Exam 2

Question 1

‘המלך תמלך ‘עלינו

Answer 1

us = brothers

Question 2

who is the sun?
the moon?
and the stars in yosefs dream?

Answer 2

sun = yaakov
moon = bilhah
stars = brothers

Question 3

וימסאהו איש
who was found?
who is the Eish?

Answer 3

1) yosef

2) Gavriel

Question 4

אמרים ‘נלכה’ דתינה

Answer 4

brothers

Question 5

who said to save whos life?

Answer 5

Reuven said to save Yosfs life

Question 6

there was no water where?

Answer 6

in the pit

Question 7

ויאמר אל אחיו מה בצע

who is the he

Answer 7

Yehuda

Question 8

What is one example of double language and what do we learn from this

Answer 8

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

Question 9

What is the argument that Jacob do not believe in your self dreams
what is the argument that he actually did

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Why did the brothers switch from hatred to jealousy

Answer 10

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


Question 11

According to the Ramban
why does the Torah tell us about Joseph‘s interactions with the man/Gabriel
two answers

Answer 11

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

Question 12

What do we learn according to Sforno

That teh sheva Tim conspired to kill Yosef

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Who said the word ‏ונראה מה יבוא חלמתיו

Two answers

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Why did they throw Joseph in a pit if they want to kill him what can we learn from this about being honest people

Answer 14

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

Question 15

If the pit was empty why did It need to clarify the lack of water
how does this connect to Hanukkah

Answer 15

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

Question 16

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

Answer 16

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

Question 17

What was you who does argument against killing Joseph safe

Answer 17

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

Question 18

What is the genatria of זה in the Pasuk נסעו מזה

What do we learn from it

Answer 18

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

Question 19

What do we learn from the words and remained up right

Answer 19

Joseph‘s rulership will last a long time

Question 20

What is one reason Ruben wanted to save Joseph‘s life

Answer 20

Ruben felt he would be responsible as the oldest son

Question 21

Why does the Torah say the names of Ruben and Yehuda explicitly but none of the other Brothers

Answer 21

So she just to be sensitive and not speak lashon hara

Question 22

Joseph was trying to look for excuses to not listen to his father and find his brothers

Answer 22

False

Question 23

From the words ואביו שמר את הדבר

We learn the proper way to observe the mitzvah of

Answer 23

Shabbos

Question 24

Which of these was Youssef‘s second dream

Answer 24

There are stars the moon and the sun

Question 25

Which of the following is approved at the brothers didn’t feel guilty about their actions

Answer 25

They calmly said down to eat bread while Joseph was in the pit

Question 26

Summarize and explain the muscle of the king and his son

Answer 26

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