1)

What are Terafim?

1.

Refer to Bereishis 31:19:1:1-3.

2.

Redak #1: They are copper Kelim used to tell time, even parts of hours, and through them, astrologers can tell the future. (In Bereishis 31:19, Radak said that they often lie).

3.

Radak #2: Some say that astrologers can make a form at certain times, and the form speaks - "Ki ha'Terafim Dibru Aven" (Zecharyah 10:2). 1


1

Radak: There is no proof from the verse. The ones who made the forms, they speak!

2)

What is the meaning of "De'u Mah Ta'asu"?

1.

Metzudas David: Prepare yourselves to take [the Efod, Terafim, Pesel and Masechah].

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