TEN QUESTIONS TO TEST YOUR TORAH KNOWLEDGE RELEVANT
TO BASELESS HATRED
1. What is the relationship between the two classic commandments found in two successive verses:
“Thou shall not hate thy brother in thy heart” (Lev 19:17) and
“Thou shall love your fellow as yourself” (Lev 19:18)
See page 45.
2. What do the five daughters of Tzelofchad teach us about Joseph?
See page 62.
3. What do we learn about Joseph from the numerical value of his name?
See page 62.
4. As soon as Moses became adult, he went toward his enslaved brothers to share their burdens (Exodus 2:11). How did Moses acquire the trait of empathy?
See pages 69-70.
5. Aharon had the function of high priest. At the same time, he had the role of peace maker among the Jewish people. Is there a link between these two functions?
See page 71.
6. What special arrangement was made between the land portions of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin?
See page 71.
7. What is the “rationale” for the law of “returning a lost object”, according to Abarbanel?
See page 73.
8. How did Esther respond to Haman’s critical characterization of the Jewish people?
See page 75.
9. When King David founded Jerusalem, he collected funds from each of the twelve tribes. What Torah verse did he rely on?
See page 77.
10. Who is the author of the following statement pertaining to “hurting others verbally”?
“….For the Torah was exceedingly particular about wrong inflicted with words, because this is something very hard for the heart of people to bear and a great many persons care more about this than about [being wronged] in matters of property.”
See page 185.
TO BASELESS HATRED
1. What is the relationship between the two classic commandments found in two successive verses:
“Thou shall not hate thy brother in thy heart” (Lev 19:17) and
“Thou shall love your fellow as yourself” (Lev 19:18)
See page 45.
2. What do the five daughters of Tzelofchad teach us about Joseph?
See page 62.
3. What do we learn about Joseph from the numerical value of his name?
See page 62.
4. As soon as Moses became adult, he went toward his enslaved brothers to share their burdens (Exodus 2:11). How did Moses acquire the trait of empathy?
See pages 69-70.
5. Aharon had the function of high priest. At the same time, he had the role of peace maker among the Jewish people. Is there a link between these two functions?
See page 71.
6. What special arrangement was made between the land portions of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin?
See page 71.
7. What is the “rationale” for the law of “returning a lost object”, according to Abarbanel?
See page 73.
8. How did Esther respond to Haman’s critical characterization of the Jewish people?
See page 75.
9. When King David founded Jerusalem, he collected funds from each of the twelve tribes. What Torah verse did he rely on?
See page 77.
10. Who is the author of the following statement pertaining to “hurting others verbally”?
“….For the Torah was exceedingly particular about wrong inflicted with words, because this is something very hard for the heart of people to bear and a great many persons care more about this than about [being wronged] in matters of property.”
See page 185.
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