Exam 2 Flashcards
‘המלך תמלך ‘עלינו
us = brothers
who is the sun?
the moon?
and the stars in yosefs dream?
sun = yaakov moon = bilhah stars = brothers
וימסאהו איש
who was found?
who is the Eish?
1) yosef
2) Gavriel
אמרים ‘נלכה’ דתינה
brothers
who said to save whos life?
Reuven said to save Yosfs life
there was no water where?
in the pit
ויאמר אל אחיו מה בצע
who is the he
Yehuda
What is one example of double language and what do we learn from this
You will go and I will send you
Yaakov is telling Joseph that he is sending him on a shaliach mitzvah
he sending him as a messenger so he shouldn’t be afraid of the brothers Yaakov is protecting him
we learn about the concept of shaliach mitzvah of people sending messages to do a mitzvah for example if one is going to Israel someone will give them to Tzedukah to give in Israel
What is the argument that Jacob do not believe in your self dreams
what is the argument that he actually did
1) The argument is that how can his mother bow down to him if she’s dead
2) he guarded the matter equals שמר
he was eagerly waiting for this to happen just like we should be Schomer Shabbos eagerly waiting for shabbos
Why did the brothers switch from hatred to jealousy
At first they hated Joseph for talking about his dreams and being annoying
Then they became jealous once Joseph mentioned the dream in front of his father because Joseph wouldn’t be disrespectful in front of his father so the brothers realize Yosefs ruling will be divinely decreed

According to the Ramban
why does the Torah tell us about Joseph‘s interactions with the man/Gabriel
two answers
1) Joseph was lost and he was given the chance to go back but he was so eager to do a mitzvah for his father
2) we learn Hasgacha Pratis from this that we will get lost but HaShem will lead us to the right path to where we need to be
What do we learn according to Sforno
That teh sheva Tim conspired to kill Yosef
We learn the Sheva Tim had human rationalization they had a conspiracy that Joseph was planning to kill them in return they plan to kill him as self defense
Who said the word ונראה מה יבוא חלמתיו
Two answers
Here comes teh dreamer
1) HaShem said this he is saying let’s see who’s word will be true Mine or yours (brothers)
2) Second we have the brothers with here comes the dreamer to make us angry
they felt that Joseph was telling them the dreams on purpose to get them to sin and in trouble by Jacob
The brothers were willing to kill Joseph for their ego so his dream wouldn’t come true
Why did they throw Joseph in a pit if they want to kill him what can we learn from this about being honest people
They plan to throw them in the pit because pit have rodents so if they tell Jacob he was eaten by animals they’re not lying
If the pit was empty why did It need to clarify the lack of water
how does this connect to Hanukkah
We need to know there’s no water but there is scorpions and snakes
we see the brothers couldn’t see from so high up into the pit this is connected to Hanukkah because there is a law we cannot place the menorah higher than 30 feet or else people will not see the candles just like the brothers were 30 feet above the pit they couldn’t see the scorpions and snakes
What is the major life lesson we learned from what the camels were carrying please give one minor example where you can apply this in your own life
The camels were caring sweet smelling spaces which is rare
this was at a perfect time for when Joseph was going to get so we learned that even in our challenges
HaShem will plant the sweet smell slices in our difficulties
so when life is hard we can find the good in the bad
What was you who does argument against killing Joseph safe
1) there is no monetary benefit
2) revenge should be a suitable punishment or different the others but people will find out so they don’t have to kill them so they won’t know
3) placing him in the pit is as bad as killing them because they will have blood on their hands
What is the genatria of זה in the Pasuk נסעו מזה
What do we learn from it
זה Equals 12 מ Equals from The brothers separated themselves from being the 12 tribes we learn the brothers distracted themselves from Joseph and wanted nothing to do with him
What do we learn from the words and remained up right
Joseph‘s rulership will last a long time
What is one reason Ruben wanted to save Joseph‘s life
Ruben felt he would be responsible as the oldest son
Why does the Torah say the names of Ruben and Yehuda explicitly but none of the other Brothers
So she just to be sensitive and not speak lashon hara
Joseph was trying to look for excuses to not listen to his father and find his brothers
False
From the words ואביו שמר את הדבר
We learn the proper way to observe the mitzvah of
Shabbos
Which of these was Youssef‘s second dream
There are stars the moon and the sun
Which of the following is approved at the brothers didn’t feel guilty about their actions
They calmly said down to eat bread while Joseph was in the pit
Summarize and explain the muscle of the king and his son
The king to us is HaShem and the son is us
In the Mashall the king didn’t want to hurt his own child so instead of beheading him with a heavy rock he threw pebbles at him
So to Hashem gives us punishment because there should be consequences to our actions but not such harsh ones so he throws us with pebbles instead of boulders
