Parashat Devarim Trivia Quiz - Moses' Farewell

Question 1

What is the English name for the Book of Devarim?

Accepted Answer

Deuteronomy

Question 2

Who is the main speaker throughout Parashat Devarim?

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Moses

Question 3

What did Moses appoint to help him lead the people?

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Judges and officers

Question 4

Which two spies brought back a positive report about the Land of Israel?

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Joshua and Caleb

Question 5

What did the Israelites refuse to do after hearing the spies' report?

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Enter the Promised Land

Question 6

Where does Moses deliver his speech in Parashat Devarim?

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On the plains of Moab

Question 7

What happened to the generation that left Egypt because of the sin of the spies?

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They were condemned to wander for forty years

Question 8

Who was the king of Bashan defeated by the Israelites?

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Og

Question 9

What did the spies bring back from the Land of Israel?

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Fruit from the land

Question 10

Who was commanded to lead the Israelites into the Promised Land after Moses?

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Joshua

Question 11

Which king of the Amorites did the Israelites defeat before crossing the Jordan?

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Sihon of Heshbon

Question 12

How many years did the Israelites wander in the wilderness?

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Forty years

Question 13

What quality did Moses say a judge must have?

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Impartiality — no favoritism

Question 14

What book of the Torah is Parashat Devarim the first portion of?

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Deuteronomy

Question 15

What did God tell Moses about entering the Promised Land?

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He would not cross the Jordan

Question 16

What did the Israelites say when they refused to enter the land?

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God hates us and brought us out of Egypt to destroy us

Question 17

What happened when the Israelites tried to enter the land after God decreed their punishment?

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They were defeated by the Amorites

Question 18

How did Moses describe the large number of the Israelites?

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Like the stars of the heavens

Question 19

What was Moses' role in Parashat Devarim?

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He was reviewing the nation's history

Question 20

Which nation was the Israelites told NOT to fight in Parashat Devarim?

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Edom (descendants of Esau)

Question 21

What is the first verse of Parashat Devarim describing?

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The words Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan

Question 22

What instructions did Moses give to the judges he appointed?

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Hear cases fairly between brothers and strangers alike

Question 23

According to Moses' retelling, whose idea was it to send the spies?

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The people's idea

Question 24

What did Moses say about the journey from Horeb (Sinai) to Kadesh Barnea?

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It is an eleven-day journey

Question 25

Which nations were the Israelites told to pass through peacefully besides Edom?

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Moab and Ammon

Question 26

What reason does Moses give for his inability to bear the people's burdens alone?

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God had multiplied them like the stars — they were too numerous

Question 27

In Moses' retelling, what did God say to the people after the spies' sin?

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Not one of this evil generation shall see the good land

Question 28

What did Moses say about Og king of Bashan?

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He was the last of the Rephaim (giants)

Question 29

How many spies were sent to scout the land according to Moses' retelling?

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Twelve — one from each tribe

Question 30

Which territory east of the Jordan was given to the half-tribe of Manasseh?

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The region of Bashan

Question 31

What did Sihon king of Heshbon do when the Israelites asked to pass through his land?

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He refused and came out to fight against Israel

Question 32

Moses told the judges that judgment belongs to whom?

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God

Question 33

What encouragement did Moses give to Joshua at the end of the parashah?

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Do not fear, for God fights for you

Question 34

Which tribes received their inheritance on the eastern side of the Jordan?

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Reuben, Gad, and half of Manasseh

Question 35

What place name in the opening verse hints at the sin of the Golden Calf according to the commentators?

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Di Zahav (abundance of gold)

Question 36

Why did God harden Sihon's spirit according to the Torah?

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To deliver him into Israel's hand

Question 37

What was special about Og's bed, as described in the Torah?

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It was an iron bed, nine cubits long

Question 38

What did Moses tell the eastern tribes (Reuben and Gad) they must do before settling?

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Cross the Jordan armed and help conquer the land for their brothers

Question 39

At what location did the Israelites stay before attempting to enter the land from the south?

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Kadesh Barnea

Question 40

What did Moses remind the people God had done for them in the wilderness?

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Carried them as a father carries his son

Question 41

According to Rashi, why does Moses list place names in the opening verse rather than naming the sins directly?

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To preserve the honor of Israel by hinting at their sins through place names

Question 42

What does the phrase 'These are the words' (Eleh HaDevarim) teach according to the Midrash?

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That Moses rebuked Israel, and righteous rebuke uses indirect language

Question 43

According to the Talmud (Sanhedrin 8a), what principle of justice is derived from 'Hear between your brothers'?

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A judge must not hear one party without the other present

Question 44

What does Rashi explain about Moses comparing Israel to the stars?

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They are eternal and enduring like the stars, not just numerous

Question 45

According to the Sifrei, what do the words 'the small and the great alike you shall hear' teach the judges?

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A case involving a small coin must be treated as seriously as one involving a large sum

Question 46

According to the Ramban, what is the purpose of the Book of Deuteronomy?

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To prepare the new generation for entering the land by reviewing laws and history

Question 47

What does Rashi say about Moses' complaint 'How can I alone bear your trouble, burden, and quarrels'?

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The three words refer to their being troublesome in court, burdensome in demands, and quarrelsome in nature

Question 48

According to the Midrash, why did the people eagerly agree to send the spies?

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They wanted to plan military strategy, but their true motive was lack of faith in God

Question 49

What does Rashi derive from the mention of 'Di Zahav' in the opening verse?

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Moses rebuked them about the Golden Calf, saying the abundance of gold caused them to sin

Question 50

According to the Talmud, why is Deuteronomy also called 'Mishneh Torah' (Repetition of the Torah)?

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Because Moses repeated and reviewed the Torah's laws for the new generation

Question 51

According to Rashi, what was the relationship between the sin of the spies and the appointment of judges?

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Moses juxtaposed them to show that the people's quarrelsome nature caused both events — they even accused judges of corruption

Question 52

What does the Talmud (Megillah 31b) say about when Parashat Devarim is always read?

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On the Shabbat before Tisha B'Av (Shabbat Chazon)

Question 53

According to the Midrash, what did Moses mean by saying 'God has multiplied you — and here you are today like the stars'?

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You will exist forever, just as the sun and moon and stars are eternal

Question 54

What does the Ramban explain about God's command not to provoke Edom, Moab, and Ammon?

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God gave those lands to Esau's and Lot's descendants as an inheritance, and Israel may not take them

Question 55

According to the Midrash, why did the spies describe the land as 'a land that devours its inhabitants'?

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They saw many funerals — God had caused deaths so the inhabitants would be distracted and not notice the spies

Question 56

What does the term 'Rephaim' refer to in the context of Og king of Bashan?

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An ancient race of giants

Question 57

According to Rashi, why does Moses recall that the journey from Horeb to Kadesh Barnea is only eleven days?

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To emphasize that God rushed them toward the land, but their sins delayed them forty years

Question 58

What does the Talmud (Sanhedrin 7a) derive from 'Do not fear any man, for judgment is God's'?

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A judge should not fear a powerful litigant, for if he judges truthfully, God protects him

Question 59

According to the Sforno, why did Moses choose this time — just before his death — to give this speech?

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Because rebuke is most effective when given shortly before death, as the listener cannot dismiss the speaker afterward

Question 60

What is the significance of Moses saying 'God your God has given you this land' (past tense) before they entered?

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To express that God's promise is as certain as if it were already fulfilled

Question 61

According to the Vilna Gaon, what is the deeper significance of Devarim always being read before Tisha B'Av?

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Moses' rebuke mirrors the prophetic rebuke of Isaiah (Chazon) — both warn of destruction caused by the same sins: baseless hatred and lack of faith

Question 62

According to the Zohar, what does Moses' phrase 'I cannot carry you alone' reveal on a mystical level?

Accepted Answer

That the attribute of strict justice (Gevurah) alone cannot sustain Israel — they need the balance of mercy (Chesed) and truth (Tiferet)

Question 63

According to the Talmud (Arachin 17a), what does the phrase 'in the wilderness, in the Aravah' hint at?

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The sin at the Aravah — the sin of Baal Peor in the plains of Moab

Question 64

What does the Maharal of Prague explain about why Moses uses the word 'Eicha' (How) — the same word that begins the Book of Lamentations?

Accepted Answer

Moses prophetically sensed that the same failings he rebuked — internal strife and faithlessness — would eventually lead to the Temple's destruction and the Eicha of Jeremiah

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