Shoftim (6&7)

Shoftim (6&7)

Previously...

• All the tribes have to conquer their territory. While some do, others don't.

• The cycle of the Shoftim is explained

• Shofet#1 = Osniel ben Kenaz

• Shofet#2 = Ehud ben Gera

• Shofet #3 = Shamgar ben Anas

• Shofet #4 = Devorah

Shoftim perek Vav (6)

Gidon

Multiple Choice

BY serve idols again, so Hashem gives them into the hand of Midian.

For how many years does Midian antagonise BY before Gidon intervenes?

• 3 years

• 7 years

• 10 years

• 20 years

Multiple Select

The people of Midian "would leave no sustenence in Israel".

Inluding which three animals would they not leave?

• sheep

• ox

• chicken

• donkey

Shoftim (6,4)

"They would come as abudently as a locust swarm, they and their camels were countless, and they came into the land to destroy it (6,5)

Multiple Choice

While Gidon is threshing wheat to hide from Midian, an angel sits under a ____ and says to him "Hashem is with you, Oh mighty hero".

Under what does the angel sit when he says this to Gidon?

• elm tree

• cattle goad

• pillar

• palm tree

Multiple Choice

Gidon lived with his father, Yoash HaAbi-Ezri.

Where did they live?

• Kiriat Yearim

• Even Haezer

• Gilgal

• Ophrah

Multiple Choice

Gidon says to the angel:

"My thousand is the most impoverished of ____, and I am the youngest of my father's house"

Which tribe was Gidon from?

• Ephraim

• Yehudah

• Binyamin

• Menashe

Shoftim (6,15)

Gidon says this in reply to when the angel says in (6,14)

"Go with this strength of yours and you shall save Israel from the grip of Midian"

Multiple Choice

After a conversation with the angel, Gidon prepares a young goat, meat (in a basket) and broth (in a pot) as a tribute for the angel.

He also takes 1 ephah of flour. What does he make with it?

• matza

• bread

• cake

• cookies

The angel isntructs Gidon to place the "tribute" on a rock, and with the edge of the staff, he touched the meat and the matzos. A fire then consumes the offering, and the angel leaves.

Multiple Choice

To whom was it said:

"Peace to you, do not be afraid, you will not die"

• Gidon

• The angel

• Yoash

• The goat

When Gidon sees that the angel is indeed an angel, he thinks he will die. Hashem tells him "Peace to you. Do not be afraid, you will not die" (6,23)

Multiple Choice

Gidon then makes a mizbeach/altar and calls it...

• Baruch Hashem

• Chasdei Hashem

• Hashem Shalom

• Mizbeach Shel Hashem

Multiple Choice

Hashem tells Gidon to destroy all his father's (Yoash's) idols, and to make them into mizbeachim.

On these mizbeachim he must sacrifice a young bull that belongs to his father, and another bull.

How old should the second bull be?

• 1 year

• 7 years

• 6 months

• 10 years

Multiple Choice

Gidon follows Hashem's commands, and at night takes some men to smash all the idols.

How many men does he do this with?

• 1

• 5

• 10

• 15

The next morning, the poeple of Ophrah discovers what Gidon had done, and what to kill him. But someone stops them...

Multiple Choice

Who said:

"Will you take up the Baal's grievance? Will you save him? Whoever aggrieved him shall die by morning; if Baal is a god, it will take up its greivence against him for breaking its alter"

• Gidon

• The angel

• The 10 men

• Yoash the Abi Ezri (Gidon's father

This means that if Baal (an idol) truly is 'G-d'; he wouldn't be destroyed by a human, and that a G-d would be able to exact revenge without human intervention

(obviously Baal wouldn't be exacting revenge; it's an idol)

Fill in the Blank

Yoash HaAbi Ezri then gives Gidon another name.

This is...

"Yerubaal" is a play on words, a contradiction of Yoash's words

"יָ֤רֶב בּוֹ֙ הַבַּ֔עַל",

"Let Baal take up the greivence"

Multiple Select

"The spirit of Hashem clothed Gidon" when Midian, Amalek & the people of the East encamp at the Valley of Yizrael (Jezreel).

Which 4 tribes does Gidon send to for battle?

• Menashe

• Asher

• Zeuvulun

• Naftali

• Ephraim

Note: Devorah also sent to Zevulun and Naftali in battle. Gidon additionaly sends to Zevulun, Naftali, Asher & Menashe (his own tribe)

Multiple Choice

Gidon constructs a test to see if Hashem will be with him.

The first day he takes a ______ and asks Hashem that Hashem should send dew only on the ____, and not the ground.

What object does he use for this?

• A coloured coat

• A bowl of water

• A fleece of wool

• A white tunic

Multiple Choice

This miracle is fulfilled.

The next day, Gidon asks Hashem for their to be ___ on all the ground, except the fleece.

What should be on all the ground, but specifically not the fleece?

• dew

• snow

• rain

• man

Both these miracles are fulfilled

Perek Zayin (7)

The Army is Narrowed Down

Multiple Choice

Midian encamp to the North of Gidon's army, in the Hill of Moreh, in the Valley.

Where does Gidon's army encamp?

• Ein Charod

• Har Gilad

• Har Ephraim

• Ein Hakorei

Multiple Choice

Hashem tells Gidon at Har Gilad that the army is too big.

Gidon says "Whoever fears and trembles, let him turn back and depart at dawn from Har Gilad"

How many people leave the army?

• 10,000

• 22,000

• 20,000

• 5,000

Multiple Choice

How many people stay in Gidon's army?

• 22,000

• 15,000

• 300

• 10,000

Multiple Choice

Later, Hashem tells Gidon that the army is still too big.

So, Gidon conducts a 'test'.

Whoever kneels on his knees to drink may stay in the army, whereas whoever laps like a dog will be set apart.

How many people remained in the army?

• 500

• 200

• 300

• 100

Multiple Choice

Meenwhile, a man has a dream about an object rolling in the Midianite camp. "It came to the tent and struck it and it fell, it turned it upside down and the tent fell"

What is this object?

• knife

• shofar

• bottle of wine

• roasted barley bread

This symbolised that BY will be successful against Midian.

Multiple Select

Which 3 objects does Gidon distribute to all members of his army?

• swords

• shofars

• empty jugs

• torches

He tells them "see my example and do the same". They should make a loud noise with these objects, and cause the Midianites to think the army of BY are much bigger that the 300 men they really are.

Multiple Choice

The camp of Midian "fled as far as Bet Shitah, towards Tzereroh, as far as the border of Avel Mecholas, near _____"

• Tavor

• Shitim

• Tavas

• Bezek

Shoftim (7,22)

Naftali, Asher & Menashe pursue Midian. Gidon calls to Ephraim to block Midian until Bes Barah and the Yarden

Multiple Select

The people of Ephraim capture the two leaders of Midian.

Their names are:

• Purah

• Bidkar

• Orev

• Ze'ev

Multiple Choice

They kill Orev at the Rock of Orev.

Where do they kill Ze'ev?

• Winepress of Ze'ev

• Rock of Ze'ev

• Threshing floor of Ze'ev

• Mizbeach of Ze'ev