Takeaways & Meanings
How many fish did Yonah get swallowed by?
2, a male and female fish.
What do we learn from Hashem saving Yonah?
Hashem always gives us second chances when we do teshuvah.
Why was Yonah swallowed by the whale?
Yonah was meant to go to Ninveh to warn the people but he didn't so, he was swallowed to teach him a lesson.
What do we learn from Yonah's tefillah being in past tense?
We learn that he was confident that he would be saved because he had already survived 3 days.
Did Yonah learn his lesson?
Not straight away but eventually yes.
How do we know Hashem is always with us, from this story?
Hashem got the whale to swallow Yonah as soon as he was thrown into the water.
Why was Yonah spat out the דג גדול and into the דגה?
The male fish was too spacious, so Hashem needed to send a smaller one to encourage Yonah to do Teshuvah.
Did Hashem plan for Yonah to be thrown overboard?
In theory yes as Hashem plans everything, but if Yonah just warned the people of Ninveh like Hashem asked, this wouldn't have had to happen. With good comes good.
What does davening to Hashem do?
Hashem wants us to succeed, so when we daven we are creating an exit and learning a lesson which is fulfilling our mission just like Yonah did.