100 Questions from Jewish History Flashcards
Where was Abraham born?
Ur of the Chaldees (Ur Kasdim), in Mesopotamia
What was the first appeal from G-d to Abraham?
G‑d tells him to leave his homeland to be a stranger in the land of Canaan. Lech Lecha
What do you know about the creation of the Dead Sea?
From the Torah, we can identify that civilization as Sodom and its sister cities. The Torah also relates to the fate of that civilization. As described in Bereshit the people there were irredeemably evil. Abraham’s prayers on their behalf were ineffective, and “G‑d overturned these cities and the entire plain.”
The formerly verdant area became a barren, salt-encrusted desert and toxic substances were released from the bowels of the earth.
How old were Abraham and Sarah when they had Isaac?
Sarah was 90 and Abraham was 100
Who was Hagar?
Pharaon gave Hagar (Keturah) to Sarah after releasing her from Harem, he also mentioned that “It is better that my daughter should be a servant in the house of such a woman than mistress in another house”. Later Hagar became Abraham’s concubine because God told him that his offspring will be begging for a new nation and she gave birth to Ishmael. Who was circumcised when he was 13 and Abraham 99.
Who were Ishmael, Eliezer and Lavan?
Ishmael was Abraham’s firstborn from Hagar, Eliezer was head of the patriarch Abraham’s household, who later helped Isaac to find his wife Rifka, and Lavan was the brother of Rifka and the father of Leah and Rachel.
What was the greatest task of Abraham?
First of all, Abraham had 10 tasks given by G-d:
- G‑d tells him to leave his homeland to be a stranger in the land of Canaan. Lech Lechaלֶךְ־לְךָ֛ מֵֽאַרְצְךָ֥
- Immediately after his arrival in the Promised Land, he encounters a famine. (hunger)
- The Egyptians seize his beloved wife, Sarah, and bring her to Pharaoh. (harem)
- Abraham faces incredible odds in the battle of the four and five kings.(Lot)
- He marries Hagar after not being able to have children with Sarah.(Ishmael)
- G‑d tells him to circumcise himself at an advanced age.(Birth of Isaac)
- The king of Gerar captures Sarah, intending to take her for himself.
- G‑d tells him to send Hagar away after having a child with her. (Argument between Sarah and Hagar)
- His son, Ishmael, becomes estranged.
- G‑d tells him to sacrifice his dear son Isaac upon an altar.
But the most important was 10. G‑d tells him to sacrifice his dear son Isaac upon an altar.
How old was Abraham when he died?
He died at age 175, and was buried in the cave of Machpelah by his sons Isaac and Ishmael. Hebron,Caanan
Who were the sons of Isaac and Rifka?
Eisaf and Jaacob, twins
Who was the first patriarch buried in the cave Machpelah?
Abraham and his wife Sarah were also buried in the same cave at the age of 127.
Continue: “the voice is the voice of Jacob
, yet the hands are the hands of Esau”
How Jacob appeared at Lavan’s?
Eisaf wanted to kill Jaacob and Rifka observed Eisaf and understood that his gloomy scheming boded ill for Jacob. She, therefore, spoke to Isaac and asked him to send Jacob to her brother Laban in Haran for some time, to seek out a wife for himself from Laban’s daughters, Jacob’s cousins.
Where Jacob had spent his last years?
Late in his life, a famine prompted Jacob and his sons to migrate to Egypt, where he was reunited with his son Joseph, who had disappeared some years before.
WereShechem Rifka and Jacob buried in the same place?
No, Jacob is buried in the cave of Machpelah and Rachel by the will of G-d is buried in Bethlehem.
Who from the patriarchs had never left the land of Canaan?
Abraham
Who was Joseph and how he did end up in Egypt?
Joseph was the son of Jacob and Rebecca. His father loved him more than any of the others and gave him a colored cloak. His brothers were jealous of him and sold him into slavery.
Why did Joseph’s brothers weren’t friendly with him?
Joseph was a favorite child of Jacob and his brothers were very jealous of this relationship. Joseph was also seeing dreams where his brothers were bowing down to him, and eventually these all made brothers angry and jealous.
who said this words ,”you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow”
Jacob, after Reuben, told him that Shimon was captured by Joseph and he also wanted to imprison Benjamin.
How many people went to Egpyt?
70
