פרשת ויחי Part I

Parsha Questions

1) Why in a ספר תורה is there no break in the lines or the words between פרשת ויגש and ויחי?

(רש"י בראשית מז:כח)

2) How many years did יעקב live in מצרים? How old was יעקב when he was נפטר? (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 מצרים? (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 the death and burial of רחל to יוסף? (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? (רש"י בראשית מח:יט)

11) What ברכה did יעקב give to מנשה and אפרים? (רש"י בראשית מח:כ)

12) For how many days did מצרים mourn over the loss of יעקב? (בראשית נ:ג)

13) Why was an area in כנען called אבל מצרים? (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 מצרים? 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 מצרים? (בראשית נ: כג-כד)

Torah Math

After learning that Yosef would fulfill Yaakov final request to be buried in Me’Arat Hamachpela, Yaakov bowed. Rashi explains that he was bowing to Hashem to thank him for the news that he would indeed be buried with his fathers in Eretz Yisrael.

If we look at the numeric value of the words we can actually see this! The Torah tells us וישתחו יעקב אל ראש המיטה . This means that Yaakov bowed. These words have the same value as the words מודים על בשֹורה טובה , that mean “A thanks upon hearing good news”!!!

WOW!!!! SO KOOL!!!!!!

 TORAH TRIVIA!

Super Stumper Question:

This a question to ask others and discuss the answers.

Answer to last week’s question:  The ONLY Mitzvah that can ONLY be fulfilled when sitting down is standing for a parent or elder.

Question of the week: What is the only part of Davening that is skipped when Davening with a Minyan???

 FOOD Section!

Can you guess what this recipe connects to this week’s Parsha?

 DUE TO THE ONGOING HUNGER IT WAS HARD TO FIND ANYTHING TO MAKE THIS WEEK.

  

Gingerbread  Mummy Cookies

Ingredients

Cookie Mix:

1/4 cup softened margarine

1/2 cup Sugar

1/2 cup Molasses

1/3 cup Water

3 1/4 cups Flour

1 tsp. Baking soda

1 tsp. Ginger

1/2 tsp. Cinnamon

1/2 tsp. Cloves

1/2 tsp. Salt

Glaze and decorations

1 tbsp. margarine

1/2 tsp. Vanilla

3 tbsp. Soy-Milk

Powdered Sugar

Instructions

In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add molasses and water. Mix well. Add remaining ingredients. Knead very well until forms a ball.

Roll out on lightly floured board. Cut into Gingerbread men shapes using Gingerbread man cutter. Place on cookie sheet.

Bake at 350 degrees F oven for 8-10 minutes. Allow cooling. Makes about 2 dozen mummies.

Glaze:

Mix all ingredients adding enough powdered sugar to make a smooth drizzling consistency. Place in pastry/decorating bag, or in a small plastic bag. Using tip, or cut a very small hole in the tip of the plastic bag, drizzle back and forth over cooled Gingerbread men to create your mummy.

Eyes can be created with decorations or a tube of decorator gel.