test 1 prep

why are the stories of yaakovs family in the torah and not the stories of eisavs family?

• Eisav's family was more influential in the history of Israel.
• The Torah focuses on the descendants of Eisav over Yaakov.
• because hashem loves yaakov more than eisav

• Yaakov's family had more conflicts than Eisav's family.

what does it mean that yosef was a "naar"?

• Yosef was a leader of the family.
• Yosef was an old man with wisdom.
• Yosef was a servant in the household.
• Yosef did youthful things

what was the lashon hara that yosef told about his brothers?

• Yosef told yaakov that his brothers were doing aveiros

• Yosef claimed his brothers were helping the poor.
• Yosef told yaakov that his brothers were studying Torah

• Yosef praised his brothers for their hard work.

why did yaakov love yosef?

• Yaakov loved Yosef because he was the son of his old age.

• Yaakov loved Yosef because he was a talmid chochom

• Yaakov loved Yosef because he helped him in his old age

• all the above.

what caused the brothers to hate yosef?

• Jealousy over favoritism and Yosef's dreams.
• A misunderstanding about a business deal
• Yosef's kindness towards his brothers
• A family feud over inheritance

in what language is the torah written?

• Latin
• Greek
• Hebrew
• Arabic

why did yaakov say that yosefs dreams couldnt come true?

• Yaakov believed Yosef's dreams were too ambitious for anyone to achieve.
• Yaakov thought Yosef's dreams couldn't come true because they suggested his mother would come to bow to him

• Yaakov thought Yosef's dreams were a sign of arrogance and pride.
• Yaakov dismissed Yosef's dreams as mere fantasies without any basis.

how did yaakov "gurard the thing"

• he waited for it to come true

• By delegating the responsibility to someone else.
• By being overly aggressive and confrontational.
• By ignoring the situation entirely.

what does an "esnachta" do?

• makes the pasuk continue

• makes the pasuk start

• makes a pause in the pasuk

• makes the posuk end

what does the word "Hineini" mean

• Here I am
• I am not here
• I am here
• Here I go