READING OF VAY'CHAL
Is the primary Keri'as ha'Torah of a public fast day that of the morning, or of the afternoon?
1. Yosef Da'as to Ta'anis 12:p4, ד"ה מכאן (1)
How many members of the Minyan must be fasting in order to read "Vaychal"?
1ST ALIYAH
What are the connotations of the word "Vaychal"?
What did Moshe accomplish by invoking the merits of the Avos, and Hashem's oath to them?
2ND ALIYAH
On what date did Hashem command Moshe to carve these second Luchos? On what date did Moshe ascend with them?
Why would Yisrael not gather at the foot of the mountain to receive these second Luchos (unlike the first Luchos, at Matan Torah)? In what sense was this second Giving of the Torah even greater than the first?
1. Mafteach to Shemos 34:3:1, and on
3RD ALIYAH
How should this phrase be punctuated? Was it Hashem, or Moshe, who called out the Name?
The attributes "Rachum" (Merciful) and "Chanun" (Gracious) appear to be synonymous; what is the distinction between them?
1. Mafteach to Shemos 34:6:3.1
2. Members' Lecture for Chanukah 5767 from 30:00 til 37:40, by Rabbi Mordecai Kornfeld
3. Marei Mekomos for Members' lecture on Chanukah 5767 section 13, til 15
What is the difference between these types of sins? Which is most severe? In what order do we confess them when reciting Vidui?
Does Hashem cleanse the aforementioned sins, or does He not?
In what conditions does Hashem "visit the sins of the fathers upon the children," and in what manner?
Is our stiff-necked nature, the reason that Hashem should go among us? What does the word "Ki" mean in this context?
