Parashat Ki Teitzei Trivia Quiz - Laws

Question 1

How many mitzvot (commandments) does Parashat Ki Teitzei contain?

Accepted Answer

74 — the most of any parasha in the Torah

Question 2

What must a person do if they find a lost object?

Accepted Answer

Return it to its owner

Question 3

What is the commandment of shiluach haken (sending away the mother bird)?

Accepted Answer

Before taking eggs or chicks from a nest, you must first send away the mother bird

Question 4

What does the Torah say about honest weights and measures?

Accepted Answer

You must have accurate and honest weights — a full and honest measure

Question 5

Which nation are we commanded to remember what they did to Israel?

Accepted Answer

Amalek

Question 6

What does Ki Teitzei mean in English?

Accepted Answer

When you go out (to war)

Question 7

What is the Torah's law about a captive woman (yefat toar)?

Accepted Answer

She must undergo a specific process including mourning her family for a month before the captor can marry her

Question 8

What must be built around a flat roof according to Ki Teitzei?

Accepted Answer

A fence / parapet (ma'akeh) to prevent anyone from falling

Question 9

What is forbidden regarding plowing with different animals?

Accepted Answer

You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together

Question 10

What did Amalek do to the Israelites?

Accepted Answer

They attacked the weak and stragglers at the rear of the camp

Question 11

What is forbidden regarding a garment?

Accepted Answer

Wearing a garment of mixed wool and linen (sha'atnez)

Question 12

What does the Torah say about paying a worker's wages?

Accepted Answer

You must pay a hired worker on the same day before the sun sets

Question 13

What is the law about a man who divorces his wife?

Accepted Answer

He gives her a document of divorce (get), and if she remarries and is divorced again or widowed, the first husband cannot remarry her

Question 14

What promise is attached to the mitzvah of shiluach haken (sending away the mother bird)?

Accepted Answer

Long life (that it may be well with you and you may prolong your days)

Question 15

What is a wayward and rebellious son (ben sorer u'moreh)?

Accepted Answer

A son who is a glutton and drunkard who does not obey his parents

Question 16

What must you do if you see your enemy's donkey fallen under its load?

Accepted Answer

You must help lift it up together with the owner

Question 17

What is the law about taking a millstone as collateral?

Accepted Answer

It is forbidden because it would deprive the person of their livelihood

Question 18

What is forbidden when collecting a debt from a poor person?

Accepted Answer

Entering the debtor's house to take a pledge — you must wait outside

Question 19

What must a newly married man be exempt from for one year?

Accepted Answer

Going out to war and any public duty — he shall remain at home and bring joy to his wife

Question 20

What is the Torah's command regarding escaped slaves?

Accepted Answer

You shall not return them — let them dwell among you in a place of their choosing

Question 21

What is the law of yibum (levirate marriage)?

Accepted Answer

If a man dies childless, his brother should marry the widow to carry on the deceased's name

Question 22

What is chalitzah?

Accepted Answer

The ceremony performed when the brother-in-law refuses to perform yibum — the widow removes his shoe and spits before him

Question 23

What does the Torah say about lending with interest to a fellow Israelite?

Accepted Answer

It is forbidden to charge interest to a fellow Jew (but permitted to charge a non-Jew)

Question 24

According to Ki Teitzei, what is the punishment for kidnapping?

Accepted Answer

Death

Question 25

What is the Torah's law about flogging (malkot)?

Accepted Answer

A maximum of forty lashes, and the court must not exceed this number

Question 26

What is the inheritance law regarding a man with two wives?

Accepted Answer

The firstborn of the unloved wife receives a double portion — the father cannot transfer the birthright based on personal preference

Question 27

What must you do if you find a lost animal?

Accepted Answer

You must return it to its owner, and if you don't know the owner, you must care for it until the owner claims it

Question 28

What is forbidden regarding a woman wearing men's clothing and vice versa?

Accepted Answer

A woman shall not wear men's garments and a man shall not wear women's clothing — it is an abomination

Question 29

What does the Torah say about slandering a wife's virginity?

Accepted Answer

If a man falsely accuses his new wife, he is flogged and fined 100 shekels of silver and may never divorce her

Question 30

What must a person do if they make a vow?

Accepted Answer

They must fulfill it without delay — it is a sin to delay

Question 31

What is the Torah's law about tzaraat (leprosy) in Ki Teitzei?

Accepted Answer

Remember what God did to Miriam — be careful to observe the instructions of the Kohanim regarding tzaraat

Question 32

What does the Torah say about muzzling an ox while it threshes grain?

Accepted Answer

You shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing — it must be allowed to eat from the grain

Question 33

What is the special mitzvah regarding a bird's nest found on the road?

Accepted Answer

Take the mother and the eggs/chicks together is forbidden — send the mother away and then take the young

Question 34

What does the Torah command regarding remembering Amalek?

Accepted Answer

Remember what they did, blot out their memory from under heaven, do not forget

Question 35

What is the purpose of the parapet (ma'akeh) law?

Accepted Answer

So that you do not bring bloodguilt upon your house if someone falls from it

Question 36

Can a Moabite or Ammonite convert enter the congregation of Israel?

Accepted Answer

A male Moabite or Ammonite may not enter the congregation of God even after ten generations — because they did not greet Israel with bread and water

Question 37

Can an Edomite or Egyptian convert enter the congregation of Israel?

Accepted Answer

The third generation of their descendants may enter the congregation of God

Question 38

What is the law about taking a widow's garment as collateral?

Accepted Answer

You shall not take a widow's garment as a pledge

Question 39

What special consideration must be given to hired laborers who are poor?

Accepted Answer

Their wages must not be withheld overnight — the sun must not go down on what is owed to them

Question 40

What is the Torah's law regarding forgotten sheaves in the field?

Accepted Answer

Forgotten sheaves must be left for the stranger, orphan, and widow (shikchah)

Question 41

According to Rashi, why is the passage of the captive woman followed by the hated wife and then the rebellious son?

Accepted Answer

The Torah shows a causal progression: if a man marries a captive woman, he will eventually hate her, and their union will produce a rebellious son — teaching that improper beginnings lead to tragic ends

Question 42

According to the Talmud (Sanhedrin 71a), what remarkable statement is made about the rebellious son (ben sorer u'moreh)?

Accepted Answer

There never was and never will be such a case — it was written only for the purpose of Torah study and the reward of studying it

Question 43

What does the Sefer HaChinuch explain about why 74 mitzvot are concentrated in this one parasha?

Accepted Answer

Ki Teitzei addresses the practical building of a just society — the high density of commandments reflects the Torah's emphasis that holiness is primarily expressed through ethical behavior in daily life, not just ritual

Question 44

According to the Rambam (Hilchot Melachim 8:2), what is the deeper purpose of the captive woman law?

Accepted Answer

The Torah acknowledges the power of human desire during war and provides a regulated process to prevent sin — it is a concession to the evil inclination (yetzer hara) with built-in safeguards

Question 45

What does the Talmud (Chullin 141a) teach about the reward for shiluach haken?

Accepted Answer

If the 'lightest' mitzvah (shiluach haken, involving no cost) promises long life, how much more so for 'weightier' mitzvot — teaching that we cannot calculate the reward of mitzvot

Question 46

According to the Ramban, what is the fundamental principle behind the prohibition of sha'atnez (mixed wool and linen)?

Accepted Answer

The mixture of wool (animal) and linen (plant) represents an improper mixing of distinct divine categories — only the Kohanim were permitted this mixture in their garments, because their service sanctified the combination

Question 47

What does the Talmud (Bava Metzia 30b) derive from the law of returning lost objects?

Accepted Answer

From the specific words 'you shall surely return them,' the Talmud derives that even if the object was lost and returned multiple times, you must return it each time — establishing the principle that the duty of care for others' property is unlimited

Question 48

According to the Kli Yakar, what is the deeper meaning of the prohibition against charging interest?

Accepted Answer

Interest represents making money without productive work — it exploits the borrower's desperation and creates an unjust relationship where money generates money rather than human effort generating sustenance, which contradicts God's original decree that man shall earn his bread by the sweat of his brow

Question 49

What does the Midrash Tanchuma explain about why Amalek attacked specifically the weak stragglers?

Accepted Answer

Amalek targeted those whom the Clouds of Glory expelled — people with weakened faith. This teaches that spiritual weakness invites external attack, and the command to remember Amalek is really a command to fortify oneself against spiritual vulnerability

Question 50

According to the Sforno, what ethical principle underlies the prohibition against taking a millstone as collateral?

Accepted Answer

The Torah protects a person's ability to earn a livelihood — depriving someone of their tools of trade is equivalent to taking their life, because livelihood is the foundation of human dignity

Question 51

What does the Talmud (Makkot 22b-23a) derive from the flogging limit of forty?

Accepted Answer

The Torah says 'forty' but the Sages established the maximum as thirty-nine — Rabbi Chanina said: 'How foolish are people who stand for a Torah scroll but not for a Torah scholar, for the Torah says forty and the scholars came and reduced it by one'

Question 52

According to the Ramban, what is the theological reason for yibum (levirate marriage)?

Accepted Answer

Yibum ensures the continuation of the deceased's name and spiritual mission — the Ramban hints at the kabbalistic concept that the soul of the deceased can be partially rectified through the child born from the levirate marriage

Question 53

What does Rashi explain about the phrase 'he did not fear God' regarding Amalek?

Accepted Answer

Amalek attacked despite witnessing all the miracles God performed for Israel — showing that their evil was deliberate and calculated, not from ignorance but from defiance of the divine order

Question 54

According to the Sefer HaChinuch, what is the reason for not muzzling the ox while threshing?

Accepted Answer

The Torah trains us in compassion and justice — if we must be kind to animals, how much more to human workers. This law also applies by extension to all workers who handle food

Question 55

What deeper principle does the Talmud (Sotah 44a) derive from the exemption of the newly married man from war?

Accepted Answer

Joy has military applications — a newly married man's absence would distract him and demoralize others, establishing the principle that domestic harmony (shalom bayit) is a fundamental value that overrides even national security concerns

Question 56

According to the Zohar, what is the mystical significance of sha'atnez?

Accepted Answer

The mixture of wool and linen was the sin of Cain (who offered flax/linen) and Abel (who offered sheep/wool) — wearing sha'atnez invokes the negative spiritual energy of their conflict, while the Kohen's garments rectify it through sacred service

Question 57

What does the Rambam (Moreh Nevuchim 3:39) explain about the captive woman's shaving and nail-cutting?

Accepted Answer

These acts were designed to make her less attractive during the waiting period — giving the captor time for his passion to cool and rational thinking to prevail, demonstrating the Torah's wisdom in working with human psychology rather than against it

Question 58

According to the Talmud (Kiddushin 39b), what famous incident relates to the mitzvah of shiluach haken and its promise of long life?

Accepted Answer

A father told his son to climb a ladder and send away the mother bird (fulfilling two mitzvot promising long life), and the son fell and died — this incident led Elisha ben Avuyah (Acher) to lose his faith, but the Talmud explains the promised 'long life' refers to the World to Come

Question 59

What does the Sifrei derive from the Torah's emphasis on remembering Amalek in the context of dishonest weights?

Accepted Answer

Dishonest business practices lead to Amalek — if you use false weights and measures, you should fear the attack of the enemy. The juxtaposition teaches that moral corruption in commerce invites national catastrophe

Question 60

According to the Netziv, why does Ki Teitzei begin with laws of war?

Accepted Answer

The Torah teaches that even in the chaos of war, when moral standards typically collapse, a Jew must maintain ethical behavior — the laws of war at the beginning set the tone for all 74 mitzvot: holiness must govern even the most extreme circumstances

Question 61

According to the Arizal, what is the kabbalistic meaning of yibum (levirate marriage)?

Accepted Answer

The soul of the deceased brother enters the child born from the levirate marriage through a process called ibur (soul impregnation) — the brother-in-law serves as a vessel to channel the deceased's unfulfilled spiritual potential into a new life, completing the tikkun the deceased could not achieve

Question 62

According to the Talmud (Bava Metzia 32a), what profound debate arises from the laws of helping a fallen donkey?

Accepted Answer

The Talmud derives that tzaar baalei chaim (preventing animal suffering) may be a Torah-level obligation — and debates whether it overrides other considerations, establishing the foundational principle that compassion for animals is not merely ethical but a binding legal requirement

Question 63

What does the Vilna Gaon derive from the 74 mitzvot in Ki Teitzei being primarily interpersonal?

Accepted Answer

The density of bein adam l'chavero (interpersonal) commandments teaches that the final frontier of holiness is not ritual but social — a person can perfect all ritual observance yet fail spiritually if they neglect justice between people. Ki Teitzei is the Torah's manifesto that society itself must be sanctified

Question 64

According to the Zohar (Ki Teitzei 281a), what does the captive woman represent in the mystical dimension?

Accepted Answer

The captive woman symbolizes the holy soul trapped in the 'captivity' of the physical body and the material world — the process of her integration mirrors the spiritual work of elevating the divine sparks within physical existence, transforming captivity into sanctification

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