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<li>Why did Moshe find <a href="Petition of the Two and a Half Tribes" data-aht="page">Reuven and Gad's request</a> to settle the lands east of the Jordan problematic?  Was his reaction justified?</li>
 
<li>Why did Moshe find <a href="Petition of the Two and a Half Tribes" data-aht="page">Reuven and Gad's request</a> to settle the lands east of the Jordan problematic?  Was his reaction justified?</li>
 
<li>Why isn't the <a href="Menashe's Joining of Reuven and Gad" data-aht="page">tribe of Menashe</a> mentioned throughout the negotiations regarding the eastern bank of the Jordan, if in the end they, too, settle there?</li>
 
<li>Why isn't the <a href="Menashe's Joining of Reuven and Gad" data-aht="page">tribe of Menashe</a> mentioned throughout the negotiations regarding the eastern bank of the Jordan, if in the end they, too, settle there?</li>
<li>From what did the <a href="Purifying Midianite Spoils – From What" data-aht="page">Midianite spoils</a> need to be purified?  Are these laws related to contamination by the dead, idolatry or kashrut?</li>
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<li>From what did the <a href="Purifying Midianite Spoils – From What" data-aht="page">Midianite spoils</a> need to be purified?  Are these laws related to contamination by the dead, idolatry, or kashrut?</li>
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Latest revision as of 23:56, 17 June 2017

Parashat Mattot – Opening Questions

  • Why did Moshe find Reuven and Gad's request to settle the lands east of the Jordan problematic? Was his reaction justified?
  • Why isn't the tribe of Menashe mentioned throughout the negotiations regarding the eastern bank of the Jordan, if in the end they, too, settle there?
  • From what did the Midianite spoils need to be purified? Are these laws related to contamination by the dead, idolatry, or kashrut?