Perek Alef

Question 1

(outside) רש’‘י ט”ו - למילדות

Answer 1

ppl who help mothers give birth (come to house)

Question 2

רש’‘י ט”ו - פועה

Answer 2

Q: why called פועה?
A: מרים - she would shhhh… and speak and make silly noises, to calm the crying babies

Question 3

רש’‘י ט”ו - שפרה

Answer 3

Q: why called שפרה?
A: יוכבד - because she cleaned/washed up baby after born

Question 4

Rav Moshe Feinstein ט”ו - the מילדות called by their nick-names

Answer 4

Q: why are they called by their nick-names?
A: this is the most beautiful/great thing a woman could be doing

Question 5

רש’‘י ט”ו - על האבנים

Answer 5

the seat of the woman that gives birth = birth stool

Question 6

רש’‘י ט”ו - אם בן הוא וגו’

Answer 6

Q: why kill the boys?
A: his stargazers told him- a boy will be born, who will redeem Bnei Yisroel

Question 7

רש’‘י ט”ז - ותחיין את הילדים

Answer 7

they did everything they could to keep the boys alive

Question 8

רש’‘י י”ט - כי חיות הנה

Answer 8

Q: what does this mean?
A: 1) [פשט] expert midwives
2) [דרש] just like animals, they don’t need midwives
in ברכות יעקב, yaakov benched all the שבטים and compared them to animals, and their mother to a lion

Question 9

רש’‘י כ”א - ויעש להם בתים

Answer 9

Q: what was their reward?
A: רש’‘י - ויעש להם בתים
בתי כהונה ולויה ומלכות
יוכבד מרים

Question 10

רש’‘י כ”ב - לכל עמו

Answer 10

Q: why on his nation?
A: his stargazers told him, that Moshe will be born today, and his end will come with water, and they’re not sure what nation. so Pharaoh commanded both nations. his stargazers that water meant מי מריבה

Question 11

what was the שכר of the midwives?

Answer 11

1) they saw the nation get bigger and stronger
2) they feared Hashem
3) hashem built them houses…

Question 12

“רש’‘י א’ - “ואלא שמות בני ישראל

Answer 12

Q: 1) why does it repeat Bnei Yisroel going down to Mitzrayim, is said it in Bereishis?
2) why is the Torah giving so many words?
A: to show His love for them
e.x. a mother knows all her children’s names, no matter how many, because she loves them, and their important to her. Hashem did the same to us, and counted us again

Question 13

(outside) “העמק דבר ז’ - “ותמלא הארץ אותם

Answer 13

Q: why does it have to say they filled the land, its obvious! (theyre having 6 babies at once!
A: this was in Mitzrayim, not Goshen - the land that Pharaoh gave them

Question 14

(outside) העמק דבר ז’ - “ותמלא הארץ אותם”

הן עם לבדד ישכון ובגויים לא יתחשב” - לפי פשט, לפי” העמק דבר

Answer 14

• “לפי פשט: “הן, עם לבדד ישכון, ובגויים לא יתחשב
  a nation that dwells alone, and theyre not considered among the other nations
• “לפי העמק דבר: “הן עם לבדד, ישכון, ובגויים, לא יתחשב
  when Bnei Yisroel are alone, theyre in peace, but when theyre mixed in, even the גויים dont consider them

Question 15

“רש’‘י ח’ - “ויקם מלך חדש

שפתי חכמים

Answer 15

Q: why new?
A: 1) חדש ממש - completely new
2)שנתחדשו גזירותיו -
(when Rashi gives two answers, hes not satisfied with either.)
שפתי חכמים - it never said the king died, the king made it as if he didnt know

Question 16

“רמב”ן י - “הבה נתחכמה לו

Answer 16

Q: why does Pharaoh have to outsmart Bnei Yisroel? why cant he just do whatever he wants? (hes the king! if he wants to kill them, he could, if he wants to send them away, he could! why doea he have to outsmart them?)
A: (ON SHEET) 1) he couldnt hit the nation that just came for no reason
2) his people woudnt let him do injustice like this
3) bnei Yisroel were very big and strong, and they would make a big war and fight back

Question 17

“רש’‘י י’ - “נתחכמה לו

Answer 17

Q: how/who will they outsmart?
A: 1) העם - the nation - Bnei Yisroel
2) מויעם של ישראל - Hashem
W/ WATER, B/C HE PROMISED HE WONT BRING A MABUL

Question 18

“רש’‘י י’ - “ועלה מן הארץ

Answer 18

Q: who is this talking about? who has to go up?
A 1) (פשט) Pharaoh wants them to out with his permission, not on their own - against his will, only when he wants them to leave
2) (דרש) Pharaoh doesnt say it straight out, because he doesnt want to say something bad about his nation, because then it might happen (עין הרע)

(Rashi brings דרש, because it doesnt make sense to be afraid of someone, and then not want them to leave)

Question 19

“מדרש י”א -“פתם ואת רמסס

Answer 19

theyre made out of quicksand

Question 20

“רש’‘י י”א -“מסים

Answer 20

Pharaoh collected taxes - that theyll build buildings for storing treasure

Question 21

“רש’‘י י”ב - “וכאר יענו אותו

Answer 21

according to how much suffering Bnei Yisroel went through, thats how much they multiplied

Question 22

“רש’‘י י”ב - “כן ירבה

Answer 22

Q: why כן?
A: Pharaoh says פן - maybe, Hashem says כן - they will multiply

Question 23

“רש’‘י י”ב - “ויקצו

Answer 23

Q: whos disgusted over who?
A: 1) the Mitzri’im were disgusted with their own lives (because of Bnei Yisroel) (things were going so wrong)
2) Bnei Yisroel were like thorns in the Mitzrim’s eyes (Mitzrim disgusted over Bnei Yisroel)

Question 24

“רש’‘י י”ג - “בפרך

Answer 24

Q: what does this mean?
A: with backbreaking labor, that (weakens) breaks the body and shadders it

Question 25

• the שעבוד lasted until the מכות

- Pharaoh hears that Moshe will be born, and take Bnei Yisroel out, and he gets scared

Answer 25

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Question 26

“שפתי חכמים א’ - ג-ואין - “ואלה שמות בני ישראל

Answer 26

Q: why is Hashem saying that He counts us like the stars, arent we more important than the stars?
A: כוכבים: קיימון (ומאירים) נראים אינם נראים
ביום ובליה בלילה ביום

       בני ישראל: קיימון (ומאירים) נראים       אינם נראים
            עוה"ב, עוה"ז          עוה"ז          עוה"ב    

the stars exist during night and day, but only shine at night. Hashem is trying to tell us - even though you only shine in עוה”ז, you also exist in עוה”ב

Question 27

Q: why does the Torah use את here and not עם?

Answer 27

A: את is stronger use - to tell us that they werent just with יעקב, they were closly connected to him - as long as this connection was here, the hardships didnt start. this generation didnt suffer the hardships of Galus, because they were connected with the Avos

Question 28

“רש’‘י ה’ - “ויוסף היה במצים

Answer 28

Q: why does it have to tell us about יוסף? was he included in the 70?
A: in order to make known the righteousness of יוסף: he was in Mitzrayim for so long, and didt get influenced. יוסף, the shepard, went down to Mitzrayim, became a king, its the same יוסף

Question 29

“רש’‘י ז’ - “וישרצו

Answer 29

Q: what does it mean?
A: 6 babies were born at once

Question 30

רבינו חיי זי - all of these Leshonos are coming to tell us that all babies were healthy (outside)

Answer 30

פרו - בהריון
וישרצו - בלידה
וירבו - בעלי קומה
ויעצמו - חזקים
במאד - חזקים
מאד - חזקים