Behar Math Puzzle

PARSHA MATH

‫ בהר‬BEHAR Instructions: Using the key below for the numeric value of each letter, determine the numeric value of each word taken from the Parsha. Place the value of the blue words in the blue column. Please the value of the red words in the red column. Then do the following:

1. Name the word with the highest numerical value ________ 2. Name the word with the lowest numerical value ________ 3. Who won? Which “team”, the blue or the red, has the highest total numerical word values? 4. In the laws of lending with interest, the rabbis created a leniency called ????? ‫היתר‬

BLUE

RED

VALUES

VALUES

‫ן‬

‫ם‬ ‫ל‬

‫ת‬ ‫ב‬

‫ו‬

‫ז‬ ‫ו‬ ‫ת‬

‫ת‬

‫ח‬ ‫י‬ ‫י‬ ‫ב‬

TOTAL

‫י‬ 10

‫ט‬ 9

‫ח‬ 8

‫ת‬ 400

‫ש‬ 300

‫ר‬ 200

‫ק‬ 100

‫ש‬ ‫ל‬ ‫פ‬ ‫ח‬

‫א‬ ‫ס‬ ‫י‬

‫ג‬ ‫מ‬ ‫פ‬

‫ס‬

‫א‬ ‫ע‬ ‫ש‬

? ‫כך‬ 20

‫ב‬ ‫ה‬ ‫ר‬

‫ש‬ ‫ח‬

?

‫ת‬ ‫י‬

?

?

Hebrew Letters’ Numerical Value ‫ז‬ ‫ו‬ ‫ה‬ 7 6 5 ‫צץ‬ 90

‫פף‬ 80

‫ב‬

‫ע‬ 70

TOTAL

? ‫ד‬ 4

‫ג‬ 3

‫ב‬ 2

‫א‬ 1

‫ס‬ 60

‫נן‬ 50

‫מם‬ 40

‫ל‬ 30

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PARSHA MATH OBJECTIVE: FAMILIARITY WITH NUMERICAL VALUES OF HEBREW LETTERS AGE GUIDE: NINE YEARS OLD AND OLDER (THROUGH ADULT)

ANSWER SHEET BLUE

RED

‫ן‬

758 39

456 48

‫ם‬ ‫ל‬

‫ת‬ ‫ב‬

‫ו‬

‫ז‬ ‫ו‬ ‫ת‬

‫ח‬ ‫י‬ ‫י‬ ‫ב‬

TOTAL

‫א‬

1301

‫ת‬

‫ב‬ ‫ה‬ ‫ר‬

‫ש‬ ‫ל‬ ‫פ‬ ‫ח‬

‫א‬ ‫ס‬ ‫י‬

‫ג‬ ‫מ‬ ‫פ‬

‫ס‬

380 158

‫א‬ ‫ע‬ ‫ש‬ ‫ק‬

‫ש‬ ‫ח‬ ‫ס‬

‫ת‬ ‫י‬ ‫י‬

‫ב‬

‫ע‬

1.

HIGHEST WORD VALUE

‫בתשעית‬

2.

SMALLEST WORD VALUE

‫גאלה‬

3.

“RED” HAS MORE POINTS

4.

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1182 320 TOTAL

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