PARSHAS PINCHOS
Can you figure out what each picture has to do with the parsha?
Rabbi Dani Staum
Parshas Pinchos – Pix and Key
Raffle Time – Eretz Yisroel was apportioned to each of the shevatim based on a lottery – 26:55
Peace – Because of his courageous act to avenge Hashem’s honor, Pinchos was rewarded with kehuna (priesthood) “My covenant of peace” – 25:12
Five Sisters – The daughters of Zelophechod asserted to Moshe that they were deserving of a portion in Eretz Yisroel, even though their father had died in the desert – 27:3
Successors – Hashem tells Moshe to prepare Yehoshua for the succession to his leadership – 27:18
Rosh Chodesh – The end of parshas Pinchos is about the korban Tamid brought each day, followed by the Korbanos Mussaf brought on holidays. The first holiday mentioned is the mussaf of Rosh Chodesh – 28:11-15
Top of Mountain – Hashem tells Moshe to ascend Har Ha’avarim and look out at Eretz Yisroel – 27:12
Everyone counts – Parshas Pinchos contains a second census of the nation (the first was in parshas Bamidbar) – 26:51
Two Kohanim walking with sheep – The korban Tamid brought every morning and every afternoon consisted of two sheep. One brought as the first korban each morning, and the second brought as the final korban each afternoon – 28:4 (The Mishna at the end of Ta’anis says that Shiva Asar b’Tamuz was the first time the korban Tamid was not brought.)
98 – Over the course of Succos, there were 98 sheep brought (14 brought each day for the seven days of Succos). Rashi says they correspond to the 98 curses mentioned in the tochacha (rebuke) in parshas Ki Savo – 28:11
