Alphabetical Parsha Challenge – פרשת בשלח

א A place where there were 12 wells of water and 70 palm trees:

ב What was Par’oh told about B’nei Yisrael that made him suddenly regret letting them out?

ג What would happen when Moshe’s arms were raised during the fight with עמלק?

ד By which route to ארץ כנען did Hashem not take B’nei Yisrael?

ה What was B’nei Yisrael’s complaint to Moshe when they saw the Mitzrim coming after them?

ו What was the result of B’nei Yisrael seeing the Mitzrim dead on the sea shore?

ז From this phrase חז"ל learn that everyone saw Hashem’s glory at the time of קריעת ים סוף: “______  ______  ______  ______  ______  ______”

ח The water was like a ______ on either side of B’nei Yisrael.

ט The מן was sandwiched between two layers of:

י Who led B’nei Yisrael into battle against עמלק?

כ If B’nei Yisrael listen to Hashem and follow His mitzvoth, what will Hashem do for them?

ל How did B’nei Yisrael have to gather differently on יום שישי – what did they gather on that day?

מ Which place was named for the bitter water that was found there?

נ מסה ומריבה was named in part because B’nei Yisrael:

ס B’nei Yisrael complained that they had no food in the desert, while in Mitzrayim they had been sitting on ______  ______.

ע What did Moshe bring with him when they left Mitzrayim?

פ The Mitzrim caught up to B’nei Yisrael camped by the sea, near:

צ What was placed before the ארון as a משמרת?

ק In אז ישיר it says that the Mitzrim were devoured like:

ר What did Hashem use to cause the sea to split?

ש A food that B’nei Yisrael received one evening:

ת Miriam led the women with ______ and dances.

Parsha Thoughts:

How is it that Par’oh only had a change of heart when he heard that B’nei Yisrael had fled, and that is when he said, “Why have we done this, that we let B’nei Yisrael go from serving us?”  It sounds like he was surprised – but didn’t he send B’nei Yisrael out?  

            A) Look back at the descriptions of B’nei Yisrael as they left Mitzrayim as it is described in יב:לז,   and יג:יח.  How might they have appeared to an outsider?
            B) Where were B’nei Yisrael?  Look in pesukim יב:לז, יג:כ, יד:ב.  What might their route have            looked like, especially the last step?
            C) What might Par’oh have thought about their intentions?  What was the earlier Par’oh afraid of, way back in א:י?
            D) How do all of these pieces of information help answer our initial question?