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Why didn't the Jews go through ארץ פלשתים?
Because Hashem didn't want them to see a war and return to מצרים
Translate כִּי קָרוֹב הוּא
Because it was close
Translate בְּעַמּוּד עָנָן
In a pillar of cloud
What else was brought up with עַצְמוֹת יוֹסֵף?
The bones of the shevatim
Who brought up Yoseph's bones? What was the story of where they were
Moshe brought up Yoseph's bones. The mitzriyim buried the bones deep under the sear in a really heavy box so that the Jews wouldn't be able to leave
What does a ו ההיפוך do?
Switches the zman
avar to atid
atid to avar
What is the prefix of מסוכות and what does it mean?
the מ. it means from sukkot
Translate וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֶת־עַצְמוֹת יוֹסֵף
And Moshe took Yoseph's bones
Translate לְהָאִיר לָהֶם לָלֶכֶת יוֹמָם וָלָיְלָה
to light up for them to go day and night
והעליתם ?What is the shoresh? What does it mean
עלה to go up
In what special way did the עַמּוּד עָנָן and עַמּוּד אֵשׁ switch over?
They overlapped. One didn't set until the other one came up
What happened during the שְׁלֹשֶׁת יְמֵי אֲפֵלָה?
4/5 of the Jews in mitzrayim died during מכת חשך
What is a ו called when it means "and"
Ex: ולילה
ו החיבור
Connecting vav
Why didn't Yoseph just make the shavatim sware to bring up right away like Yaakov did?
Because Yaakov knew Yoseph was a ruler, and he would have the ability to bury him. However, Yoseph couldn't make his brothers swear because he knew they would be slaves and mitzrayim wouldn't let them
Translate לֹא־יָמִישׁ
He did not remove
What happened when the Jews went on a crooked path? So then what would happen if they went on a straight path?
Crooked path: wanted to go back to mitzrayim even though it would be so complicated to get back ("give us a head and we will return")
Straight path: How much more so they would want to return, because it is so easy to get back
אֲנִי שַׁלִּיט הָיִיתִי בְמִצְרַיִם Translate
I was a ruler in Mitzrayim
According to rashi what are the two meanings of וַחֲמֻשִׁים?
1. armed
2. one fifth (only 1/5 came up since 4/5 died in mitzrayim)
What is a דֶּרֶךְ מְעֻקָּם? What is a way that is בִּפְשׁוּטָה?
crooked path דֶּרֶךְ מְעֻקָּם
בִּפְשׁוּטָה in a simple way
What does a ה before a שרש do to these words?
הַשְׁבֵּעַ הִשְׁבִּיעַ, וְהַעֲלִיתֶם, לְהָאִיר
Makes that shoresh happen/makes someone do it
to make promise
to make go up (to bring up)
to make it light (to light up)
Translate עַל אַחַת כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה
How much more so
Translate וְהָיָה סֵפֶק בְּיָדִי לַעֲשׂוֹת
And it was possible for me to do it
What is rashi's question on כִּי קָרוֹב הוּא
Why is being close a reason not to go through the פלשתים? Normally you would want to go through somewhere that is close
What is rashi's FIRST question and answer on
כִּי הַשְׁבֵּעַ הִשְׁבִּיעַ
Q: Why does it say it twice
A: there are two promises happening. Yoseph made them swear to make their sons swear
How do we know the bones of the shevatim were brought up also? Which word in the pasuk tells us this? (you can explain it in english if you don't remember the exact words)
וְהַעֲלִיתֶם אֶת־עַצְמֹתַי מִזֶּה אִתְּכֶם
Why does Yoseph say to bring his bones up "with YOU" if he knows his brothers aren't going to be the ones to bring it up? With you means with your bones