Guiding Questions: Deuteronomy 16

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. Is Pesah defined in the first verse?
  2. What is the “month of Aviv?”
  3. According to Deuteronomy 16:1, at what time of day did the Exodus take place?
  4. Where—and only there—is the Pesah to be celebrated/eaten (Deuteronomy 16:2)?
  5. What food prohibition is mentioned related to the Pesah (Deuteronomy 16:3-4)?
  6. Deuteronomy 16:5-8 repeat the opening verses, but with what changes/additions?
  7. Is Shavuot (Deuteronomy 16:9-12) related to the Pesah holiday other than by calendar?
  8. Where is Sukkot to be celebrated? Are its modes of celebration noted in this passage (Deuteronomy 16:13-15)?
  9. In conclusion, minimally how many times each year is the male Israelite to pilgrimage to the worship center (Deuteronomy 16:16)?
  10. Can these three times be celebrated elsewhere—according to this text?
  11. Does this “central worship center” represent a change from what is set forth in the first four Books of the Humash; why? why not?
  12. What judicial system is called for?
  13. According to Deuteronomy 16:19, what regulates the judiciary?
  14. Is “shohad” a bribe or a gift to an unpaid judge?
  15. In Deuteronomy 16:20, what is the essential requirement for inter-personal relationships—justice or love?
  16. Why are the regulations in Deuteronomy 16:21-22 set forth after the regulations on justice?

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Perek Yomi materials originally produced by the USCJ and Dr. Morton K. Siegel.
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