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Attached are a series of key questions regarding Parshat Vayeishev. These questions illuminate the Torah portion. By asking yourself these questions, Parshat Vayeishev 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.
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VAYEISHEV KEY QUESTIONS
1.IN THE תֹּֽלְד֣וֹת OF JACOB WHY IS ONLY JOSEPH CITED?
2.WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HEBRON WHERE JACOB LIVED?
3. WHAT IS SIGNIFICNT ABOUT HEBRON IN MODERN TIMES?
4. THE 2ND VERSE BEGINS: “THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF
JACOB…”, BUT ONLY JOSEPH IS CITED. WHAT MAKES JOSEPH STANDOUT?
5. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE NAME JOSEPH?
6. WERE BILHAH AND ZILPAH WIVES OR CONCUBINES OR BONDSWOMEN OR
HANDMAIDENS?
7.WAS JOSEPH’S COAT COTTON, WOOL OR STRIPED?
8. WHERE ELSE DO WE SEE ONE CHILD BEING FAVORED MORE THAN ANOTHER?
9. PROVIDE AN ALTERNATE INTERPRETATION FOR JOSEPH’S DREAMS.
10. JOSEPH’S LONG DEAD MOTHER IS INCLUDED IN JACOB’S REBUKE. HOW
IS THAT POSSIBLE?
11. HOW MUCH TIME ON THE ROAD WILL 17-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH SPEND GOING
FROM HEBRON TO SHECHEM?
12.WHAT IS SHECHEM CALLED TODAY?
13.WHERE IS DOTHAN?
14. WHAT CRIMES DID THE BROTHERS COMMIT AGAINST JOSEPH?
15. DO ANY OF THE BROTHERS HAVE A GOOD DEFENSE?
16. IS THERE A PROHIBITION AGAINST EXCESSIVE MOURNING?
17. WHY DOES JUDAH SEEM TO HAVE FALLEN OUT WITH HIS BROTHERS?
18. IS TAMAR, JUDAH’S DAUGHTER IN LAW JEWISH? YOUR OPINION.
19, WHAT INCENTIVE DID ONAN HAVE IN ENTERING INTO A LEVIRATE MARRIAGE
WITH TAMAR?
20. BESIDES TAMAR, WHICH OTHER WOMEN TOOK HEROIC MEASURES IN ORDER
TO HAVE CHILDREN?
21, WHICH WOMAN ENTERED INTO MARITAL RELATIONS NOT FOR THE PURPOSE
OF HAVING CHILDREN?
22. ARE WE, THE JEWISH PEOPLE, HUMBLED BY OUR PROGENITORS?
23. WHAT INHERENT TRAIT AND HELP DID JOEPH HAVE THAT MADE HIM
SUCCESSFUL IN POTIPHAR’S HOUSE?
24. HOW DOES POTIPHAR’S WIFE REFER TO JOEPSH?
25. HOW WAS THE TIME THAT JOSEPH SPENT IN PRISON MADE EASIER?
26. THINK OF A BETTER NAME FOR THE BUTLER.
27. WHO ELSE OTHER THAN JOSEPSH WAS THROWN INTO A PIT?
28. DID JOSEPH MAKE A MISTAKE IN PUTTING HIS TRUST IN THE CUP BEARER?
VAYEISHEV QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1.IN THE תֹּֽלְד֣וֹת OF JACOB WHY IS ONLY JOSEPH CITED?
JOSEPH IS SPECIAL BUT WHY NOT JUDAH?
2.WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HEBRON WHERE JACOB LIVED?
37:1 –
MACHPELAH
KING DAVID, 2SAMUEL 2:1-4, 11.
3. WHAT IS SIGNIFICNT ABOUT HEBRON IN MODERN TIMES?
MACHPELAH CLOSED TO NON-MUSLIMS.
1929 MASSACRE.
ANNEXED BY JORDAN IN 1948.
1967 BECAME PART OF ISRAEL.
4. THE 2ND VERSE BEGINS: “THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF
JACOB…”, BUT ONLY JOSEPH IS CITED. WHAT MAKES JOSEPH STANDOUT?
JOSEPH IS AN EXAMPLE OF A POSITIVE TRANSFORMATION.
HE IS AN EXAMPLE OF JEW LIVING IN A NON-JEWISH PLACE.
5. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE NAME JOSEPH?
לֶאֱסוֹף, TO GATHER UP.
HASHEM
GATHERED US UP.
6. WERE BILHAH AND ZILPAH WIVES OR CONCUBINES OR BONDSWOMEN OR
HANDMAIDENS?
29:24, 29, 30:9, 35:22, 37:2
7.WAS JOSEPH’S COAT COTTON, WOOL OR STRIPED?
BOOK OF ESTHER 1:6
8. WHERE ELSE DO WE SEE ONE CHILD BEING FAVORED MORE THAN ANOTHER?
CAIN AND ABEL?, ISAAC AND ISHMAEL, JACB AND ESAU, SOLOMON AND
ADONIYAHU, OFFSPRING OF AARON AND OFFSPRING OF MOSES.
9. PROVIDE AN ALTERNATE INTERPRETATION FOR JOSEPH’S DREAMS.
10. JOSEPH’S LONG DEAD MOTHER IS INCLUDED IN JACOB’S REBUKE. HOW
IS THAT POSSIBLE?
37:10.
11. HOW MUCH TIME ON THE ROAD WILL 17-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH SPEND GOING
FROM HEBRON TO SHECHEM?
CONSIDER THE DISTANCE AND PACE.
12.WHAT IS SHECHEM CALLED TODAY?’
NABLUS
13.WHERE IS DOTHAN?
CHECK OUT THIS MOERN DAY DOTHAN TALE:
https://northernlight-reading.blogspot.com/2024/12/finding-your-brothers.html
14. WHAT CRIMES DID THE BROTHERS COMMIT AGAINST JOSEPH?
Conspiracy to Commit Murder -
To convict a defendant of conspiracy to commit murder, there must be evidence
of an intention to enter into an agreement to kill.
Attempted Murder - requires a
demonstration of an intent to murder, meaning that the perpetrator either tried
to murder and failed or took a substantial step towards committing a murder.
Assault is the act of inflicting physical harm or unwanted physical
contact upon a person.
Kidnapping is the unlawful carrying away and
confinement of a person against their will.
Human Trafficking is the trade of humans for
the purpose of forced labor, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation
for the trafficker or others.
15. DO ANY OF THE BROTHERS HAVE A GOOD DEFENSE?
16. IS THERE A PROHIBITION AGAINST EXCESSIVE MOURNING?
37:34-35, YES
17. WHY DOES JUDAH SEEM TO HAVE FALLEN OUT WITH HIS BROTHERS?
38:1-2. וַיֵּרֶד, LEAVES, MARRIES A GENTILE.
18. IS TAMAR, JUDAH’S DAUGHTER IN LAW JEWISH? YOUR OPINION.
19, WHAT INCENTIVE DID ONAN HAVE IN ENTERING INTO A LEVIRATE MARRIAGE
WITH TAMAR?
MAYBE A DOUBLE SHARE OF THE INHERITANCE?
20. BESIDES TAMAR, WHICH OTHER WOMEN TOOK HEROIC MEASURES IN ORDER
TO HAVE CHILDREN?
SARAH, REBECCA, RACHEL, LEAH AND CHANA.
21, WHICH WOMAN ENTERED INTO MARITAL RELATIONS NOT FOR THE PURPOSE
OF HAVING CHILDREN?
RUTH.
22. ARE WE, THE JEWISH PEOPLE, HUMBLED BY OUR PROGENITORS?
YES.
23. WHAT INHERENT TRAIT AND HELP DID JOEPH HAVE THAT MADE HIM
SUCCESSFUL IN POTIPHAR’S HOUSE?
39:2-3.
24. HOW DOES POTIPHAR’S WIFE REFER TO JOEPSH?
39:14, 17. אִישׁ
עִבְרִי, הָעֶבֶד הָעִבְרִי
25. HOW WAS THE TIME THAT JOSEPH SPENT IN PRISON MADE EASIER?
39:21-23. HASHEM WAS WITH HIM.
26. THINK OF A BETTER NAME FOR THE BUTLER.
40:1 – HE IS CALLED A מַשְׁקֵה
WINE STEWARD OR CUP BEARER.
27. WHO ELSE OTHER THAN JOSEPSH WAS THROWN INTO A PIT?
BOOK OF JEREMIAH 38:6.
28. DID JOSEPH MAKE A MISTAKE IN PUTTING HIS TRUST IN THE CUP
BEARER?
YES. BOOK OF JEREMIAH 17:7 - Blessed is the man who trusts in Hashem;
and Hashem shall be his trust.
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