פרק ד

Question 1

• מאנשי בני הנביאים Who is this woman?{Rashi}

Answer 1

The wife of Avadia.

Question 2

Who was the wicked creditor who wanted to take the wife of Ovadia’s two children for his slaves?{Rashi}

Answer 2

Yehoram Ben Achav

Question 3

Why did Elisha ask Obadiah’s wife for something to perform the miracle on?

Answer 3

The Zohar teaches us that Hashem’s blessing rests on something already existing.

Question 4

Why must the wife of Ovadia close the door?{Rashi}

Answer 4

Dignity of a miracle is if it comes in secret

Question 5

What is the meaning of כמליאת הכלים?

Answer 5

When the vessels for filling the oils were full, she goes to ask her sons to bring the broken vessels, she said: “The one who makes miracles can also fix broken vessels.”

Question 6

Translate the Rashi of ויעמוד השמן and explain.

Answer 6

The oil stood/stopped, A) The miracle stopped B) The price of oil went up so widow sold oil for money.

Question 7

How does Rashi explain the phrase ושם אשה גדולה

Answer 7

She’s important and she’s a sister of Avishag the shunamis.

Question 8

Explain according to Rashi ויהי מדי עברו

Answer 8

In that city, he stopped at her house to eat bread.

Question 9

What did the esha shunamis build for Elisha?

Answer 9

A permanent structure in her house with a chair, table, lamp, bed. Mi-mita, sh- shulchan, k-kisai, n-ner=Mishkan.

Question 10

What was Elisha’s servant’s name?

Answer 10

Gaychazi

Question 11

What does Elisha ask gaychazi to ask the woman?

Answer 11

What can I do for you? Because she did so much for me.

Question 12

What was the esha shunamis reply when gaychazi asked her what she needed?

Answer 12

She answered “no I don’t need anything”

Question 13

What information does gaychazi tell Elisha after the esha shunamis says she needs nothing?

Answer 13

That she doesn’t have any children and her husband is getting older.

Question 14

What does Elisha tell her here?

Answer 14

In a year you will be holding a baby.

Question 15

What does the the esha shunamis think when Elisha blesses her?

Answer 15

She has a feeling that the babay will be her dead son.

Question 16

What hasppened to the esha shunamis son in the field?

Answer 16

His head was sore and his father told the maidservant to take him to his mother and he died.

Question 17

What does the esha shunamis do with her dead baby?

Answer 17

She puts him on Elishas bed.

Question 18

What do we learn from her husband saying today isn’t yom tov and today isn’t Shabbos?

Answer 18

It was customary to visit your Rebbe on these days.

Question 19

What does the esha shunamis do when Elisha comes{after her baby died}?

Answer 19

She falls on Elishas feet.

Question 20

What does Elisha instruct gaychazi to do after the baby dies?

Answer 20

Take my staff, don’t greet anyone and put my staff on the face of the baby.

Question 21

What is the significance of the staff?

Answer 21

Miracles were often preformed through a staff.

Question 22

After Gaychazi goes with the staff, what does the esha shunamis urgently request of Elisha?

Answer 22

To please go with her and personally revive the baby.

Question 23

What does it mean “there is no voice and there is no movement?

Answer 23

Gaychazi returned to Elisha from checking the boy and said

Question 24

What does the esha shunamis do when Elisha comes{after her baby died}?

Answer 24

She falls on Elisha’s feet.

Question 25

What does Elisha instruct gaychazi to do after the baby dies?

Answer 25

Take my staff, don’t greet anyone and put my staff on the face of the baby.

Question 26

What is the significance of the staff?

Answer 26

Miracles were often preformed through a staff.

Question 27

After Gaychazi goes with the staff, what does the esha shunamis urgently request of Elisha?

Answer 27

To please go with her and personally revive the baby.

Question 28

What does it mean “there is no voice and there is no movement”?

Answer 28

Gaychazi returned to Elisha from checking the boy and said he was dead.

Question 29

Was the child dead? What does the passuk say?

Answer 29

Yes, והנא הנער מת

Question 30

What is the first thing that Elisha does when he entered the room?

Answer 30

Davens to Hashem.

Question 31

After Elisha davens to Hashem, what does he do?

Answer 31

Lies on the boy and puts his mouth on the boys mouth, eyes ob eyes and palms on palms

Question 32

Explain according to Metzudas Dovid פיו על פיו

Answer 32

A) continues Davening- tefilla B) he would contribute to warming up the baby.

Question 33

What does “vayoshov” refer to here?{ Radak}

Answer 33

Elisha walks around and concentrates more in his tefilla to help the boy.

Question 34

How does Rashi define ויזורר, explain also what happens in the passuk.

Answer 34

He sneezes and the boy wakes up.

Question 35

Where does Elisha now return to and what was happening there?

Answer 35

He returned to גלגל and there was a famine his Talmudim were learning under him and he told a student to make a stew.

Question 36

Write a summary on the miracle that Elisha performed with the 2200 Talmudim in גלגל.

Answer 36

He told one of the Talmudim to make a stew. The student made with poisonous mushrooms, the boys started to eat but immediately realised that it was poisonous, they ran and told Elisha there’s poison in the pot, Elisha adds flour to stew and he neutralised the poison and they ate.