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Attached are a series of key questions regarding Parshat Miketz and Chanukah. These questions illuminate the Torah portion and the Festival.
By asking yourself these questions, Parshat Vayeishev and Chanukah will be more meaningful. Additionally, associated with each question are references to the text, quotes and key words that provide context and enable you to address the key questions.
Learn more about Parshat Miketz:
MIKETZ & CHANUKAH KEY QUESTIONS
1. WHO HELPED JOSEPH INTERPRET PHAROH’S DREAMS?
2. WHAT TYPE OF PERSON IS PHAROH SEEKING IN ORDER TO IMPEMENT
JOSEPH’S ADVICE?
3. WITH WHAT SIGNS OF AUTHORITY DID PHAROH GIVE TO JOSEPH?
4. HOW WAS JOSEPH REFERRED TO BY THE CUP BEARER?
5. HOW DID PHAROH MAKE JOSEPH MORE ACCEPTABLE TEGYPTIAN SOCIETY?
6. DID JOSEPH HANG AROUND THE PALACE?
7. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE NAMES OF JOSEPH’S SONS?
8. DID THE LAND OF ESAU EXPERIENCE FOOD SHORTAGE?
9. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF כִּי-עֶרְוַת הָאָרֶץ בָּאתֶם לִרְאוֹת, YOU
HAVE COME TO SEE THE NAKEDNESS OF THE LAND?
10. WHY DID JOSEPH WEEP?
11. HOW DOES JACOB PLAN TO ASSUAGE JOSEPH?
12. DOES JACOB HAVE A PLAN B?
13.DOES JOSEPH GET OVER THE FACT THAT HIS BROTHERS WANTED TO AND TRIED
TO KILL HIM?
14. COMPARE JUDAH AND REUBEN’S RESPONSES TO PERSUADE JACOB.
15.WHAT’S DOES JOSEPH PUT ON THE MENU WHEN HABVING BREAKFAST WITH
HIS BROTHERS?
16. WHAT ARE JOSEPH’S 1ST WORDS TO BENJAMIN?
17. WHAT IS THE EGYPTIAN ATTITUDE TOWARDS HEBREWS (JEWS)?
18. IN THE PARSHA HOW MANY TIMES DOES JOSEPH WEEP?
19. WHAT IS THE ONLY FESTIVAL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY CELEBRATED
INSIDE THE LAND OF ISRAEL?
20. WHY DID THE MACCABEES CANCEL THE FAST OF ESTHER?
21. WHAT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN PARSHAT MIKETZ AND CHANUKAH?
22. WHY WAS THE BOOK OF THE MACCABEES NOT ACCEPTED INTO TANACH?
23. WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT MOD’IN?
24, WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT DREIDELS N THE LAND OF ISREAL?
25. IN TERMS OF CELEBRATION, HOW IS PURIM DIFFERENT FROM CHANUKAH?
26. WHAT IS UNSUSUAL ABOUT THE OBLIGATION TO LIGHT THE CHANUKAH
CANDLES?
27. WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT JEWISH NATIONALISM?
28.ARE WOMEN OBLIGATED TO LIGHT THE CHANUKAH CANDLES?
29. WHAT IS THE BOOK OF JUDITH?
30. HOW MANY LIGHTS ARE WE COMMANDED TO LIGHT?
1. WHO HELPED JOSEPH INTERPRET PHAROH’S DREAMS?
41:25 – הָאֱלֹהִים
2. WHAT TYPE OF PERSON IS PHAROH SEEKING IN ORDER TO IMPEMENT
JOSEPH’S ADVICE?
41:38 – A MAN IN WHOM THE SPIRIT OF אֱלֹהִים IS
WITHIN HIM.
3. WITH WHAT SIGNS OF AUTHORITY DID PHAROH GIVE TO JOSEPH?
41:42-43 – PHAROH;S SIGNET RING, CLOTHES OF FINE LINEN, GOLDEN
NECKLACE, RIDING IN A SPECIAL CHARIOT.
4. HOW WAS JOSEPH REFERRED TO BY THE CUP BEARER?
41:12 -
נַעַר עִבְרִי, עֶבֶד
YOUNG HEBREW SLAVE
5. HOW DID PHAROH MAKE JOSEPH MORE ACCEPTABLE TEGYPTIAN SOCIETY?
41: 45 - HE WAS GIVEN AN EGYPTIAN NAME Tsaphenath-Pa’neach, AND
AN EGYPTIAN WIFE, Asenath.
6. DID JOSEPH HANG AROUND THE PALACE?
41:44-49, NO. HE TRAVELED THROUGHOUT THE LAND OF EGYPT GATHERING AND
STORING UP FOOD.
7. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE NAMES OF JOSEPH’S SONS?
41:51-52 –
MENASSEH: God has made me forget all my toil, and all my
father’s house.
EPHRAIM: God has made me fruitful in a land of my humiliation.
8. DID THE LAND OF ESAU EXPERIENCE FOOD SHORTAGE?
41:56-57, YES.
BUT EDOM HAD INDUSTRY FOR EXPORT AND A PORT.
9. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF כִּי-עֶרְוַת הָאָרֶץ בָּאתֶם לִרְאוֹת, YOU
HAVE COME TO SEE THE NAKEDNESS OF THE LAND?
42:12, UNDEFENDED LAND.
10. WHY DID JOSEPH WEEP?
42:24, 42:21-23.
11. HOW DOES JACOB PLAN TO ASSUAGE JOSEPH?
43:11, GIFTS: IT WORKED WITH ESAU.
12. DOES JACOB HAVE A PLAN B?
43:14 – EL-SHADAI, QUE SERA, SERA.
13.DOES JOSEPH GET OVER THE FACT THAT HIS BROTHERS WANTED TO AND TRIED
TO KILL HIM?
14. COMPARE JUDAH AND REUBEN’S RESPONSES TO PERSUADE JACOB.
REUVEN: 42;37
JUDAH: 43;9
15.WHAT’S DOES JOSEPH PUT ON THE MENU WHEN HABVING BREAKFAST WITH
HIS BROTHERS?
43:6 – MEAT.
16. WHAT ARE JOSEPH’S 1ST WORDS TO BENJAMIN?
43:29 – May God be gracious to you my son.
17. WHAT IS THE EGYPTIAN ATTITUDE TOWARDS HEBREWS (JEWS)?
43:32 – INTENSE DISLIKE: SIMILAR TODAY.
18. IN THE PARSHA HOW MANY TIMES DOES JOSEPH WEEP?
1. First encounter, 42:24: When he recognized his brothers but they didn't recognize him.2. Seeing Benjamin, 43:30: When his younger brother arrived in Egypt.
3. Revelation,45:2: Wept aloud (loudly enough for Egyptians to hear) when revealing himself.
4. Embracing Benjamin, 45:14-15: Fell on his brother's neck and wept.
5. With brothers, 46:29: Wept with them at various points of reconciliation.
19. WHAT IS THE ONLY FESTIVAL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY CELEBRATED INSIDE THE LAND OF ISRAEL?
CHANUKAH.
20. WHY DID THE MACCABEES CANCEL THE FAST OF ESTHER?
ESTHER MARRED A GENTILE
21. WHAT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN PARSHAT MIKETZ AND CHANUKAH?
ASSIMILATION.
22. WHY WAS THE BOOK OF THE MACCABEES NOT ACCEPTED INTO TANACH?
POTRAYS JEWS AS BEING REBELLIOUS.
23. WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT MOD’IN?
MACCABEE HOMETOWN.
24, WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT DREIDELS N THE LAND OF ISRAEL?
IN ISRAEL: A GREAT MIRACLE HAPPENED HERE.
OUTSIDE: A GREAT MIRACLE HAPPENED THERE.
25. IN TERMS OF CELEBRATION, HOW IS PURIM DIFFERENT FROM CHANUKAH?
PURIM HAS A SPECIAL MEAL AND A SPECIAL BOOK.
26. WHAT IS UNSUSUAL ABOUT THE OBLIGATION TO LIGHT THE CHANUKAH
CANDLES?
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD ARE OBLIGATED TO LIGHT.
27. WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT JEWISH NATIONALISM?
EMPOWERED BY HASHEM.
28.ARE WOMEN OBLIGATED TO LIGHT THE CHANUKAH CANDLES?
YES.
29. WHAT IS THE BOOK OF JUDITH?
JUDITH WAS A HEROINE WHO MURDERED THE GREEK OVERLORD.
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