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Parashah Scavenger Hunt שְׁאֵלוֹת הַשָּׁבוּעַ
Welcome to Devash's Parashah Scavenger Hunt for Parashat Bereishit!
Aliyah 1 (Bereishit 1:1-2:3)
- There is one day of creation where the phrase כִּי טוֹב (ki tov, it was good) does not appear. Which one?
- On which days does God say פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ (peru u’revu, be fruitful and multiply)?
Aliyah 2 (Bereishit 2:4-19)
- What were the four rivers that flowed out of Gan Eden?
- How did animals receive their names?
Aliyah 3 (Bereishit 2:20-3:21)
- What kind of leaves do the first people sew to cover themselves up?
- What’s the first thing God asks Adam after he eats from the עֵץ הַדַּעַת (etz hada’at, tree of knowledge)?
Aliyah 4 (Bereishit 3:22-4:18)
- Who was the son of Irad?
- How does God make sure that nobody will take revenge against Kayin?
Aliyah 5 (Bereishit 4:19-22)
- There are three women named in this aliyah: what are their names?
Aliyah 6 (Bereishit 4:23-5:24)
- How many years old was Adam when he died?
- How old was Adam when he had his third child?
Aliyah 7 (Bereishit 5:25-6:8)
- What is the oldest God will allow a person to be from now on?
- Who lived the longest, and how old were they when they died?
Look anywhere in the parashah to find the answer to these questions!
- What fruit grew on etz hada’at?
- There are two different pairs of people who each share a name with each other—who are they?
- Who was the first musician?
- In the Torah, what is the first place to be named after a person?
- In our parashah, who answers a question with a question?
From the Haftarah (Yeshayahu 42:5-42:21 for Sefardim 42:5-43:10 for Ashkenazim)
- What type of song should be sung to God?
Scroll down to see the answers!
Answers:
Aliyah 1
Aliyah 2
- Pishon, Gihon, Hidekel (Tigris), Perat (Euphrates)
- Adam named them (2:19)
Aliyah 3
- Fig leaves
- אַיֶּכָּה (ayekah, where are you)? (3:9)
Aliyah 4
- Mehuyael
- God places a mark on him (4:15)
Aliyah 5
Aliyah 6
- 930
- 130 (5:3)
Aliyah 7
- 120
- Metushelah lived to 969 (5:27)
From Anywhere in the parashah
Haftarah
- שִׁיר חָדָשׁ (shir hadash, a new song)! (Yeshayahu 42:10)
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