(כג) וַיִּשְׁחָ֓ט ׀ וַיִּקַּ֤ח מֹשֶׁה֙ מִדָּמ֔וֹ וַיִּתֵּ֛ן עַל־תְּנ֥וּךְ אֹֽזֶן־אַהֲרֹ֖ן הַיְמָנִ֑ית וְעַל־בֹּ֤הֶן יָדוֹ֙ הַיְמָנִ֔ית וְעַל־בֹּ֥הֶן רַגְל֖וֹ הַיְמָנִֽית׃
(23) and it was slaughtered. Moses took some of its blood and put it on the ridge of Aaron’s right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
(1) What is happening in this Pasuk?
(2) Why is such emphasis placed on this action of Moshe?
(טז) וַֽיִּתְמַהְמָ֓הּ ׀ וַיַּחֲזִ֨יקוּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֜ים בְּיָד֣וֹ וּבְיַד־אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ וּבְיַד֙ שְׁתֵּ֣י בְנֹתָ֔יו בְּחֶמְלַ֥ת ה' עָלָ֑יו וַיֹּצִאֻ֥הוּ וַיַּנִּחֻ֖הוּ מִח֥וּץ לָעִֽיר׃
(16) Still he delayed. So the agents seized his hand, and the hands of his wife and his two daughters—in Hashem's mercy on him—and brought him out and left him outside the city.
(1) Who is the Pasuk referring to here? Who delayed?
(2) Does the way we read the word imply hesitation?
(12) And he said, “O ה', God of my master Abraham’s [house], grant me good fortune this day, and deal graciously with my master Abraham:
(1) What is the context of this story?
(2) Who is talking here?
(3) Why might they hesitate in speaking with Hashem?
(8) But he refused. He said to his master’s wife, “Look, with me here, my master gives no thought to anything in this house, and all that he owns he has placed in my hands.
(1) Who is the Pasuk referring to here?
(2) What does it tell us about Yosef and what he chooses not to do?