Vayikra

Vayikra

Open a Chumash to Sefer Vayikra

Perek Aleph, Posuk Alpeh

Multiple Choice

This is the first posuk of the Parsha (and Sefer).

וַיִּקְרָ֖א אֶל־משֶׁ֑ה וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר ה' אֵלָ֔יו מֵאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵ֖ד לֵאמֹֽר:

Who called who?

• Moshe called Hashem

• Chassie called Chana

• Hashem called Moshe

• Yisro called Hashem

Multiple Choice

This is the first posuk of the Parsha (and Sefer). Which word does Hashem use to get Moshe's attention?

וַיִּקְרָ֖א אֶל־משֶׁ֑ה וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר ה' אֵלָ֔יו מֵאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵ֖ד לֵאמֹֽר:

• ויקרא - And He called

• וידבר - and He spoke

• לאמר - saying

Multiple Choice

Which letter in the word ויקרא is a different size to usual?

• The א is small

• The ק is large

• The ו is small

• The ר is large

• The י is small

The next question is on this Rashi

Multiple Choice

What does the word ויקרא show about Hashem and Moshe's relationship?

• Hashem commanded him like a servant

• It shows Hashem's love for Moshe

• That they spoke often

Multiple Choice

Where does Hashem speak to Moshe from?

וַיִּקְרָ֖א אֶל־משֶׁ֑ה וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר ה' אֵלָ֔יו מֵאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵ֖ד לֵאמֹֽר:

• The אהל מועד aka the Aron

• The אהל מועד aka the Mishkan

• The אהל מועד aka the tent for camping

Multiple Choice

What is a person instructed to bring?

אָדָ֗ם כִּי־יַקְרִ֥יב מִכֶּ֛ם קָרְבָּ֖ן לַֽה

• Adam

• מכם - from amongst you

• A Korban for Hashem

Multiple Choice

Moshe instructed the Jewish people to bring the following animals as a Korban...

אָדָ֗ם כִּי־יַקְרִ֥יב מִכֶּ֛ם קָרְבָּ֖ן לַֽה' מִן־הַבְּהֵמָ֗ה מִן־הַבָּקָר֙ וּמִן־הַצֹּ֔אן תַּקְרִ֖יבוּ אֶת־קָרְבַּנְכֶֽם:

• Sheep, goat and cow

• Sheep, Beast and Cattle

• Cattle, Cow and Goat

Poll

Did you know that each of us have an internal animal which we can offer as a "Korban" to Hashem?

Pick one or two ways you can bring a Korban personally.

• Use a talent to promote Mitzvot

• Do a Mitzvah with energy (like fire)

• Listen to our Yetzer Tov

• Figure out how to improve ourselves

• Give Tzedaka

Korban for Closeness

In Parshas Vayikra it says that if a person wants to be close to Hashem he should bring a Korban. We don’t bring Korbanos nowadays, so how does this apply to us? We know that everything in Torah is a lesson for us. Let’s see what the Karbanos can teach us.

Multiple Select

What is the question we have on Karbonos in today's day and age without a Bais Hamikdash?

• Where can we bring Karbonos outside of Eretz Yisroel?

• How can we achieve closeness to Hashem without bringing Karbonos?

• If there is no Bais Hamikdash then why should we learn this Parsha?

• What will the Parsha Pop-Up look like this week?

Three Steps to a Korban

Following are the steps involved in bringing a Korban. You will be asked to match them to a modern day application.

Multiple Choice

The 1st step of bringing a Korban:

The animal needs to be checked for blemishes.

This teaches us that we need to....

• ...check ourselves to see what we need to work on and fix.

• ...Shecht our Yetzer Hara, and only listen to our Yetzer Tov.

• ...light up and ignite a fire within us with a burning love for Hashem.

Multiple Choice

The 2nd step of bringing a Korban:

The animal needs to be shechted.

This teaches us that we need to....

• ...check ourselves to see what we need to work on and fix.

• ...Shecht our Yetzer Hara, and only listen to our Yetzer Tov.

• ...light up and ignite a fire within us with a burning love for Hashem.

Multiple Choice

The 3rd step of bringing a Korban:

The animal is burnt by a fire that is brought down from Shamayim

This teaches us that we need to....

• ...check ourselves to see what we need to work on and fix.

• ...Shecht our Yetzer Hara, and only listen to our Yetzer Tov.

• ...light up and ignite a fire within us with a burning love for Hashem.

Back to the Pesukim...

Multiple Choice

ב:א

Another kind of Korban is called the Mincha. The ingredients in a Mincha are...

וְנֶ֗פֶשׁ כִּֽי־תַקְרִ֞יב קָרְבַּ֤ן מִנְחָה֙ לַֽה' סֹ֖לֶת יִֽהְיֶ֣ה קָרְבָּנ֑וֹ וְיָצַ֤ק עָלֶ֨יהָ֙ שֶׁ֔מֶן וְנָתַ֥ן עָלֶ֖יהָ לְבֹנָֽה

• Flour and oil

• Flour and water

• Flowers

• Oil and animals

Multiple Choice

ב:ב

Who would the person bring the Mincha to?

וֶֽהֱבִיאָ֗הּ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י אַֽהֲרֹן֘ הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֒

• Aharon

• The Kohanim

• The Leviim

• Hevieya

Multiple Choice

What word in ב:יא connects to Pesach?

No meal offering that you sacrifice to the Lord shall be made [out of anything] leavened. For you shall not cause to [go up in] smoke any leavening or any honey, [as] a fire offering to the Lord; יאכָּל־הַמִּנְחָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר תַּקְרִ֨יבוּ֙ לַֽה לֹ֥א תֵֽעָשֶׂ֖ה חָמֵ֑ץ כִּ֤י כָל־שְׂאֹר֙ וְכָל־דְּבַ֔שׁ לֹֽא־תַקְטִ֧ירוּ מִמֶּ֛נּוּ אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַֽה:

(Question written by Etty, Racheli and Sara Esther)

• חמץ

• מצה

• קרבן פסח

• יין

Multiple Choice

ג:ז-ח

What action did the person gifting the Korban do when bringing their Korban to Hashem?

וְהִקְרִ֥יב אֹת֖וֹ לִפְנֵ֥י ה'

וְסָמַ֤ךְ אֶת־יָדוֹ֙ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ קָרְבָּנ֔וֹ:

• Lean their hands on its head

• Shecht it

There are several types of Karbonos...

שלמים - peace offering

חטאת - sin offering

עולה -

מנחה - gift offering

Multiple Choice

ג:א

The שלמים is allowed to be brought from a ....

וְאִם־זֶ֥בַח שְׁלָמִ֖ים קָרְבָּנ֑וֹ אִ֤ם מִן־הַבָּקָר֙ ה֣וּא מַקְרִ֔יב אִם־זָכָר֙ אִם־נְקֵבָ֔ה

• Fat, blemished cow

• Male or female cow

• Female cow only, not male

Multiple Choice

ג:יז

This is a Chok that Yidden are not allowed to eat....

חֻקַּ֤ת עוֹלָם֙ לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם בְּכֹ֖ל מֽוֹשְׁבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם כָּל־חֵ֥לֶב וְכָל־דָּ֖ם לֹ֥א תֹאכֵֽלוּ

• Blood - דם

• Blood - דם and חלב - fat

• תאכלו - to eat it

Multiple Choice

What is the most important and basic ingredient in bringing a Korban?

By Hannah and Abie

• Wood

• Water

• Animal

• Attitude of Gratitude