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)