- What is the prohibition against “kila’yim” which is found in the TorahRefers to the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, the Tanakh, also called the Five Books of Moses, Pentateuch or the Hebrew equivalent, Humash. This is also called the Written Torah. The term may also refer to teachings that expound on Jewish tradition.?
- Consult Deuteronomy 20:19-20 for the Torah’s attitude to the destruction of certain types of trees?
- Note the word in Hebrew which is a euphemism for the word “cursed” in I Kings 21:10.
- Did Ahab deserve the intense scorn that Elijah expressed towards him?
- What does the expression “Ma’aseh avot, siman l’vanim” mean? How is it relevant to our chapter?
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