ELUAH IN YIDDISH LITERATURE - Jewish Bible Quarterly

ANSWERS
HUQQAT
I. Forty years. Our Sidra relates some episodes that took place near the end
of the desert wanderings.
2. a) The death of Miriam.
b) The death of Aaron.
c) The conquest of the Amorite kingdoms of Sihon and Og on the eastern
side of the Jordan River.
3. See verses 20:7:11 and Hertz's comments on these verses.
4. In the last Sidra of the Chumash, in the Sidra Vezot Habrakha (Deuteronomy
34:5-9).
5. The Sidra tells of the death and burial of Miriam in Kadesh (20: I), and
the next verse states that the community was without water (20 :2), from
which the Rabbis conclude that, as long as Miriam lived, the Well
accompanied the children ofisrael.
BALAQ
I. When Balaq's messengers came for Balaam, God told him not to go and
curse the Israelites since they were blessed (22:12).
2. As we read the text, we can see that he was really eager to go, but God held
him back (22 :8-20).
3. Balaq sent messengers, notables of the people, who promised to reward
him with great honors if he would come and curse the Israelites
(22: 15-17).
4. In his second dream, he was told that he may go, but he would be able to
say only what God would put into his mouth.
5. Read the verses from 22:35. (Can we interpret this story as a dream sequence
which aroused Balaam's conscience?)
1. Pesah
Shavuot
Rosh Hashana
28:16-17
28:26
29:1
PINEHAS
2. Pesach, Shavuot, Succot and Shemini Atzeret.
Yom Kippur
Succot
Shemini Atzeret
29:7
29:12
29:35
3. To Shemini Atzeret. (In Israel Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are
observed on the same day. Everywhere else they are observed as two
days.)
4. Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
5. Rosh Hashana is called Yom Teruah, or a day of sounding the Shofar
(29:1). Yom Kippur is noted as a fast day (29:7).
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