Vocab
עקרה
barren/infertile/cannot have children
Which son was destined to serve which son?
Older serve younger
Where did Rivkah go when she went לדרש את ה׳, according to Rashi? HINT: shoresh ד.ר.ש.
Is it a mitzvah or an aveirah to return a runaway slave to their former owner?
aveirah
How many days are there from now to Rosh Hashana?
10/11
ושני לאמים
And two nations
How old was Yitzchak when he married Rivkah and how old was he when Rivkah gave birth?
40, 60
According to Rashi, why did Yaakov want the birthright?
To give korbanot which was supposed to only be done by firstborns
What מצוה comes along with building a new house?
Fence around the roof (ma'akeh)
What are the three names of shofar blasts in Hebrew and English (describe)?
Tekiah (one long blast), shevarim (3 medium blasts), truah (many short blasts)
ויתרצצו הבנים בקרבה
And the boys struggled inside her/in her/in her womb
What town AND region was Rivkah from?
Padan Aram, Aram
Rashbam and Rashi on what the word לנכח means -- need to say who says what
Rashbam - For; Rashi - opposite corners of room
Name at least 2 things we are told to remember in Parashat Ki Tetze.
The punishment that Miriam got for lashon hara, what Amalek did to us, that we were slaves in Egypt and God saved us
How many times and when do we blow Shofar on Yom Kippur?
once, end of ne'ilah
And he asked; and He responded (need to sound it out)
vaye'etar, veye'ater
How many verbs in a row are there after Esav sells the bechora and what are they?
Ate, drank, got up, left, rejected the bechora
How does the Rashbam's approach to what was traded in the bechorah deal differ from the pshat?
Money, just stew
What are we not supposed to do, according to Parashat Re'eh, on the shalosh regalim (Pesach, Shavuot, Sukkot)? Plus 100 if you say the word in Hebrew
Come to the Beit Hamikdash/Mishkan without any gifts for Hashem (emptyhanded) -- ריקם
Name at least 4 things that are not allowed on Yom Kippur.
Eating, drinking, wearing leather shoes, washing/showering, anointing with oil, etc.
ויצא הראשון אדמוני כלו כאדרת שער
And the first one came out reddish, completely like a cloak of hair
What is the difference between the way the Torah records Yishmael's תולדות and Yitzchak's תולדות?
Mentions Yishmael's mother, does not mention Yitzchak's
What does the Gemara on סוכה יד עמוד א tell us about prayer?
That we can flip Hashem's mind (like an עתר) from creulty to mercy
The six tribes that stood on Har Gerizim
Shimon, Levi, Yehudah, Yissachar, Yosef, Binyamin
How many attributes (descriptions) of Hashem's mercy are there in our selichot and what are they?
13 - ה׳ ה׳ קל רחום וחנון ארך אפים ורב חסד ואמת נושא חסד לאלפים נושא עון ופשע וחאטה ונקה