THE TANACH STUDY CENTER

QUESTIONS FOR SELF-STUDY

[NOTE: The questions are organized by Sefer and Topic.
Answers to these questions can usually be found in the related shiurim.]

QUESTION SHEETS INDEX

SEFER BREISHIT

  1. Parshat Breishit - Two stories of Creation
  2. Parshat Noach - the progression of parshiot & toladot in Breishit and Noach
  3. Parshat Lech L'cha - Hitgalut to Avraham Avinu
  4. Parshat Va'eyra - Tzedek u'Mishpat & Sdom
  5. Parshat Chaya Sara - toldot Terach
  6. Parshat Toldot - Bracha or Bchira
  7. Parshat Va'yetze - Yaakov's neder
  8. Parshat Vayishlach - The return to Bet-el
  9. Parshat Vayeshev - Who really sold Yosef
  10. Parshat Miketz - Why doesn't Yosef write home
  11. Parshat Va'yigash - The last HITGALUT in Breishit
  12. Parshat Va'ychi - between bracha & bechira
  13. Review Questions for all of Sefer Breishit

SEFER SHMOT

  1. From Breishit to Shmot
  2. Parshat Shmot - God's HITGALUT to Moshe at the SNEH
  3. Parshat Shmot - Moshe's DOUBLE Mission
  4. Parshat Va'eyra - The Plagues & "Ani Hashem"
  5. Parshat Bo - Parshat Ha'Chodesh"
  6. Parshat Bshalach - Preparing for Har Sinai"
  7. Parshat Yitro - Ma'amad Har Sinai
  8. Parshat Mishpatim - A special covenant"
  9. Parshat Trumah - Mishkan/ before or after chet ha'egel"
  10. Parshat Tzaveh - The Mizbach ha'Ktoret, its location"
  11. Parshat Kitisa - Two Luchot, Two Malach's and the 13 Midot"
  12. Parshat Va'yakhel - How Chet ha'Egel affected the Mishkan's construction "
  13. Parshat Pekudei - From Shmot to Vayikra & Bamdibar"

SEFER VAYIKRA

  1. Parshat Vayikra - The flow of the parshiot of the Korbanot
  2. Parshat Tzav - The difference between Tzav & Vayikra
  3. Parshat Shmini - Yom ha'Shmini, Matan Torah & Chet ha'egel
  4. Parshat Tazria/Metzora
  5. Parshat Acharei Mot- The TWO HALVES of Sefer Vayikra
  6. Parshat Kedoshim - & the Ten Commandments to ADAT Yisrael
  7. Parshat Emor - The Chagim in Parshat Emor
  8. Parshat Behar - The chiastic structure of Vayikra/Shmot
  9. Parshiot Bechukotei - The conclusion of Sefer Vayikra

SEFER BAMIDBAR

  1. Parshat Bamidbar - Introduction to Sefer Bamidbar
  2. Parshat Naso - The unique structure of Sefer Bamidbar
  3. Parshat Bhalotcha - Chanukat ha'Mishkan in Sefer Bamidbar
  4. Parshat Shlach - The Meraglim, or what ever their name is
  5. Parshat Korach - the first politician
  6. Parshat Chukat - Did Moshe really sin?
  7. Parshat Balak - Is Bilam really a Rasha?
  8. Parshat Pinchas - Mifkad ha'nachalot - why here?
  9. Parshat Matot Masei - The borders of Eretz Yisrael

SEFER DVARIM

  1. Parshat Devarim - What is Sefer Dvarim?
  2. Parshat Ve'etchanan - Between speech 1 and speech 2
  3. Parshat Ekev - The "matar" vort
  4. Parshat Re'ay - ha'makom asher yivchar Hashem
  5. Parshat Shoftim - The ideal king of Israel
  6. Parshat Ki-teyze - On lashon Ha'ra & the Dibrot
  7. Parshat Ki-tavo - The end of the main speech
  8. Parshat Nitzavim Vayelech - Brit Nitzavim & Gan Eden

CHAGIM / THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS

  1. Megilat Esther - Historic & Prophetic setting
  2. The FOUR SONS
  3. PARSHAT HA'CHODESH
  4. The 13 MIDOT of RACHAMIM
  5. Rosh Ha'Shana
  6. The SHALSOH R'GALIM in Chumash
  7. Korbanot Shavuot and Matan Torah
  8. Shavuot & Ma'amad Har Sinai

NVIIM RISHONIM / THE EARLY PROPHETS

  1. Introduction to Nviim Rishonim
  2. Sefer Yehoshua - Preparation for Conquest
  3. Sefer Shoftim
  4. Sefer Shmuel I
  5. Sefer Shmuel II
  6. Sefer Melachim I
  7. Sefer Melachim II