פרשת בא

1) What was the purpose of the מכת of ארבע and חשך being brought upon Egypt? (שמות י:ב)

2) When פערה asks מִי וָמִי הַהֹלְכִים, how did משה answer? (שמות י:ח-ט)

3) What was פערה implying in the words מִי וָמִי הַהֹלְכִים? What was משה’s response?
(שמות י:ט ועוד עיין בעל הטורים, שמות י:ח)

4) Whom did פרעה want to permit to leave? Why? (שמות י:י-יא)

5) What did פערה mean when he said רְאוּ כִּי רָעָה נֶגֶד פְּנֵיכֶם? What did he know? How did he know this? (רש"י שמות י:י)

6) Describe how מכת ארבע began. (שמות י:יב-יד)

7) Why did the hoppy-bugs come with the east wind? (רש"י שמות י:יג)

8) How did the locusts in the time of משה differ from those in the days of יואל many years later? (רש"י שמות י:יד)

9) How did the first three days of darkness differ from the last three? (רש" י שמות י:כב)

9) What did the בני ישראל do during the מכת חושך in preparation for becoming free? (רש"י שמות י:כב)

10) Why should they not take anything from the Egyptians at this time? (רש"י שמות י:כב)

11) After חשך, whom did פערה say could leave מצרים to worship Hashem? (שמות י:כד)

12) What were the בני ישראל to ask for before the last plague? (שמות יא:א-ב)

13) Who respected משה now? How was this a change? (שמות יא:ג)

14) Why did משה change the words that he was to tell פערה and say כחצי הלילה and not בחצי הלילה (not using Hashem’s words)? (רש"י שמות יא:ד)

15) Hashem told משה “so that my wonders will be multiplied”. What three wonders was Hashem referring to? (רש"י שמות יא:ט)

16) What is the מצוה of החודש הזה לכם? When was it given? (רש"י שמות יב:ב)

17) Describe the scene of the קרבן פסח as it was told to משה by Hashem? (שמות יב:ו-כ)

18) How could the תורה say אֵין בַּיִת אֲשֶׁר אֵין־שָׁם מֵת, were there no homes without oldest in them? Explain.  (רש"י שמות יב:ל)

19) When did פערה insist that the בני ישראל leave מצרים? Whom did he say needed to go?
(רש"י לא & שמות יב:לא-לג)

20) Why were they insistent that the בני ישראל leave right away? (רש"י שמות יב:לג)

21) What was the exact time and date that the בני ישראל left מצרים? Why is this important? (שמות יב:מא עין רש"י )

22) The only non-כשר animal whose first-born is redeemed is the donkey. What did the donkeys do to “earn” this distinction?

23) What is the source of the “milk and honey” found in ארץ ישראל, our eternal homeland? (רש"י שמות יג:ה)

פרשת וארא

1) וָאֵרָא אֶל־אַבְרָהָם אֶל־יִצְחָק וְאֶל־יַעֲקֹב בְּקל שַׁקי וּשְׁמִי יקוק לֹא נוֹדַעְתִּי לָהֶם:. What did Hashem mean when He described the different names by which He appeared to the אבות and to משה now?
(רש"י שמות ו:ג)

2) What are the four expressions of גאולה (redemption) that Hashem used? (שמות ו:ו-ח)

3) Explain what each refers to. (רש"י, ספורנו, ומדרש שמות ו:ו-ח)

4) Why did the בני ישראל not listen toמשה ’s words? (רש"י שמות ו:ט)

5) Why did Hashem tell משה and אהרון to go and tell פערה to release the בני ישראל from slavery?
(רש"י שמות ו:יג)

6) Why does the תורה list only the children of ראובן, שמעון and לוי and not the rest of the Jewish people? (רש"י שמות ו:יד)

7) How old were משה and אהרון when they went to פרעה to ask for the release of the Jewish people? (שמות ז:ז)

8) Why was דם the first מכה brought against Egypt? (רש"י שמות ז:יז)

9) Why did אהרון have to bring the מכה of דם and not Moshe? (רש"י שמות ז:יט)

10) Describe how מכת צפרדע began? (רש"י שמות ח:ב)

11) Why do you think that פערה wanted the frogs to leave only tomorrow and not right away? (See שמות ח:ו)

12)  Why didn’t משה strike the dust to initiate the מכה of lice? (רש"י שמות ח:יב)

13) Why could the חרטמים not recreate the lice? (רש"י שמות ח:יד)

14) What did the חרטמים say about the lice? (שמות ח:טו)

15) Explain why the מכות were done in this order? (רש"י שמות ז:יז)

16) What was the מכה of דבר? What did it show about the belongings and properties of the בני ישראל in comparison to Egypt?
(שמות ט:א-ז)

17) How did the מכה of שחין begin? (שמות ט:ח-ט)

18) Explain what שחין was? (רש"י שמות ט:ט)

19) How could the animals of the מצרים get שחין, were they not dead from דבר brfore? (רש"י שמות ט:י)

20) What warning did משה give to the people of מצרים before bringing ברד on Egypt? (שמות ט:כ-כא)

21) Describe the visible נס of ברד over Egypt? (רש"י שמות ט:כד)

פרשת שמות

1) How did the בני ישראל multiply so much? (רש"י שמות א:ז)

2) What changed that made the בני ישראל have to go to work as slaves? Explain. (רש"י שמות א:ח)

3) What cities were בני ישראל forced to build? (שמות א:יא)

4) What are the actual names of the midwives? Why does the תורה call them be different names
(רש"י שמות א:טו)

5) Whom did פרעה force to killing their baby boys? Explain. (רש"י שמות א:כב)

6) Who stood from a distance to see what would happen to the child? (רש"י שמות ב:ד)

7) Who came to the river at that time and saved the child? Why was she there? (רש"י שמות ב:ה)

8) Who nursed the child? (שמות ב:ט)

9) Who gave this boy the name משה? Why? (רש"י שמות ב:י)

10) Why did משה kill an Egyptian man? (שמות ב:יא)

11) What did משה call the men that were fighting? Who were they? (רש"י שמות ב:יג)

12) Why did משה run away? Where did he run to? (שמות ב:טו)

13) Why did the מדינים chase יתרו’s daughters away from the well? (רש"י שמות ב:יז)

14) Whom did משה marry? (שמות ב:כא)

15) What did they name their first child? Why? (שמות ב:כב)

16) What changed that made the Jews cried out to Hashem? Explain. (רש"י שמות ב:כג)

17) In who’s merit did Hashem accept the תפילות of בני ישראל and begin saving them? (שמות ב:כד-כה)
18) What caught the attention of משה while out in the desert shepherding? (שמות ג:יג)

19) Why did משה say that he was not able to try and get the בני ישראל freedom? (2 parts)
(רש"י שמות ג:יא)

20) What signs did Hashem give to משה to prove that he was bringing the words of Hashem?
(שמות ד:א-ז)

21) Why did משה have צרעת on his hand? (רש"י שמות ד:ו)

22) “And Hashem was angry with משה.” What did משה lose as a result of this anger?
(רש"י שמות ד:יד)

23) From where in פרשת שמות do we see that עניים חשובים כמתים, and how? (רש"י שמות ד:יט)

24) What did צפרה do to save the life of משה? Explain. (שמות ד:כד-כו)

25) How did פרעה react to משה‘s initial request for set the בני ישראל free? (שמות ה:א-ב)

26) What punishment did פרעה give the בני ישראל because משה visited him? (שמות ה:י-יג)

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פרשת ויחי-חזק

1) Why in a ספר תורה is there no break in the lines or the words between פרשת ויגש and ויחי like there is between most other Torah portions?
(רש"י בראשית מז:כח)

2) How many years did יעקב live in Egypt? How old was יעקב when he passed? (בראשית מז:כח)

3) Why did he ask יוסף to ensure his burial in ארץ ישראל, instead of the other sons?
(רש"י בראשית מז:כט)

4) Why did יעקב ask יוסף do to “חסד ואמת” with him? (רש"י בראשית מז:כט)

5) Why did יעקב not want to be buried in Egypt? (רש"י בראשית מז:כט)

6) Where did יעקב want to be buried? (בראשית מז:ל)

7) Explain: “מנשה and אפרים are to me like ראובן and שמעון”. (רש"י בראשית מח:ה)

8) Why did יעקב choose now to mention to יוסף about the death and burial of רחל his mother? (רש"י בראשית מח:ז)

9) Why did יוסף assume his father made a mistake when giving מנשה and אפרים their blessings?
(בראשית מח:יז)

10) Which great leader comes from מנשה and which from אפרים in the future? (רש"י בראשית מח:יט)

11) What ברכה did יעקב give to מנשה and אפרים regarding their “family” status? (רש"י בראשית מח:כ)

12) After the death of יעקב, how many days did  מצרים mourn? (בראשית נ:ג)

13) Why was an area in כנען called אבל מצרים, what happened there? (בראשית נ:י-יא and see רש"י יא)

14) Which two sons of יעקב did not carry his coffin? Why not? (רש"י בראשית נ:יג)

15) After the burial of יעקב who was afraid of whom and why? (בראשית נ:טו and see רש"י)

16) What was done to show that there was no reason to fear? (בראשית נ:יט-כא)

17) Whom did יוסף “blame” for ending up in Egypt? Explain what he meant. (בראשית נ:יט-כא)

18) How many generations did יוסף see in his lifetime? Whom? To Whom? (בראשית נ:כג-כד)

19) Who made his brothers swear that their children would bury him in ארץ ישראל when
they left Egypt? (בראשית נ: כג-כד)

פרשת ויגש

1) What manner was יהודה going to be speaking to יוסף in? (רש"י מד:יח)

2) What was יהודה‘s speech to יוסף about? (מד:יח-לד)

3) What did יוסף hear that made him unable to hold back anymore? (רש"י מד:לב)

4) Why did יוסף ask all the מצרים to leave before he revealed himself? (רש"י מה:א)

5)  What was יוסף’s first question after he made himself known? (מה:ג)

6) How did his brothers react? Why? (מה:ג ועוד עיין רש"י)

7) How did יוסף prove to his brothers that he was really himself? (רש"י מה:ד)

8) Why did יוסף and בנימין cry on each other’s shoulders? (רש"י מה:יד)

9) What was the proof that finally convinced יעקב that יוסף was alive? (רש"י מה:כז)

10) Who was sent ahead of the family to “settle into” ארץ מצרים before the rest of the family arrived? (בראשית מו:כח)

11) Explain להורת לפניו as an explanation to the question above. (רש"י בראשית מו:כח)

12) When יעקב and יוסף finally met, who was unable to speak? Why? (רש"י בראשית מו:כט)

*13) Explain who was unable to speak and why according to the רמב"ן (בראשית מו:כט). How does he prove his point?

14) How did יוסף instruct his brothers to answer פרעה when asked מה מעשיכם - what is your work? Why?  ( בראשית מו:לא-לד)

15) How old was יעקב when he came to מצרים to be reunited with his son? (מז:ח-ט)

16) What did יעקב do when he met פרעה for the first time? (מז:י)

17) What was this blessing? (רש"י מז:י)

Extra Credit: Why did יוסף make his family (יעקב, בנימין, and his ten brothers) go through all of this aggravation? (עין מלב"ם בראשית )

Winter Break post #8

Where do we want out blessings to come from?

Parsha Questions will post later today.

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Winter Break Post #7

When someone is sick....what about their family and friends???

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