Grammar
What's strange about the beginning of the Sefer
"...ואלה שמות"?
It begins with "and".
According to Ramban, when did the Galut begin?
When the Shvatim started walking down to Egypt.
What did we title this Pasuk?
הנה עם בנ״י רב ועצום ממנו
Propaganda
According to Ramban, when did the Galut officially end?
When the Jews built the Mishkan
In this phrase, לו can refer to which two people?
"הבא נתכחמה לו"
a) The Jews
b)Hashem
Why are there 6 different words relating to the Jews increasing in number in Egypt? (Baal Haturim)
They were having 6 children per pregnancy.
Why does the Torah repeat that Yosef was in Egypt?
To show us his righteousness- he remained the same Yosef throughout his time in Egypt.
What is a second name for Sefer Shemot?
ואלה שמות
What tax did Paroh place on the Jews?
Build Storage cities
Provide an example of someone and their child who embody this line.
חושך שבטו שונא בנו
Yitzchak + Esav
David + Avshalom
What does the word ויקם imply? As opposed to וימלוך.
Getting up to do something bad/evil.
Why does the Torah repeat the names of the Shvatim that came down to Egypt?
To show Hashem's love for them- compared to stars that Hashem names them when He puts them into the world and when He takes them out.
According to one of the opinions we learned, what does it mean that Paroh didn't know Yosef?
-He didn't know what happened to Yosef that the brothers tried to go around Hashem's plan but it didn't work.
-He pretended not to know Yosef.
Why did Paroh need to outsmart the Jews and not just tell the Egyptians to kill them?
He wanted to do it in a way so that the Jews wouldn't realize what was happening until it was too late.
"כשמת יוסף הפרו ברית מילה"
?What was Hashem's response to this
He made the Egyptians hate them so the Jews would do Teshuva.
How does Rashbam explain what "פרו" means?
The women became pregnant
What does Rashi mean when he says that ויקם מלך חדש means that it was a NEW king?
Not that he was another person, rather he changed so he was LIKE a new person.
In trying to outsmart Hashem, what fact was Paroh missing in his logic?
That Hashem only promised he wouldn't destroy the whole world with water.
What proof is there that Hashem remained with the Jews despite their assimilation?
The were multiplying at an abnormal rate!
Why does the Sefer begin with "and"? What does it connect to from the last passuk in Vayechi?
The last pasuk in Vayechu says that Yosef died. So it connects to it to say that when Yosef died things were no longer how they used to be. So coming down to Egypt was as if it was happening for the first time.
Paroh says פן ירבה and Hashem says ________ :
כן ירבה
What is a proof found in the story of Pesach, that the Jews were assimilated.
Hashem passed over the houses of the Jews because they lived amongst the non-jews!
Why did the Egyptians take Paroh down from his throne for 3 months?
Because he didn't want to go against the Jews with them