Monday, December 12, 2016

פרשת וישלח

1) Whom did יעקב send ahead of himself to his brother? Where did they come from?
(see רש"י  בראשית לב:ד and  בראשית ל:א-ג)

2) In his message to עשו,  Yaakov said אם לבן גרתי. Why was he telling his brother where he had been?
(see רש"י  בראשית לב:ה)

3) Why did יעקב tell עשו that he had sheep and cattle (see רש"י  בראשית לב:ו)

4) What report did the messengers bring back to יעקב? (see בראשית לב:ז)

5) Why was יעקב both “afraid” and “distressed”? (see רש"י  בראשית לב:ח)

6) How did יעקב prepare his camp and family against the potential attack of עשו?
(see בראשית לב:ח-יז)

7) Why did יעקב think he was very “small”? (see רש"י  בראשית לב:יא)

8) Why does it say he took eleven children when he also had דינה? (see רש"י  בראשית לב:כג)

9) Did יעקב do the correct thing with דינה? Please explain. (see רש"י  בראשית לב:כג)

10) Why did יעקב go back across the river alone? (see רש"י  בראשית לב:כה)

11) Whom did he meet there? (see רש"י  בראשית לב:כה)

12) What does the פסוק mean by “the sun came up for him”? (see רש"י  בראשית לב:לב)

13) How do later generations remember this incident? (see בראשית לב:לג)

14) Why did עשו both hug and kiss יעקב? (see רש"י  בראשית לג:ד)

15) Why did יוסף go before his mother to meet עשו? How was he rewarded for this act?
(see רש"י  בראשית לג:ז)

16) Why did יעקב camp outside the city of שכם and not enter it? (see מוסף רש"י  בראשית לג:יח)

17) How did שכם convince his entire city to agree to make a ברית מילה on themselves?
(see רש"י  בראשית לד:כ-כג)

18) What did יעקב do with all the treasures that were captured from שכם?
(see רש"י  בראשית לה:ב-ד)

19) Why does the פסוק tell us that ,דבורה the nurse of ,רבקה died? (see רש"י  בראשית לה:ח)

20) What did רחל name her youngest son? Why? (see   בראשית לה:טז-יחand רש"י יח)

21) What did יעקב call this child? Why? (see רש"י בראשית לה: יח)

22) Where did יעקב finally arrive? (see בראשית לה:כז)

23) How old was יצחק when he was נפטר? (see בראשית לה:כח)

24) Who buried יצחק? (see בראשית לה:כט)

25) Why do you think the תורה tells us all about  עשו‘s family? (Thinking question)

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