
What is semichut parshiot? - ANS When two unrealated sections of the torah are put next to
eachother for emphasis
What should bamidbar have been about? - ANS Entering E"Y
What was the theme of berishit - ANS Creation- Story
What was the theme of shemot - ANS Slavery-> freedom, Both story and mitzvot
What was the theme of vayikra - ANS Torat Kohamin, Mishkan, Holiness- Mitzvot
what was the theme of devarim - ANS prep to go into israel, both a story and mitzvah
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PEREK ALEPH THROUGH
GIMMEL/DALED. EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
What are the ten sefers in bamidbar? -
ANS Bamidbar,Naso,Bahalotcha,Shlach,Korach,Chukas,Balak ,Pinchas,Matot,Masei
What is a Sefer? - ANS one of the 5 books of torah. Composed by Hashem and written by
Moshe
What is a Sedra? - ANS Weekly Torah Portion. Composed by the Amoraaim
What is a perek? - ANS a chapter- Made by christians
What is a Parshia? - ANS spaces in the torah that divide the pasukim into sections. Composed
by Hashem, written by Moshe
What is Pshat? - ANS Closest reading/understanding of the text (pesukim)
What is a Drash - ANS taking an outside source to better understand the pesukim.
What are the positives and negatives of a Drash? - ANS +, helps us fill in gaps from the text
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, -, not always 100% accurate
Who is Rashi and when did he live? - ANS Rav Shlomo yitzchaki, lived from 1040-1105
Who is the Ramban and when did he live? - ANS Rav Moshe ben nachman , 1194-1270
What is the typical style of the Rambans peirush? - ANS More Drash Based, Usually quotes
rashi, kabalistic(Kabbalah-Mystical), long peirush
Who was the Ibin Ezra, and when did he live? - ANS Avraham ben meir Ibin Ezra,()ראב״ע
1089-1167
Who was the Ntziv? - ANS Rav Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin. (1816-1893)
What is a Milah Mancha? - ANS A word or pharse repeated multiple times for emphasis
What is semichut parshiot? - ANS When two unrealated sections of the torah are put next to
eachother for emphasis
What should bamidbar have been about? - ANS Entering E"Y
What was the theme of berishit - ANS Creation- Story
What was the theme of shemot - ANS Slavery-> freedom, Both story and mitzvot
What was the theme of vayikra - ANS Torat Kohamin, Mishkan, Holiness- Mitzvot
what was the theme of devarim - ANS prep to go into israel, both a story and mitzvah
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