The Torah/Masei

Questions

Here are a few of the questions that the Rabbis raised about this Torah reading:

• Was the land of Israel apportioned according to those who came out of Egypt or according to those who went into the land of Israel?^[1]

• Who qualified for sanctuary in a city of refuge?^[2]

• What were the procedures for admission to a city of refuge?^[3]

• What does the story of Zelophehad’s daughters teach us about the laws of inheritance?^[4]

• What were Zelophehad’s daughters like?^[5]

Notes

1. ↑ Babylonian Talmud Bava Batra 117a–b.
2. ↑ Mishnah Makkot 2:1; Babylonian Talmud Makkot 7a–b.
3. ↑ Mishnah Makkot 2:6; Babylonian Talmud Makkot 9b–11b.
4. ↑ Mishnah Bava Batra 8:1–8; Tosefta Bava Batra 7:1–18; Babylonian Talmud Bava Batra 108a–39b.
5. ↑ Babylonian Talmud Bava Batra 119b–20a.