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Parashat Ki Tissa, 5765
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Questions on the Daf:

     Read Rav Elon's introductory D'var Torah.

1.  Why should it be difficult to understand how the Jewish People could have wanted the golden calf?

2.  What is Rambam's explanation for how this happened?

3.  Why is it that a change that takes place steadily, step by step, will be more likely to last than a change that comes about rapidly?

Now read the story, “Naomi's Bad Habit.”

4.  What is the main lesson of this story?

5.  What was the connection between Naomi sucking her thumb and the Jewish People making the golden calf?

6.  What advice would you give to someone who is finding it hard to give up smoking?

Now look elsewhere in the Daf to find answers to the following questions.

7.  Which word in the Torah indicates that Moshe threw down the luchot (two tablets) on purpose?

8.  How do you think you would have felt and reacted upon seeing Moshe smash the luchot?

9.  How would a kohen use the kiyor?

10.  What was the miscalculation that led to the Jewish People making the golden calf?

11.  Why did Moshe have to cover his face when he came down from Har Sinai?

12.  To which sacrifices in the Bet HaMikdash do the three services Shacharit, Mincha (afternoon service) and Maariv correspond?

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