Dear 5th Grade Families,
My family and I will be traveling to Israel next week to celebrate our daughter Dina’s bat mitzvah. I look forward to sharing some Torah thoughts from Israel next week! I will have intermittent email during our trip, and I look forward to returning to school on Tuesday, December 13th EY”H.
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Dvar Torah
Davening
u,t wv hf uhbst trhu (d:yk ,hatrc)
:ushc jhkmn wv vag tuv rat kfu
In this week’s Parasha, Parashat Vayeishev, the Torah begins by relating to us the story of Yosef being sold and going down to Egypt. In doing so, the Torah tells us that with every stop Yosef made, he was promoted to a higher position. The Torah tells us (39:3) that the reason for this was, "that Hashem was with him.” Rashi explains, "Hashem was with him" meaning that the name of Hashem was normal in his mouth. An example of this is that when he was asked how he was, he would answer "Baruch Hashem."
The question is; the Pasuk should then say that Yosef was with Hashem, not that Hashem was with Yosef?
The answer is that by saying things like “Baruch Hashem,” Hashem became a part of him and then Hashem went with him!
As Chanukah arrives we should think about this idea and the call of the Maccabeem - “Mee L’Hashem Eylay” (whoever is with Hashem is with me). This battle cry has been called many times to gather the people who had faith in Hashem together so they could stand up for what they believed in. The way that these people (like the Maccabeem) were successful was because they had the name of Hashem “normal in their mouths.”
Each day in school we spend time making Hashem’s name normal in our mouths by Davening and learning Torah. We should learn from the story of Yosef and of the Maccabeem that if we want Hashem to be with us...
…we need to be with Him
Shabbat Shalom
Parsha Questions
1) How old was יוסף when he was sold by his brothers? (בראשית לז:ב)
2) והוא נער, what did יוסף do that made him like a child? (רש"י בראשית לז:ב)
3) Explainכי־בן־זקנים הוא לו . (רש"י בראשית לז:ג)
4) Was it good or bad that the brothers could not speak peacefully with יוסף? Explain why or why not. (רש"י בראשית לז:ד)
5) What were in יוסף‘s dreams? (בראשית לז:ה-ט)
6) How did יעקב react and feel about the dreams of יוסף? (רש"י בראשית לז:יא)
7) Who found יוסף wandering around the fields of שכם? (רש"י בראשית לז:טו)
8) Who suggested that יוסף be killed when he came into view of his brothers in דותן?
(מוסף רש"י בראשית לז:יט)
9) How does the פסוק tell us what was in the pit? What was in the pit? (רש"י בראשית לז:כד)
10) Who refused to be consoled over the “death” of יוסף? (רש"י בראשית לז:לג)
11) What are the names of the three sons of יהודה? (בראשית לח:ג-ה)
12) What was the name of יהודה‘s daughter-in-law? (בראשית לח:ו)
13) Whom did she marry? Explain? (בראשית לח:ו-ט)
14) What were the names of the children of יהודה and תמר? (בראשית לח:כט)
15) Which מצרי bought יוסף? What did this מצרי do in Egypt? (בראשית לח:א)
16) כי ה' אתו. What does it mean that Hashem was with יוסף? (רש"י בראשית לט:ג)
17) Why was the מצרי‘s house blessed? (בראשית לט:ה)
18) Why did יוסף tell אשת פוטיפר that being with her would be sin against Hashem?
(רש"י בראשית לט:ט)
19) What was done with יוסף after he was accessed by אשת פוטיפר? (בראשית לט:כ)
20) Who sinned against פרעה? (בראשית מ:א)
22) What did they do? (רש"י בראשית מ:א)
23) What was so unique about their dreams? (רש"י בראשית מ:ה)
24) What was the explanation of the dream of the chief butler? (בראשית מ:יב-יג)
25) What was the explanation of the dream of the chief baker? (בראשית מ:יח-יט)
26) How did the butler manage to forget about יוסף? Explain. (רש"י בראשית מ:כג)
Classroom Check-in!
Questions about what we are learning in class
1) What is the main aspect of Sukkah?
2) Can a Sukkah be built under a tree?
Torah Math
In this week’s Parasha we are taught of Yosef telling over his dreams. The second dream was about the sun, moon, and stars and Rashi tells us that Yaakov said that this was not possible because Rachel (the moon) had already passed away. You can see this from the underlined words in this Pasuk:
וַיְסַפֵּר אֶל־אָבִיו וְאֶל־אֶחָיו וַיִּגְעַר־בּוֹ אָבִיו וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ מָה הַחֲלוֹם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר חָלָמְתָּ הֲבוֹא נָבוֹא אֲנִי וְאִמְּךָ וְאַחֶיךָ לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹת לְךָ אָרְצָה:
(בראשית לז:י)
”רחָלָ מְתָּהֲ“
WAY KOOL!!!
TORAH TRIVIA!
Super Stumper Question:
This a question to ask others and discuss the answers.
Answer to last week’s Question:
Q: What is the only part of Davening is skipped when Davening with a Minyan???
A: When not Davening with a Minyan we add into our Tefila “Kel Melech Ne’eman” before saying Shema.
Question of the week:
Q: What was Mrs. Poteefar’s name?
A: Coming soon!
Kollel Quiz
#1 Who Am I?
1. Moshe removed me.
2. I was barter.
3. Twice I am forbidden.
4. I am said to flies.
#2 Who Am I?
1. I am 36.
2. With service I am 44.
3. 30 is my timing.
4. I am hot.
FOOD Section!
Can you guess what this recipe connects to this week’s Parsha?
Southern Fruit Iced Tea
(Egypt is south of Cina’an)
Ingredients
Brew Tea Concentrate
- Put 5 tea bags into 4 cups (32 oz) of boiling water
- Leave to cool slightly
-Add:
1 cup of granulated sugar *
1/2 cup of pineapple juice
1/2 cup of orange juice
Juice of one lemon
1/8 cup of cherry juice, optional
Lemon, orange or pineapple slices and/or Maraschino cherries, for garnish
Instructions
Squeeze tea bags and remove. To a 2-quart pitcher, add the warm tea concentrate and stir in the 1 cup of sugar until dissolved. Add the pineapple juice, orange juice, lemon juice and cherry juice. Fill the pitcher with ice, top off with water, only if needed, to fill the pitcher, stir and serve. Garnish with a slice of fruit and a cherry, if desired.
* Notes: Keep in mind that different brands of juices have different levels of sweetness so you may need to make adjustments in the additional sugar.
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