WorksheetsKorach 16-17
Total questions: 86
Worksheet time: 43mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was a part of Korach’s uprising?
a)
Dasan
b)
Aviram
c)
Ohn
d)
250 special people
2.
What contributed to their decisions to be a part of bad things?
a)
neighbors
b)
jealousy
c)
true love
d)
lack of water
3.
Who was אליצפן בן עוזיאל?
a)
leader of b'nei Yisrael
b)
leader of shevet Levi
c)
leader of shevet Reuvain
d)
man whose wife uncovered her hair
4.
What was the 2nd Rashi of Korach’s question?
a)
what does take mean
b)
where did he take to
c)
who did he take from?
d)
why did he take?
5.
What was his 1st answer?
a)
he took himself
b)
he took people
c)
he took his staff
d)
he took a receipt
6.
What was his 2nd answer?
a)
he took himself
b)
he took people
c)
he took his staff
d)
he took a receipt
7.
What motivated Korach to create a coup?
a)
neighbors
b)
jealousy
c)
anger
d)
hatred
8.
Why wasn’t Yaakov mentioned in Korach’s lineage?
a)
Korach wasn't his descendant
b)
Yaakov liked Moshe better
c)
we know it already from elsewhere
d)
he prayed for peace
9.
Please describe Korach’s Tzitzis scheme:
a)
blue clothes
b)
laugh at Moshe
c)
we are all holy just like the garment is all blue
d)
bring karbanos
10.
What was Moshe’s reaction?
a)
jumped in surprise
b)
cried many tears
c)
screamed at everyone
d)
fell down
11.
Why did Moshe fall?
a)
nevuah
b)
sadness
c)
tefillah
d)
humility
12.
Why didn’t Aharon also bow down?
a)
wasn't against him'
b)
wouldn't get nevuah with Moshe
c)
wanted to see what would happen
d)
maybe they were right'
13.
What was Moshe’s tactic that פסוק ה' רד"ה בקר ויודע וגו' discusses
a)
delay delay
b)
walk away
c)
next day
d)
time to pray
e)
s
14.
Why does פסוק ז' רד"ה רב לכם בני לוי consider what the 250 ‘board members’ did foolish?
a)
super risky
b)
Moshe warned them
c)
great people make mistake is really foolish
d)
swayed by Korach
15.
Rashi says that Korach had a Nevuah about his progeny. Who were his descendants?
a)
Shmuel HaNavi
b)
Ohn
c)
24 sets of Kohanim
d)
24 sets of Leviim
16.
Korach fighting with Moshe and Aharon; why'd Moshe say "fighting with G-d and Aharon"?
a)
Moshe was saying he was G-d
b)
Moshe was saying that he was just the messenger
c)
Hashem's voice was coming out of Moshe
d)
Hashem told him to
17.
The Ohr HaChaim relates two reasons why Moshe sent for Dasan and Aviram privately. Name 1.
a)
give extra respect
b)
divide and conquer/no group mentality
c)
They were all alone
d)
They deserved an extra chance
18.
What was Dasan and Aviram’s initial response
a)
we're not going up
b)
we're not coming
c)
we hate you
d)
is it so little?
19.
How did their mouths indicate what would happen?
a)
they didn't go up-they went down into Gehenom
b)
they didn't come- they went far away
c)
Moshe ended up hating them
d)
their family was decreased to less than little
20.
What word(s) did Dasan and Aviram use to give an extra jab to Moshe?
a)
is it so little?
b)
hate
c)
fall
d)
42 letter name of Hashem
21.
What land did Dasan and Aviram refer to as flowing with milk and honey?
a)
E"Y
b)
Mitzrayim
c)
Goshen
d)
Midbar
22.
Who’s eyes were Dasan and Aviram suggesting might be threatened to get poked out?
a)
Moshe
b)
Aharon
c)
Korach
d)
Their own
23.
What new instruction wasn’t listened to (see pasuk 18)?
a)
Matches
b)
no Dasan and Aviram
c)
Aharon too
d)
I mean it- fo' real!
24.
How did Korach spend the night before the Ketores Test?)
a)
studying the night before the test
b)
hanging out with his buddies
c)
davening to win
d)
convincing people to join up
25.
Who did Hashem appear to after the incense was offered (pasuk 20)?
a)
Moshe and Aharon
b)
Korach
c)
250 people
d)
entire Jewish people
26.
What was their reaction (pasuk 22)?
a)
fell on face
b)
daven to Hashem
c)
rebuke Korach
d)
tell everyone to run
27.
What attribute of Hashem does “Elokei HaRuchos” refer to?
a)
read minds
b)
control of natural disasters
c)
Hashem is here, there, truly everywhere
28.
What does לאמר mean?
a)
"
b)
to say
c)
say! (command)
d)
to the sayer
29.
Who was missing in the 2nd 1/2 of the story who was in the beginning of the Parsha?
a)
Dasan
b)
Aviram
c)
Ohn
d)
Elitzafan
30.
What happened to him?
a)
helping wife look for shaitel
b)
wife convinced him not to go
c)
planning to fight Korach for leadership
d)
overslept
31.
Who followed Moshe (pasuk 25)?
a)
Aharon
b)
Dasan and Aviram
c)
Elders
d)
Ohn
32.
(pasuk 27) How does one go out ‘נצבים’?
a)
upright/haughty
b)
slowly
c)
stubbornly
d)
with a jump in their step
33.
Please fill in the missing word: אין _____אלא לשון בקשה
a)
נא
b)
תפילה
c)
ציווי
d)
הודאה
34.
Who did Teshuva?
a)
Ohn
b)
Korach's children
c)
250 Ketores bringers
d)
Sdasan and Aviram
35.
Was Moshe listening- in פסוק 25- to what ד` had told him to do in פסוק 24?
a)
yes- exactly what Hashem told him to do
b)
yes- exactly what he knew Hashem wanted him to to
c)
no-he disagreed with Hashem's response and was arguing
d)
no- he was influenced to rebel a little bit
36.
Who and what was swallowed by the ground? see pasukim 32/33.
a)
Dasan and Aviram
b)
Korach
c)
their families
d)
their possessions
37.
Why, according to the S’forno, was everything they owned swallowed up?
a)
it had cooties
b)
Hashem punishes possessions
c)
Didn't want inheritors to benefit from bad people's death
d)
didn't want bad people to get merits from their possessions
38.
What happened to the people who brought the Ketores?
a)
swallowed
b)
lots of merits for bringing ketores
c)
surrounded
d)
burnt up
39.
אוי לרשע אוי לשכנו
a)
woe to an evil one, woe to his neighbor
b)
jealousy
c)
neighbor
d)
that he requested
40.
קנאה
a)
woe to an evil one, woe to his neighbor
b)
jealousy
c)
neighbor
d)
that he requested
41.
שכן
a)
woe to an evil one, woe to his neighbor
b)
jealousy
c)
neighbor
d)
that he requested
42.
שבקש
a)
woe to an evil one, woe to his neighbor
b)
jealousy
c)
neighbor
d)
that he requested
43.
רחמים
a)
mercy
b)
and he took
c)
and they got up
d)
and 200
44.
ויקח
a)
mercy
b)
and he took
c)
and they got up
d)
and 201
45.
ויקמו
a)
mercy
b)
and he took
c)
and they got up
d)
and 202
46.
ומאתים
a)
mercy
b)
and he took
c)
and they got up
d)
and 203
47.
קראי מועד
a)
people called to a meeting
b)
all of them
c)
and men of (good) name
d)
they took
48.
כֻּלָּם
a)
people called to a meeting
b)
all of them
c)
and men of (good) name
d)
they took
49.
וַאַנְשֵׁי שֵׁם
a)
people called to a meeting
b)
all of them
c)
and men of (good) name
d)
they took
50.
נטלו
a)
people called to a meeting
b)
all of them
c)
and men of (good) name
d)
they took
51.
נשתתפו
a)
they joined up
b)
is it so little?
c)
the eyes of those men should be poked out
52.
הַמְעַט
a)
they joined up
b)
is it so little?
c)
the eyes of those men should be poked out
53.
הַעֵינֵי הָאֲנָשִׁים הָהֵם תְּנַקֵּר
a)
they joined up
b)
is it so little?
c)
the eyes of those men should be poked out
54.
ויחר
a)
and he was troubled
b)
and he was angry
55.
ויחר אף
a)
and he was troubled
b)
and he was angry
56.
What does the 1st 5 pasukim of Korach ch. 17 talk about?
a)
fire pans>cover altar
b)
compaining
c)
staff test
d)
plague
57.
Why did ד` want the firepans used for this?
a)
remind not to bring ketores
b)
stay away from fire
c)
don't be like Korach
d)
give Ketores people merits
58.
What does the 2nd set of 5 pasukim of Korach Ch. 17 talk about?
a)
fire pans>cover altar
b)
compaining
c)
staff test
d)
plague
59.
What was the Jewish people’s reaction to the Korach Ketores Catasrophe?
a)
we're all going to die
b)
we want to serve in the holy place
c)
you guys are killers
d)
you guys are right
60.
What were they suggesting that Moshe/ Aharon did wrong?
a)
killed ketores people
b)
killed Korach
c)
killed Dasan and Aviram
d)
appointed Aharon KG
61.
they understood that the Aharon should be KG (see ketores catastrophe); what did they want!?
a)
to serve as regular kohanim/leviim
b)
to ressurect the 250 special people
c)
to be given a chance to survive the Midbar
d)
Moshe shouldn't be leader
62.
What does the 3rd set of 5 pasukim of Korach Ch. 17 talk about?
a)
fire pans>cover altar
b)
compaining
c)
staff test
d)
plague
63.
What did Hashem do immediately in response to their complaints?
a)
I'll kill them all
b)
sent plague
c)
create staff test
d)
rebuked them
64.
What did Moshe tell Aharon to do?
a)
fall down
b)
daven to Hashem
c)
hold Malach Hamaves
d)
bring Ketores
65.
What was the real killer?
a)
Korach
b)
Ketores
c)
sins
d)
Hashem
66.
How many people died, so far, in parshas Korach?
a)
14700 + 250+ 3 people and their families
b)
147253
c)
14000+250+3 people and their families
d)
114253
67.
What does pasukim 21-24 of Korach Ch. 17 talk about?
a)
fire pans>cover altar
b)
compaining
c)
staff test
d)
plague
68.
What was the staff that sprouted representing?
a)
which person should be KG
b)
which shevet should lead B'nei Yisrael
c)
which shevet should be on staff in the holy place
d)
which shevet is Hashem's favorite
69.
What does pasukim 25-28 of Korach Ch. 17 talk about?
a)
new heirlooms
b)
remodelling
c)
new furniture
d)
planting almond trees in the holy place
70.
Name a ‘new heirlooms’ that were in the Mishkan post Korach:
a)
Altar covering
b)
Aharon's staff
c)
fire pan
d)
extra ketores
71.
What was B"Y's reaction when they saw that the shevet Levi was the only staff?
a)
we're all going to die
b)
we want to serve in the holy place
c)
you guys are killers
d)
you guys are right
72.
אֱמֹר
a)
say!
b)
they are holy
c)
firepans
d)
for a sign
73.
קָדֵשׁוּ
a)
say!
b)
they are holy
c)
firepans
d)
for a sign
74.
מַחְתּוֹת
a)
say!
b)
they are holy
c)
firepans
d)
for a sign
75.
לְאוֹת
a)
say!
b)
they are holy
c)
firepans
d)
for a sign
76.
הַנְּחֹשֶׁת
a)
the copper
b)
rememberence
c)
to bring as an incense offering
d)
and atone
77.
זִכָּרוֹן
a)
the copper
b)
rememberence
c)
to bring as an incense offering
d)
and atone
78.
לְהַקְטִיר
a)
the copper
b)
rememberence
c)
to bring as an incense offering
d)
and atone
79.
וְכַפֵּר
a)
the copper
b)
rememberence
c)
to bring as an incense offering
d)
and atone
80.
הֵחֵל
a)
it began
b)
the plague
c)
speak!
d)
complaints
81.
הַמַּגֵּפָה
a)
it began
b)
the plague
c)
speak!
d)
complaints
82.
דַּבֵּר
a)
it began
b)
the plague
c)
speak!
d)
complaints
83.
תְּלֻנּוֹת
a)
it began
b)
the plague
c)
speak!
d)
complaints
84.
מַטֶּה
a)
staff
b)
from the next day
85.
מִמָּחֳרָת
a)
staff
b)
from the next day
86.
How long did it take for the events of Chapter 16 and 17 to unfold?
a)
4 days
b)
4 weeks
c)
1 month
d)
11 days
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