TORAH-FAX PINCHAS TORAH STUDY

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TORAH STUDY QUESTIONS
BY RABBI JORY LANG
1. Stone Chumash Pg.892 893 (Bamidbar 28:16 31)
Hashem tells Moses to repeat the commandment to observe the Festivals of Pesach
(recalling or !"ods from !g#pt$ and %havot (celebrating the giving of the &orah'$ (hat
is the significance of revie)ing these t)o festivals no)*
2. Stone Chumash Pg. 894 89! (Bamidbar 29:1 11)
&he Parsha goes on to repeat the commandment to observe +osh Hashanah (the ,a# of
Jdgment$ and -om .ippr (the ,a# of /tonement$ and the offerings re0ired' !leven
verses in 1amidbar sffice to cover them (in Levitics the# are given nine verses$2 #et
these t)o holida#s are no) referred to as the High Holida#s or the ,a#s of /)e and are
the most fll# attended events in most s#nagoges' (h# is this so*
3. Stone Chumash Pg. 894 899 (Bamidbar 29:16 38)
&he &orah goes on to devote 34 verses to the observance and offerings for %55ot2 or the
Festival of 1ooths' &his festival2 coming as it does after the climactic ,a#s of /)e2 is
largel# ignored b# man# Je)s toda#' (h# is %55ot sch a big deal and )hat are the
present da# observances for it*
4' Stone Chumash "g. 119# 1 (1 $ings 18:46 19:21) %a&tarah Pin'has
Jst as Pinchas )as 6ealos in safegarding the nation7s lo#alt# to 8od2 so )as !li9ah' :I
have been e"ceedingl# 6ealos for Hashem; for the Children of Israel have abandoned
-or covenant'< He too5 on .ing /hab and his )ic5ed =een Je6ebel2 almost single>
handed'' (hat can one man do*