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Unit 5: Water Rock

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  • What did ה' command מֹשֶה to do in these Pasukim?
    To walk before the nation, take the elders with him, take his staff and hit the rock
  • What was created on the 6th day right before Shabbat started? 5
    Miriam's well, the rainbow, Bilaam's Donkey Mouth, Mann, Opening of ground, letters of Alef Bet, Luchot, writing of the 10 commandments, The stick of Moshe...
  • Translate: וְיָֽצְא֥וּ מִמֶּ֛נּוּ מַ֖יִם וְשָׁתָ֣ה הָעָ֑ם
    And water went out from it and the nation drank
  • Translate: הִנְנִ֣י עֹמֵד֩ לְפָנֶ֨יךָ שָּׁ֥ם עַל־הַצּוּר֘
    Behold I am standing before you there on the rock
  • What does Refidim mean? Why?
    Weak, The Jewish people were weak in the Torah learning that they were just taught
  • Who said to Who: הֲיֵ֧שׁ ה' בְּקִרְבֵּ֖נוּ אִם־אָֽיִן
    Moshe said
  • Translate: וַיִּקְרָא֙ שֵׁ֣ם הַמָּק֔וֹם מַסָּ֖ה וּמְרִיבָ֑ה
    And he called the name of the place, "Testing and Arguments"
  • How did the בְּנֵי יִשְֹרָאֶל test ה'?
    By arguing with Moshe about why did Hashem bring them to the desert to die of thirst
  • Who said to Who תְּנוּ־לָ֥נוּ מַ֖יִם וְנִשְׁתֶּ֑ה
    The nation to Moshe
  • Translate the entire word: הִכִּ֤יתָ
    you hit
  • What happened to the בְּנֵי יִשְֹרָאֶל in רְפִידִים?
    They found no water and they argued with Moshe and tested Hashem
  • Translate the entire word: וְנִשְׁתֶּ֑ה
    and we will drink
  • What is this rock called?
    Be'er Miriam - Miriam's Well
  • Who said to Who: מַה־תְּרִיבוּן֙ עִמָּדִ֔י מַה־תְּנַסּ֖וּן אֶת־ה'
    Moshe to Bnei Yisroel
  • Translate the entire word: וַיָּ֤רֶב
    And he argued
  • What were some of the ways the Jewish people tested Hashem in the Midbar?
    Complaining about the bitter water, Asking for meat, arguing about no water in Refidim
  • Who said to Who: עוֹד מְעַט וּסְקָלֻֽנִי
    Moshe to Hashem
  • Where did מֹשֶה go with the זִקְנֵי יִשְֹרָאֶל?
    To Chorev (Har Sinai)
  • Translate: וַֽיַּֽחֲנוּ בִּרְפִידִים וְאֵין מַיִם לִשְׁתֹּת הָעָֽם
    And they camped in Refidim and there was no water for the nation to drink
  • Why did מֹשֶה need to take the זִקְנֵי יִשְֹרָאֶל with him, when he went to hit the rock?
    As witnesses that there was a miracle that the water came out of a rock
  • Translate the entire word: וַֽיַּֽחֲנוּ
    and they camped
  • What name does מֹשֶה rename this place called? What does it mean?
    מַסָּ֖ה וּמְרִיבָ֑ה - Testing and Arguments
  • Why does the תּוֹרָה tell us that מֹשֶה should take the מַטֶה, that he hit the יְאֹר with?
    To tell us that the same stick that was used for bad/punishment will now be used for good/miracle
  • Where did Bnei Yisroel travel from?
    Midbar Sin
  • Translate the entire word: וַיִּצְמָ֨א
    and he was thirsty
  • What is Rashi’s question and answer on the words: עֲבֹר֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הָעָ֔ם
    Question: Why should Moshe pass before the nation? Answer: To see for himself that Bnei Yisroel won't stone him like Moshe had said about them.
  • Translate the entire word: וַ֠יִּסְע֠וּ
    and they traveled
  • Where did Bnei Yisroel travel TO?
    Refidim
  • Translate the entire word: וַיִּצְעַ֤ק
    And he cried out
  • Translate the entire word: נַסֹּתָ֤ם
    tested them
  • What is the Torah compared to? How? Explain
    Water - can't survive without water physically; can't survive without Torah spiritually, keeps our Jewish souls alive
  • Translate: וּמַטְּךָ֗ אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִכִּ֤יתָ בּוֹ֙ אֶת־הַיְאֹ֔ר
    And your stick with which you hit the river
  • Translate the entire word: אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֖ה
    I will make