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?

Alphabetical Parsha Challenge: פרשת בא

א What type/degree of darkness was brought on מצרים?   “_______ חשך”

ב At what time did מכת בכורות occur?

ג What did the Mitzrim think of Moshe?  "והאיש משה ______  ______"

ד What did B’nei Yisrael put on the משקוף and שתי המזוזת?

ה What did Hashem do to Par’oh in order to show everyone how powerful Hashem is? 

ו What phrase shows the distinction between B’nei Yisrael and the Mitzrim when מכת בכורות caused a great cry (צעקה גדולה) to ring out in Mitzrayim?

ז Moshe describes ארץ כנען  as an ארץ ______  ______  ______.

ח How did Par’oh admit his guilt to Moshe during the plague of ארבה?

ט One of the מצוות we do to remember יציאת מצרים is wearing an אות on our hand and as ______ between our eyes.

י To where did Hashem remove the ארבה?

כ What were the Jews supposed to ask for from the Mitzrim?

ל What was the compromise that Par’oh offered Moshe right before מכת ארבה?

מ With what were B’nei Yisrael supposed to eat the שה during פסח מצרים?

נ The lamb may not be eaten ______ or boiled, but rather צלי אש (roasted).

ס When B’nei Yisrael left Mitzrayim, they traveled from רעמסס to:

ע Who else, other than Moshe and Aharon, tried to convince Par’oh to let B’nei Yisrael go?

פ What did Hashem do when he saw blood on a doorpost?

צ After מכת חשך, Par’oh was willing to let B’nei Yisrael out to worship Hashem, except for:

ק What did Par’oh say to Moshe and Aharon when he called them during the night of מכת בכורות?

ר What brought the ארבה?

ש What was each family group supposed to take (on the 10^th of ניסן)?

ת During מכת חשך Par’oh told Moshe, “Never see my face again!  Because on the day that you see my face, _______!”

Parsha Thoughts:

1) What was the purpose of all the rules and specifications regarding the lamb that B’nei Yisrael were commanded to eat in Mitzrayim right before they were taken out?
            A. What were some of the rules Hashem gave regarding what B’nei Yisrael had to do with the          lamb they took to eat in Mitzrayim?
            B. What was one of the gods which the Mitzrim worshipped?
            C. How do you think it made the Mitzrim feel to see B’nei Yisrael doing this to their god?
            D. How do you think it made B’nei Yisrael feel to do this to the god of the Mitzrim?
            E. How did each rule and specification contribute to the total effect?

2) Which came first: the מצה or the מצוה?
            A. Why do we eat מצה on Pesach?
            B. What were B’nei Yisrael commanded to eat with the lamb right before they left Mitzrayim?
            C. Why do you think B’nei Yisrael had to eat this?

Alphabetical Parsha Challenge – פרשת וארא

א When the חרטמים could not replicate מכת כנים they said, “!______  ______  ______”

ב Which is the last plague that is mentioned in this parsha?

ג This area was set apart and did not suffer from ערוב.

ד Moshe refused Par’oh’s permission to worship Hashem in Mitzrayim and said B’nei Yisrael needed to go where?

ה Who were able to save their servants and cattle from the ברד?

ו What are the four לשונות of גאולה?

ז During מכת ערוב, Par’oh called for Moshe and Aharon and said, “!______  ______  ______  לכו”

ח After the plague of ברד, Par’oh admitted guilt when he said, “!______  ______”

ט Although Par'oh admitted his guilt when he asked Moshe to ask Hashem to stop the ברד , Moshe tells Par’oh that Par’oh’s feelings aren’t yet genuine – "כי ______  ______  ______  ______  ______"

י Who was Moshe’s mother?

כ The plague of ברד was supposed to teach Par’oh what about Hashem?

ל What phrase expresses the uniqueness of this ברד from any other ברד that had ever happened in Mitzrayim?

מ What object was used to start many of the מכות?

נ Who was Aharon’s brother-in-law?

ס Hashem says He will take B’nei Yisrael out "מתחת  ______  ______"

ע Moshe said “Par’oh won’t listen to me because I am ______  ______!”

פ What did Moshe throw up to the sky which brought the plague of שחין? ______  ______

צ About what is it said, "ותכס את ארץ מצרים"?

ק What came along with the ברד?

ר One of three brothers whose descendants are listed in this parsha:

ש Where did Moshe have to meet Par’oh to warn him about the plague of דם?

ת The sign that Aharon did in front of Par’oh involved a ______

Parsha Thought:  A) This parsha contains a miracle which is very similar to a miracle performed in the previous parsha.  What is it?

                           B) What is a key difference between the two descriptions (hint: in terms of the animal mentioned)?

                          C) Can you think of a reason why there is this difference?

Alphabetical Parsha Challenge: פרשת שמות

א Hashem told Moshe to take off his shoes because, “______  ______  ______”

ב What did Hashem give the meyaldot as a reward?

ג The reason Moshe called his son Gershom:

ד Moshe and Aharon asked Par’oh if B’nei Yisrael could go “______  ______  ______  ______”

ה When Par’oh saw how much the Jews were multiplying, he said, “______  ______  ______”

ו What did Moshe do, right before he hit the Mitzri? “______  ______  ______  ______  ______  ______  ______”

ז ________________ were supposed to accompany Moshe to Par’oh to ask him to let the Jews leave.

ח When צפורה saved Moshe’s life, she said, “______  ______  ______  ______”

ט When Moshe was born, his mother saw that “______  ______”

י Moshe asked his permission before returning to Mitzrayim:

כ What was Moshe’s comment about his speaking ability?  “______  ______  ______  ______  ______”

ל What did Moshe ask the Jew who was fighting with the other Jew? “______  ______  ______”

מ When Bat Par’oh saw Moshe crying in the basket, she realized, “______  ______  ______”

נ This was part of one of the signs that Moshe was supposed to do for B’nei Yisrael:

ס Moshe turned to get a better look at this:

ע B’nei Yisrael cried out to Hashem because of this:

פ The name of one of the ערי מסכנות:

צ The name of Moshe’s wife:

ק In a gesture of thanks for the man who saved his daughters, רעואל told his daughters, “______  ______  ______  ______”

ר They were bothering בנות רעואל:

ש In Moshe’s final refusal to go on his mission he said, “______  ______ ______ ______”

ת After Moshe asked Par’oh to let the Jews leave Par’oh got angry and stopped giving the Jews ______

Alphabetical Parsha Challenge: פרשת ויחי

א Yaakov gathered his sons to tell them what was going to happen to them in ______  ______

ב Where did Yaakov bury רחל?

ג Yaakov compared Yehuda to what animal? ______ ______

ד As part of whose ברכה did Yaakov say, "לישועתך קויתי ה'"?

ה After Yaakov died, when the brothers were afraid and told Yosef they would be his servants, he responded, “?______  ______  ______”

ו Part of the ברכה that Yaakov gave Ephraim and Menashe was, "... ______ ______ בקרב הארץ"

ז Yaakov compared Binyamin to what animal? ______

ח יששכר is compared to what?

ט All of Yaakov’s household left Egypt to bury him in ארץ כנען except for:

י Yaakov blessed his grandsons by saying that B’nei Yisrael will bless themselves through them, saying, “______  ______  ______  ______”

כ What did Yaakov call Re’uven when he blessed him? ______ ______ ______

ל Who will be divided among the other tribes of Israel?

מ How long did Yosef live?

נ Yaakov compared Dan to what animal? ______

ס Yaakov says about Yehuda "...כבס ביין לבשו ובדם ענבים _____"

ע Me’arat Ha’machpelah was in a field originally belonging to whom?

פ Yosef’s final request of B’nei Yisrael was, "______ ______ אלקים אתכם והעלתם את עצמתי מזה"

צ Yosef didn’t like that Yaakov placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head rather than on Menashe’s because Ephraim was the:

ק Yaakov spoke harshly of Shimon and Levi and said "ארור אפם כי עז ועברתם כי ________"

ר Yaakov says that Ephraim and Menashe will be considered his like:

ש For how many years did Yaakov live in Mitzrayim?

ת What request did Yaakov make of Yosef? “______  ______  אל נא”

Alphabetical Parsha Challenge – פרשת ויגש

א With what words did יוסף reveal himself to his brothers?  ______  ______  ______  ______  ______

ב What was יעקב’s exit point out of ארץ ישראל on his way to מצרים?

ג Hashem told יעקב not to be afraid of going to מצרים because He would make him into a _____ _____ there.

ד One of the two female descendants of יעקב who is in the list of those who went down to מצרים:

ה Yaakov’s response when ה' spoke to him right before he went down to מצרים was: _________

ו What was Yosef’s reaction when he saw his father again? _____ _____ _____ _____

ז What did Yaakov do right before he left ארץ כנען?

ח What percentage of the produce did Yosef dictate should be given to פרעה?

ט What did Yaakov think had happened to Yosef?  _______ _______

י Which brother offered himself as a slave in place of Binyamin?

כ What extra gift did Yosef give to Binyamin that he didn’t give to his other brothers?

ל All of מצרים sold themselves and their land to Yosef (as administrator of פרעה) in exchange for:

מ How does Yaakov describe his life to פרעה?

נ How is the emotional relationship between Yaakov and Binyamin described?

ס The people of Mitzrayim came to Yosef and traded their cattle and donkeys and ________ for food.

ע What did פרעה offer, to help bring Yaakov’s family down to Mitzrayim?

פ To whom does Yaakov give a bracha in this parsha?

צ What did Yosef give his brothers for their trip to and from ארץ כנען?

ק Yosef tells his brothers that there will yet be many years with neither חריש nor _________

ר What was the profession of בני יעקב?

ש How many years of famine had elapsed by the time Yosef revealed himself to his brothers?

ת The brothers were allowed to live in Goshen because their profession was considered a _______ in Mitzrayim.