Guiding Questions: Leviticus 23

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. Is living kadosh daily highlighted by special occasions?
  2. Of the special occasion, which one is ranked first and what is its frequency?
  3. Does the description of Shabbat imply that you work to live rather than that you live to work?
  4. Does the text say that you must work six days; or does it say that you must not work one day?
  5. Do any of the special occasions represent a time of pleading for fecundity or are the “Moadim” commemorative rather than beseeching?
  6. Are the Moadim to be positioned in random fashion or in a specific mode?
  7. Do the Moadim have a dual focus—that is, what is incumbent on the individual and is to be done in the religious center?
  8. Is any of the Moadim sad (as distinguished from serious)?
  9. Why does the list of the special occasions begin with Shabbat?
  10. What is a “mikra kodesh?”
  11. Could there have been a “mikra” which is not “kodesh?”
  12. Is “melakhah” (work) defined?
  13. Is this the first time that “Shabbat Shabbaton” is mentioned? If not, is there a difference between this reference and (an) other reference(s)?
  14. When is “hodesh harishon?”
  15. Are Pesah and Hag HaMatzot the same moed?
  16. What moed is described in Leviticus 23:9-14?
  17. What moed is described in Leviticus 23:15-21?
  18. Why would Leviticus 23:22 be included? Does it deal with a moed?
  19. What is the “zikhron teruah?”
  20. Is the moed described in Leviticus 23:26-32 something new?
  21. Among the korbanot, does any moed here listed include a “transgression korban”?
  22. Is there any exception to the rule that work is to be avoided on a moed?
  23. What reason(s) is (are) given to celebrate Sukkot?
  24. Does any moed ask the Israelite to be sad?
  25. Does any moed suggest that the Israelite should be “samey’ah”?
  26. Do all of the Israelites observe the moadim in the same fashion?
  27. Who is told about the moadim calendar—all of B’nai Yisrael or some special group?
  28. Are the moadim for the wilderness experience only or for all time?

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