PROPHECY OF ZECHARYAH
What is the historical context of Zecharyah's prophecy?
What time period does the opening of the Haftarah portray?
How will Hashem "take Yehudah as His portion" (2:16)?
YEHOSHUA, KOHEN GADOL
Who was Yehoshua the Kohen Gadol, and why was Zecharyah shown a vision of him facing the Accuser (3:1)?
Why does Hashem rebuke the Accuser (3:2)? During what period would the Kohanim be like "a burning spit saved from the fire"?
Why was Yehoshua seen with "filthy garments;" and what does their removal symbolize? Why is the "Tzanif" (Mitznefes) singled out from among the garments of a Kohen Gadol (3:3-5)?
Who are the "Omedim" (they that stand); in what sense will the Kohanim walk among them (3:7)?
FUTURE REDEMPTION
Who does Hashem refer to as "My servant, Tzemach" ("the shoot")? Why is he called by this name (3:8)?
What "rock" was set before Yehoshua, and what were the "seven eyes" that were upon it (3:9)?
VISION OF THE MENORAH
What is the significance of the seven lamps of the Menorah, and the tubes that drew oil from the Gulah (bowl or wellspring) towards each lamp? How many tubes were there (4:2)?
What do the "Shnei Zeisim," the two olive-trees, represent (4:3)?
What was the message inherent in this vision of the Menorah?
What is the "great mountain" that will become like a plain before Zerubavel (4:7)?
