Friday, November 29, 2013

Alphabetical Parsha Challenge: פרשת מקץ

א What did the שר המשקים say ‘as apology’ to Par’oh? "_____ _____ _____ _____ _____"
ב What did Yosef gather in great quantities?
ג What was found in Binyamin’s sack?
ד How were the seven bad sheaves of wheat described?
ה The brothers didn’t realize that Yosef understood everything they said because “_____ _____”
ו When Yaakov finally gave permission for the brothers to bring Binyamin to Mitzrayim, he said in despair, “_____ _____ _____ _____”
ז How did Yosef refer to their father when he asked the brothers how Yaakov was?
ח Who were unable to interpret Par’oh’s dreams?
ט Par’oh gave this to Yosef when he appointed Yosef as second-in-command:
י This was the setting of Par’oh’s first dream:
כ Par’oh tells Yosef that only in what will he be greater than Yosef?
ל Because of Yosef, Mitzrayim was the only land where this could be found:
מ Yosef accused his brothers of being:
נ Yosef told Par’oh to appoint a person over Mitzrayim who is ______  ______
ס In each city Yosef stored the produce that grew in the fields “______ אשר
ע How many sons did Yaakov send down to Mitzrayim to get food?
פ Yaakov did not initially send Binyamin down to Mitzrayim with his brothers because Yaakov feared, “____ ____ ____”
צ What name did Par’oh give to Yosef?
ק How did Yosef speak to his brothers when they came to Mitzrayim the first time? “ _____ וידבר אתם
ר The seven thin cows symbolized seven years of:
ש What did Par’oh dream of in his second dream?
ת What did Reuven tell Yaakov he could do to Reuven’s two sons if Reuven wouldn’t bring Binyamin back? “ _____ את שני בני

Friday, November 22, 2013

Alphabetical Parsha Challenge: פרשת וישב

א What did Yosef see in his first dream?
ב How is Yosef described in terms of why Yaakov loved him so much?
ג What did the שר המשקים see in his dream?
ד Where did Yosef finally find his brothers?
ה What was Yosef’s response when Yaakov told him to go to check on his brothers in Shechem?
ו When Yosef refused אשת פוטיפר’s advances, he said “How can I do this terrible thing, _____ _____!?”
ז Yosef asked this favor from the שר המשקים:
ח This was one of the items that the ‘woman’ asked Yehuda to give her.
ט What was Yaakov’s mournful cry when he saw Yosef’s bloody coat?
י Yehuda told his second son, אונן, to perform the mitzvah of :
כ Yaakov’s special gift to Yosef was a:
ל After the brothers threw Yosef into the pit, they callously sat and ate ________
מ Yaakov rebuked Yosef when he heard his dream, and said, ”?______ ______ ______ ______ ______”
נ The caravan of Yishma’elim was bringing this to מצרים:
ס Who was פוטיפר?
ע Yosef was sold for what price?
פ Who has a birthday party in this parsha?
צ What did תמר put on in order to disguise herself?
ק Yehuda’s messenger asks people where to find this, but they say they never saw one.
ר The brother who did not allow the others to kill Yosef was:
ש Which of the two officers was killed?
ת What was the name of Yehuda’s daughter-in-law?

Friday, November 15, 2013

Alphabetical Parsha Challenge: פרשת וישלח

א How many men was עשו coming with to meet Yaakov?
ב What name did רחל give her second son?
ג What part of an animal are we not allowed to eat in remembrance of the place where the angel wounded Yaakov?
ד Who died and was buried in בית אל?
ה The name of the king who defeated מדין in the fields of מואב:
ו When עשו saw יעקב, the Torah tells us, "ויפל על צוארו ________".
ז B’nei Yaakov said that they would let דינה marry שכם only if the people would circumcise every ______.
ח Who was the man who asked Yaakov if his son could marry Yaakov’s daughter?
ט Yaakov's sons deceived שכם because he had "_______ את דינה אחתם"
י What was Yaakov’s name changed to?
כ Where on Yaakov’s body did the "איש" wound him when they fought against each other?
ל Who was שמעון’s partner in revenge?
מ What did Yaakov send to עשו, hoping to appease him?
נ In preparation to go to בית אל, Yaakov’s family got rid of all their idols and their ___________.
ס Which place was named for something that Yaakov built there?
ע What was יעקב’s angry response to his two sons?  “!…__________ __________”
פ What did יעקב name the place where he fought with the angel?
צ After he wrestled with the angel, the תורה tells us that Yaakov, "________ על ירכו"
ק Where did Yaakov go to see his father before יצחק died?
ר Who was in the last group to meet עשו?
ש What was the name of the place where עשו lived?
ת Who was the mother of עמלק?

Friday, November 8, 2013

Alphabetical Parsha Challenge: פרשת ויצא

א  What was on top of the well?
ב  Where was Yaakov’s exit point out of ארץ כנען?
ג  What was the name that Yaakov gave to the place Lavan called יגר שהדותא?
ד  What was Reuven’s gift to Leah that רחל wanted?
ה  In what place did Lavan catch up to Yaakov?
ו  The Torah tells us that when Yaakov saw Rachel, "_______ יעקב לרחל..."
ז  What was the name of Leah’s handmaid?
ח After רחל gave birth to Yosef, she said “Hashem has removed my __________”.
ט Yaakov defended himself to Lavan and said that he had never given him an animal that was ________, but rather bore the financial loss himself.
י  How does the Torah describe רחל’s appearance?
כ  Because of Yaakov’s love for רחל, the years he worked for her seemed, in his eyes, _______  ________
ל  What was the prior name of בית-אל before Yaakov renamed it?
מ  What did Yaakov see on the ladder?
נ What was one of the kinds of sheep that Yaakov told Lavan he was going to take?
ס  What did Yaakov see in his dream?
ע  How many years did Yaakov work for Lavan in total?
פ  What did Yaakov carve into the sticks that he put in front of the flock?  _________  _________
צ  Yaakov’s job was to look after the _________ of Lavan.
ק  Reuven went to collect flowers for his mother during the season of ________  ________
ר  Leah’s eyes are described as  _________
ש  After Yaakov wakes from his dream he says, "אין זה כי אם בית אלקים, וזה ______ _______"
ת  What item of her father’s did רחל steal?