Names
Name Avraham's wife, and Avraham's concubine.
Sarai
Hagar
How old was Avraham when he left Charan?
75 years old
וְאַבְרָ֗ם בֶּן־חָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנִים֙ וְשִׁבְעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה בְּצֵאת֖וֹ מֵֽחָרָֽן:
12:4
What bird of prey is mentioned in the Parsha?
(Heb/Eng)
Vulture
הָעַ֖יִט
15:11
What does it mean by "the people that Avraham and Sarah had made in Charan"?
12:5
The men and women that Avraham and Sarah taught about Hashem, and converted.
What does the Gematria of the name of this Parsha, allude towards?
Lech Lecha = 100.
Avraham was 100 years old when he had Yitzchak.
Who was Avraham's father?
Terach
How old was Avraham when he had Yishmael?
86 years old
וְאַבְרָ֕ם בֶּן־שְׁמֹנִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וְשֵׁ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֑ים בְּלֶֽדֶת־הָגָ֥ר אֶת־יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל לְאַבְרָֽם:
16:16
What is the exact expression Hashem uses to tell Avraham how numerous his descendants will be?
הַבֶּט־נָ֣א הַשָּׁמַ֔יְמָה וּסְפֹר֙ הַכּ֣וֹכָבִ֔ים אִם־תּוּכַ֖ל לִסְפֹּ֣ר אֹתָ֑ם וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔וֹ כֹּ֥ה יִֽהְיֶ֖ה זַרְעֶֽךָ:
15:5
Who was the "palit" who came to inform Avraham that his nephew was captured?
Og
14:13
Which of the 4 kings and 5 kings is not listed by name, but rather their city?
Melech Belah
14:2
וּמֶ֥לֶךְ בֶּ֖לַע הִיא־צֹֽעַר
Which 10 nations used to live in Israel?
Keini
Kenizi
Kadmoni
Chiti
Perizi
Rephaim
Emori
Canaani
Girgashi
Yevusi
15:19-20
According to Pshat, how long were Bnei Yisrael to be exiled in Egypt?
400 years
15:13
Which Kohen is featured in this week's Parsha?
Malki Tzedek, melech Shalem
14:18
וּמַלְכִּי־צֶ֨דֶק֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ שָׁלֵ֔ם הוֹצִ֖יא לֶ֣חֶם וָיָ֑יִן וְה֥וּא כֹהֵ֖ן לְאֵ֣ל עֶלְיֽוֹן
Why was Avraham called "Avraham HaIvri?"
Because he came from "Me'eer HaNahar", on the other side of the Euphrates.
14:13
Which two Mitzvot did we receive in honour of Avraham's response to Malki Tzedek's generous offer?
"I will not take a thread nor a shoe strap from your belongings." 14:23
- Thread = Tzitis
- Shoe strap = Tefillin
Five people are named in this Parsha, that are called by other names, elsewhere in Bereishis.
Who are they, and what are their other names?
Avram = Avraham
Sarai = Sarah
Sarai = Yiskah
Hagar = Keturah
Malkitzedek = Shem
How many soldiers did Avraham take with him, to defeat the 4 kings and rescue his nephew Lot?
According to Pshat?
According to Rashi?
Pshat: 318
14:14
Rashi: 1 - Eliezer, whose name is gematria of 318
14:14
"From the river to the sea, Israel for you and me!"
Which river and which sea?
15:18
On that day, God made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land, from the Stream of Egypt to the Euphrates, ‘the great river.’
בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא כָּרַ֧ת יְהֹוָ֛ה אֶת־אַבְרָ֖ם בְּרִ֣ית לֵאמֹ֑ר לְזַרְעֲךָ֗ נָתַ֨תִּי֙ אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את מִנְּהַ֣ר מִצְרַ֔יִם עַד־הַנָּהָ֥ר הַגָּדֹ֖ל נְהַר־פְּרָֽת:
What do all the letters in Yitzchak's name, stand for?
Yud = 10 tests of Avraham
Tzadi = Sarah was 90 years old when Yitzchak was born
Ches = 8 days old when he was circumcised
Kuf = Avraham was 100 years old when Yitzchak was born
I am mentioned as one of the creations in Parshat Bereishit, but my name appears for the first time in Lech Lecha. What am I?
The sun!
(Appears as "HaMaor HaGadol" - The Great Luminary 1:16. and in Lech Lecha, appears as "Shemesh" - 15:12, 15:17.)
Meshech Chochmah explains that the word Shemesh also means "to serve", like Shamash. For 10 generations ppl worshipped idols and trees, sun and moon. Avraham taught the world the sun is merely a servant of Hashem, a shamesh. Its name reveals its function and Avraham used it to teach the people about believing in One Hashem.
Which three names/titles are given to Hashem in this week's Parsha?
Kel Elyon - אֵ֣ל עֶלְיֽוֹן
14:18
Kel R'o'i - אֵ֣ל רֳאִ֑י
16:13
Kel Shakai - אֵ֣ל שַׁדַּ֔י
17:1
How many Malachim appeared to Hagar, and what message did each one relay to her?
1. "Where are you coming from, where are you going?" - initiate conversation
2. "Return to Sarai and be subservient to her"
3. "Your descendants will be so numerous they will be uncountable."
4. "You will give birth to a son, named Yishmael."
Which insult, used to describe someone who is a real boorish, uncultured, unrefined, wild, grob sort of person, is taken from this week's Parsha?
"Pereh Odom"
פֶּ֣רֶא אָדָ֔ם
16:12
If both Avraham and Sarah had the same reaction (eg: laughed) when informed they would have a child at such an advanced age, why was Sarah's reaction frowned upon, but Avraham's was accepted?
Because Avraham believed in the prophecy and laughed out of joy, whereas Sara could not conceive that it would be possible, and laughed out of disbelief.
Where do we find, in this week's Parsha, that birds are not considered meat?
אֶת־הַצִּפֹּ֖ר לֹ֥א בָתָֽר:
15:10