Torah Bowl Championship Meet April 2022 Section 3

(33:25) The phrase וכימך דבאך literally means, and like your days is your flowing. What are the two meanings for it that Rashi gives?

1. The days of old age, that flow and ooze away, should be good like the days of youth 2. All the days that you do what Hashem wants you to, that shall be your flowing - meaning that all the lands will cause gold and silver to flow to Israel, because Israel will have a lot of fruit so all other lands will be sustained by it and give them silver and gold

(33:25) What action is referred to by the phrase ברזל ונחשת מנעלך?

All of Israel would have their mighty warriors living in the border towns of their territory, so that the enemies wouldn't be able to enter it. It was as though it was closed up with iron and copper locks and bars (Or it means that Asher's land is locked with mountains from which they mine iron and copper)

(33:24) Which tribes is the most blessed with sons, and how?

Asher, but Rashi doesn't know how

(33:22) Why is Dan compared to a lion cub?

Because (like Gad) his land his adjacent to a border

(33:18) Why is Zevulun's bracha before Yissachar's?

Because Yissachar's Torah came about through Zevulun

(33:21) According to the phrase וירא ראשית לו כי שם חלקת מחוקק, why did Gad take his portion in the land of Sichon and Og?

Because he knew that the burial site of Moshe, the lawgiver, would be in that portion

(33:24) Why is there a descendent of Asher called ברזית?

Because his daughters were attractive and would marry kohen gadols and kings, who are anointed with olive oil

(33:20) Why is Gad compared to a lion?

Because his land was adjacent to a border, which means he needs to be strong

(33:22) Where does the Yarden start and end?

It starts in the Bashan It ends at the northern edge of the Dead Sea (at the east of Yehudah)

(33:23) What was the shape of Naftali's land south of the Kinneret?

It was a strip of land, the width of a rope's length of a fishing net, to have space to spread nets and snares

(33:19) What items fall into the category of שפני טמוני חול?

It's covered treasures of the sand, such as tuna, chilazon, and white glass - טרית, חלזון, וזכוכית לבנה, which comes from the sea and the sand

(33:22) What land did Dan's portion include?

Originally it was just in the northwest, Ekron and its surroundings. But that wasn't enough for them, so they fought to get Leshem/Pamyas in the northeast

(33:21) What did Gad do in the phrase צדקת ה עשה?

The shevet kept its promise to not settle in their land across the Yarden until they conquered and apportioned Israel

(33:20) What do we learn from the phrase ברוך מרחיב גד?

That Gad's land would steadily broaden towards the east

(33:18) Who does it refer to when it says ומקצה אחיו לקח חמשה אנשים?

The five weakest tribes, the ones that Moshe blessed last - Zevulun, Gad, Dan, Naftali, and Asher

(33:19) What causes the other nations to say אין אמה כשרה כזו, that there is no nation as proper as Bnei Yisrael?

The merchants would go to Zevulun's land, since it was on the border. They'd say, we've come all the way here, let's go to Yerushalayim and see their God. They would go and see all of the people worshipping the same God and eating the same food. But what these nations do is that everyone has different gods and different good! So they would say, there's no nation as proper as this one, and they would convert to Judaism

(33:20) What was unique about the people who Gad killed?

They would cut off the head with the arm with one hit

(33:22) What's another name for פמייאס (Pamyas)?

לשם (Leshem)