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  • Where did the twelve tribes stand when they received blessings and curses from the לויים?
    Six stood on הר גריזים and six stood on הר עיבל.
  • Why was the mitzvah of Bikurim accompanied with song and music, as in a happy parade?
    to show that we are happy with the fruit of Eretz Yisroel and that we regret that we cried about Eretz Yisroel when the Meraglim described it.
  • Which mountains did the לויים face when saying the ברכה and קללה?
    הר גריזים when saying the ברכה and הר עיבל when saying the קללה.
  • How does one “strike another secretly”?
    by speaking loshon hora about him
  • When historically did the obligation to bring בכורים begin?
    After the Land was conquered and divided.
  • Why does it say ארמי אבד אבי and not לבן אבד אבי .
    everyone in town knew about לבן‘s trick and yet no-one warned him.יעקב had never hurt them so this shows they hated him and wanted to hurt him.
  • Who “causes the blind to go astray?”
    Any person who intentionally gives bad advice.
  • What did the בני ישראל say after each blessing and curse?
    אמן
  • How do we know that after one completes a mitzvah it is a good time to make a wish or a tefillah?
    Hashem says: “If you listen to My commands, I will listen to yours!” Wow!
  • To whom are בכורים brought?
    The כהן.
  • Which land is אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָֽשׁ (A land that flows with milk and honey)?
    ארץ ישראל
  • Bringing בִּכּוּרִים shows gratitude to Hashem for providing us with rain and sun to make everything grow. How do we show Hashem gratitude today?
    We say ברכת המזון ,say brochos ,bench גומל ,giveמעשר .
  • To which produce does this מִצְוָה of הַבָאַת בִּכּוּרִים apply?
    Wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives and dates. These are the ז' מינים for which ארץ ישראל is famous.
  • Why should we look at the הגדה של פסח during our sedra lesson?
    When the farmer gave his gift to the כהן, he thanked Hashem for all his kindnesses and this speech is repeated in the הגדה.
  • What are בִּכּוּרִים ?
    The first of the produce for which Eretz Yisroel is praised, to ripen.
  • Which ארמי “tried to destroy my father?”
    לבן.
  • When was there a mitzvah to “sleep over”?
    There was a special mitzvah for those who brought bikurim to sleep the night in Yerushalayim. When Yaakov Avinu passed the Har Habayis, Hashem made t
  • Why is part of the sedra leined quietly?
    The part where משה רבינו warns the people what will happen to them if they do not keep theתורה and we are sad that all his words have come true.
  • How does the farmer remember which were the first fruit to ripen?
    When he sees the first fruit ripen on a tree, he binds a piece of straw around it to mark it as בכורים.
  • Which מִצְוָה does כי תבא begin with?
    The מִצְוָה of הַבָאַת בִּכּוּרִים to the בֵּית הַמִּקְדָשׁ in יְרוּשָׁלַיִם.
  • How can we give Bikurim nowadays, even though we don’t have the Beis Hamikdash to bring it to?
    Hashem credits one who gives a gift or a present to a talmid chochom as if he offered the bikurim to the Kohen in the Bais Hamikdash.
  • Where were the כהנים standing when the לויים said the ברכה or קללה?
    Between the two mountains.
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