TORAH-FAX CHUKAT TORAH STUDY

CHUK74JL
TORAH STUDY QUESTIONS
BY RABBI JORY LANG
1. Stone Chumash Pg.846 849 (Bamidbar 20:22 29)
Thirty-eight years have passed. All the generation that were supposed to die in the
wilderness have done so. On ount Hor! Aaron is stripped o" his vest#ents and his
son $la%ar is dressed in the#! #a&ing hi# the Kohen 'adol (High )riest*. Aaron
dies and oses and $la%ar des+end the #ountain alone. The entire people weep "or
Aaron "or thirty days. ,hy do they #ourn Aaron so-
2. Stone Chumash Pg. 848 8!1 (Bamidbar 21:4 9)
A"ter the people have to detour around $do# ($sau.s land* they start +o#plaining
on+e #ore and 'od sends "iery serpents to /ite the#. any die. They /eg oses
to inter+ede "or the# again. Hashe# tells oses to #a&e a "iery serpent and put it
on a pole that he is to hold out. This prote+ts the people and even +ures the ones
who were /itten. ,hat are we to learn "ro# the punish#ents visited on 0srael and
the #ira+les done to preserve her-
". Stone Chumash Pg. 8!4 8!! (Bamidbar 21:"1 "!)
Og! &ing o" 1ashan! leads his entire people out to do /attle with the Children o"
0srael. 2Hashe# says to oses! 34o not "ear hi#! "or into your hand have 0 given
hi#! his entire people! and his land5.6 ,hy does Hashe# tell oses not to "ear-
,hat is oses a"raid o"-
4. Stone Chumash #g. 118$ 1189 (%udges 11:1 "") &a'tarah Chu(at
Jephthah! the leader o" the 0sraelites in a /attle against the A##onites! #a&es a
vow! 20" 7ou will indeed deliver the +hildren o" A##on into #y hand! then 5
whatever e#erges5"ro# the doors o" #y house to greet #e when 0 return in
pea+e50 will o""er it up as an elevation o""ering.6 ,hat do you thin& o" this vow-