Creation
Adam Harishon
The Eitz Hada'as
Kayin and Hevel
The next generations
100
What was created on the second day?

A separation between the waters, effectively creating what we know as shamayim

100

On which day was Adam created?

The 6th day

100

Which animal was the trickiest?

The snake

100

Who was the first son?

קין

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Who was Adam's third son?

Sheis

200

What major concept do we learn from ויהי ערב ויהי בקר?

That the night comes before the day

200
How long did Adam live?

930 years

200

What were Adam and Chava not allowed to do with the עץ הדעת?

Eat from its fruit

200
What were kayin and hevel's professions?

Kayin was a farmer; Hevel was a shepherd

200

Who lived the longest recorded lifetime in the Torah?

Mesushelach

300

Why did the moon become diminished?

The medrash says that originally the sun and moon had the same light power. But the moon said to Hashem that there can’t be two kings at once. Hashem diminished the moon’s power, and the moon gets its light from the sun. Hashem gave the moon the stars to shine with it

300

Why did Hashem wait until Adam was created before bringing rain?

He wanted someone to recognize the needs of the world and daven to Him for rain

300

What did Chava add to Hashem’s instructions about the Eitz Hada’as which was improper?

She said that Hashem said they weren’t allowed to even touch the tree. Hashem had not said this. We are not supposed to add to Hashem’s words of our own accord

300

Why was Hevel's offering to Hashem greater than Kayin's?

Because it was from the best of his flock; Kayin gave his leftover crops

300

How long was Adam supposed to live, and why did he not live that long? 


1,000 years. Adam saw Dovid Hamelech through ruach hakodesh, and this baby wasn’t going to live. Adam asked Hashem to transfer 70 years to this baby, so Adam died at the age of 930.

400

Why does the Torah start with בראשית if the first mitzvah given to klal yisrael isn’t until parshas hachodesh in parshas bo?

Rashi explains (some say he is quoting his father) that if the goyim will come to us and say that we stole their land, we can say to them “The land belongs to Hashem - He created it, and it is for Him to give out. He gave it to you and He can take it from you and give it to us”

400

What is special about the names which Adam called the animals?

The pasuk says וכל אשר יקרא לו האדם נפש חיה הוא שמו. Adam Harishon gave each creature the name which described the animal’s being. It is very difficult to truly understand the names.

400

What are 3 punishments Hashem gave to the snake?

Snakes would be the most accursed of all animals

Its arms and legs were cut off

It would eat dust

There would always be hatred between snakes and human beings

400

Who killed Kayin?

Lemech

400

How old was Noach when his oldest son was born?

500 years old

500

On what day of the year was the first day of creation?

25 Elul

500

How does Onkelos translate לנפש חיה by Adam?

He says לרוח ממללא - the ability to speak is one of the main distinguishing factors between humans and animals.

500

The Zohar says a certain person represents the snake. Who is that person?

פרעה מלך מצרים

500

For how many generations was Kayin protected from harm?

7

500

What is the other name for ספר בראשית?

Sefer Yetzirah

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