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 )