1) Ch. 30, v. 13: "Kol ho'oveir" Everyone who passes Money was collected for three purposes, for the Mishkon components and priestly garments, for the base sockets, "adonim," and for the communal sacrifices. Did the L'viim donate for any or all of these needs? Detail your answer for each of the three types of needs.
2) Ch. 30, v. 13: "Kol ho'oveir" The verse says that the rich man shall not give more and the poor man shall not give less than half a shekel. This seems to be iron clad. Yet there is a way of explaining the verses so that each person is free to give as much as he wants. How do we explain this?
3) Ch. 31, v. 13: "Es Shabsosai tishmoru" My Sabbaths you shall safeguard Why is this repeated so shortly afterwards, in 35:2, "Uva'yom hashvi'i yi'h'yeh lochem kodesh Shabbos Shabbosone"?
4) Ch. 32, v. 16: "Choroos AL haluchos" Etched ONTO the tablets. This is problematic. Etching is INTO.
5) Ch. 32, v. 19: "Va'y'sha'beir osom" And he smashed them Rishonim are hard-pressed to find a reason for Moshe's smashing the tablets rather than just leaving them in the heavens, since Hashem told him that the bnei Yisroel sinned. Even if we say that the tablets were already given to Moshe, and Hashem would not ask them back, but why not hide them somewhere rather than destroy them?
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