lech lecha
Why does it say lech lecha - for yourself? why does it matter what Avraham thinks?
Going will be good and pleasurable for him
When it says that Yaakov and esav grew up, how old were they? and why did they only separate into tzaddik and rasha once they grew up if they were really like that from the womb?
they were 13, and that is when you become responsible for your own actions
when yehuda says lo nakenu nefesh, what does nakenu nefesh mean?
death/killing
why didn't hashem just tell avraham where he was going instead of saying to go from his land and birthplace and father?
so avraham would get more reward for every word
when it says Yaakov sat in tents (yoshev ohalim) why does it say tents in plural?
the tent of shem and the tent of ever
when Yosef asks the man where his brothers are and he says they travelled away from here, why is that a good answer? obviously they aren't there.
they travelled away from achdus
why does it say haloch venasoa (going and travelling) again after already saying vayisa (he travelled)?
when it says he was tired (hu ayef) - why does it need to say it here if later esav says that he is tired?
here he is tired from murder and later when esav says it he is tired from hunger
if we already know that the brothers are in shechem, why does it need to specify again that they are there?
its emphasizing that shechem has a potential for bad things to happen.
why does it say they went to Elon moreh if they went to shchem, what does it mean?
it means they were taught brachos for keeping torah there, at har evel and har grizim. elon moreh means teaching torah.
When it says there was hunting in his mouth, what does that mean and who is it talking about? (2 answers)
1) Yitzchak - the food that esav hunted was in his mouth. 2) esav - there were deceitful words in his mouth
why do they say 'we will see what will happen with his dreams' before they put him in the pit? it would make more sense after
they're not saying it - its ruach hakodesh, Hashem is saying that they will see who is right
Why does it say vehaya bracha after saying veaverachecha? It's repetitive (2 answers)
1) avraham will have the power to give brachos 2) the first bracha of shemoneh esrei finishes by talking about Avraham
why does esav say he is going to die instead of saying he will die?
he knows that in the future he won't be able to keep the requirements properly of doing the avodah in the beis hamikdash and if you don't do it properly you die
why does it say that the midyanim sold Yosef when it was really his brothers?
the brothers pulled him out of the pit and sold him to the yishmaelim who sold him to the midyanim who sold him to mitzrayim