פרשת ויצא

1) From where did יעקב leave? To where did he go? (see בראשית כח:י)

2)  When יעקב traveled to חרן, the תורה stresses that he departed from באר שבע. Why?
(see רש"י בראשית כח:י)

3) When יעקב was traveling he stopped to rest. Where did he lie down? (see רש"י בראשית כח:יא)

4) What made יעקב need to stop there? (see רש"י בראשית כח:יאא)

5) What did יעקב see in his dream? What was he told? (see בראשית כח:יב-טו)

6) When יעקב awoke and realized where he was, he says אין זה כי אם־בית אלקים וזה שער השמים. Explain what is meant by וזה שער השמים. (see רש"י בראשית כח:יז)

7) What did יעקב promise to Hashem? Why? (see בראשית כח:כ-כב)

8) When יעקב arrived at the well, what did he see that he did not approve of? (see בראשית כט:ז)

9) What explanation did the shepherds give to יעקב? (see רש"י בראשית כט:ח)

10)  While יעקב was speaking with the shepherds who came to the well? Why? (see בראשית כט:ט)

11) What was יעקב able to do when he saw רחל? (see בראשית כט:י)

12) Why did יעקב cry when he met רחל? (see רש"י בראשית כט:יא)

13) Why did רחל tell her father that she met יעקב? (see רש"י בראשית כט:יב)

14) Why did לבן run to greet יעקב? (see רש"י בראשית כט:יג)

15) For whom did יעקב work (to marry) originally? (see בראשית כט:כ)

16) What was his attitude toward this work? (see רש"י בראשית כט:כ)

17) If יעקב planned to marry רחל how did he end up marrying לאה? (see רש"י בראשית כט:כה)

18) Who felt hated? Did יעקב really “hate” her? What words in the פסוק show us this?
(see בראשית כט:ל-לא)

19) What did Hashem do to make לאה feel more loved? (see בראשית כט:לא)

20) List all the children of לאה and why she gave them each name? (Explain each name)
(see בראשית כט:לב-ל:כא)

22) Seeing that she had no children, what did רחל do? (see בראשית ל:ג)

23) List all the children of בלהה and why she gave them each name? (Explain each name)
(see בראשית ל:ו-ז)

24) Why did לאה give זלפה to יעקב to marry? (see בראשית ל:ט)

25) List all the children of זלפה and why she gave them each name? (Explain each name)
(see בראשית ל:י-יג)

26) What did Hashem remembered about רחל that allowed her to have a child?
(see רש"י בראשית ל:כב)

27) What did רחל name her son? Why this name? (see בראשית ל:כב-כד)

28) Why after יוסף was born was יעקב now able to go home? (see רש"י בראשית ל:כה)

29) What did לבן accuse יעקב of taking form his house when he left? (see בראשית לא:כו-ל)

30) After his meeting with לבן, what מלאכים met יעקב? (see רש"י בראשית לב:ב)