Parashat Beshalach

What is the meaning of "Beshalach" ?

• When He Let Go

• Splitting of the Sea

• The Miracle

• Freedom at Last

Whose bones did Moshe take along to Canaan?

• His mother's

• Yosef's

• Pharaoh's

• Ya'akov's

How did G-d accompany and lead the Israelites through the desert?

• He didn't; but gave Moshe a map to do so

• By manifesting in a human body for them to see

• In a column of fire by night and cloud by day

• Through the Ark of the Covenant

After Pharaoh let the Israelites go, what did he do?

• He enslaved his own people to build his pyramids

• He regretted, pursuing them with his army

• He worked harder to make up for lost labor

• He did nothing

When the Israelites saw that Pharaoh and his army was chasing them, what did they do?

• They trusted that G-d would protect them

• They were struck with fear and returned to Egypt

• They cried out to G-d and complained to Moshe

What did G-d do to save His people from the Egyptians?

• He placed the column of cloud between their camps

• He caused the sea to part to let the Israelites pass

• He had the Egyptians' chariots break and drowned them

• He sent a final eleventh plague to destroy them

How did the Israelites glorify G-d for rescuing them?

• They immediately built a tabernacle

• They built an altar as a memorial of the event

• They offered sacrifices of livestock

• They sang a song of praise and danced

When the Israelites ran out of water in the desert and there was only bitter water to drink, G-d made the water sweet for them. What is the name of the place in which this miracle occurred?

In the desert, the Israelites became hungry, and G-d provided them a special type of bread that was white and tasted like honey. What did they call it?

How did G-d differentiate Shabbat, a rest day, from regular weekdays through the miracle of the manna?

• An extra portion of manna would fall from the sky on Shabbat

• Manna fell from the sky on every day except for Shabbat

• The manna would last throughout Shabbat but rot on other days if kept

• The manna would melt in the sun in the afternoon