Introdution- Parshat Vayishlach

What is the Hebrew phrase for the idea what happens to the forefathers will happen to their children?

• מעשה אבות סימן לבנים

• גור אריה

• מדה כנגד מדה

• מדרש אגדה

According to רש"י, why does the Torah start creation with Hashem’s name אלוקים and later in creation, the Torah uses both יקוק and אלוקים?

• To show that the name of אלוקים is a more accurate description of Hashem

• To fool people into thinking that there are multiple gods

• Hashem tried creating the world with just judgement, but eventually decided that the world also needs mercy

• Hashem tried creating the world with just mercy, but eventually decided that the world also needs judgment

What lesson does רש"י learn from the Torah using the word “ראשית” by the story of creation?

• The world was created randomly and has no purpose

• The world was created for the sake of all humans

• The world of heavens and earth were created before space

• The world was created for the sake of the Torah and the Jewish people

What is one of the answers that רש"י gave to the contradiction between פסוקים as to whether אדם and חוה were created at the same time or one after the other?

• They were really created at the same time, but the פסוק which sounds like one after the other wasn’t being precise

• They were created at the same time but were created in two different places without awareness that the other existed

• Originally, אדם and חוה were one creation with two faces and then were separated into different creations

• None of the Above

According to רש"י, why are the sun and moon originally called big, but then the moon is called small?

• The moon was originally bigger than the sun and was supposed to shine brighter, but lost its ability to do so

• The moon was always smaller than the sun but is called big because it is bigger than the stars

• The moon was called big because it was also supposed to shine during the day and was later changed to only shine at night

• The sun and moon were originally the same size, but the moon was made smaller for complaining

According to רש"י, what lesson was the Torah trying to teach us when Hashem said that “we should make man”?

• He was saying that humans are weak and need assistance from angels to be able to exist

• He was saying that Hashem didn’t the ability to create man without the helps of the angels

• He was saying that multiple gods were necessary to create man

• Respect and humility that the greater one should ask the lesser one for permission

According to רש"י, why does the Torah add the letter “ה” and say "יום הששי" by the 6th day of creation?

• The existence of the world is dependent on the Jews accepting the 5 books of the Torah

• The Torah adds letters for no reason

• The Torah was saying that this was the least important day of creation and need the extra letter so the day wouldn’t feel bad

• The letter indicates that the 6th day was as difficult to create as the previous 5 days

What is one of the answers that רש"י gave to the contradiction whether Hashem finished creating on the 7th day and that He rested on the 7th day?

• Hashem did create on the 7th day and the Torah was not precise when it said that He rested

• Hashem rested on the 7th day and the Torah wasn’t precise when it said that He created

• Hashem didn’t rest or create on the 7th day, and it means that the world was created in 6 days

• He created rest on the 7th day

What was קין’s original response when Hashem confronts קין about killing הבל?

• He admits to sinning

• He blames הבל for getting him upset

• He says that he was just an accomplice and someone else killed הבל

• He says “השומר אחי אנכי”

How did we explain in class (אבן עזרא) when קין says “my sin is too great to bear”?

• He was saying he shouldn’t be punished for his sin

• He was admitting his sin

• He was saying that his sin was too severe to do תשובה for

• He was denying that he had sinned