Parashat Lekh Lekha: Scavenger Hunt
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Parashah Scavenger Hunt שְׁאֵלוֹת הַשָּׁבוּעַ

Welcome to Devash's Parashah Scavenger Hunt for Parashat Lekh Lekha!

Aliyah 1 (Bereishit 12:1-13)
  • What leads Avram to go to Mitzrayim?
  • How is Avram related to Lot?
Aliyah 2 (Bereishit 12:14-13:4)
  • What Hebrew words does the Torah use to describe Avram as having been very rich?
  • What city was said to be filled with terrible, horrible people?
  • In this aliyah, God tells Avram he will have many descendants. As many as what?
Aliyah 4 (Bereishit 14:1-20)
  • In the war of the five kings against the four, who wins?
  • What body of water is mentioned in this aliyah?
Aliyah 5 (Bereishit 14:21-15:6)
  • What does God tell Avram to count?
  • What does Avram agree to take from the king of Sedom?
  • How old was Avram when his son, Yishmael, was born?
  • How long will Avram’s descendants be enslaved in a foreign land, according to what God says?
  • How many princes will Yishmael give birth to?
  • What does Avraham do right after God tells him that Sarai will become Sarah, and will give birth to a child?
Look anywhere in the parashah to find the answer to these questions!
  • The midrash says that the phrase “וְאֶת הַנֶּפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ בְחָרָן (ve-et ha-nefesh asher asu ve-Haran, and the life/soul that they made in Haran)” refers to people Avram and Sarai converted to Judaism. Where else in the parashah is the word נֶּפֶשׁ (nefesh, life/soul) used to refer to people?
  • What is the name of the priest of אֵ-ל עֶלְיוֹן (El Elyon, God Most High)?
  • There are three young men who help Avram recapture his nephew. What are their names?
  • Who is described as a כֹּהֵן (kohen, priest) in this week’s parashah?
  • What is the name of the place where God speaks to Hagar, and why did it have this name?
From the Haftarah ( Yeshayahu 40:27-41:16)
  • Who does God describe as אֹהֲבִי (ohavi, My beloved one, or My friend)?
Scroll down to see the answers!
Answers: 
Aliyah 1
  • A famine
  • Lot is Avram’s nephew (his brother’s son) (12:5)
Aliyah 2
  • כָּבֵד מְאֹד (kaveid me’od, literally: very heavy)
Aliyah 3
  • Sedom
  • The dust of the earth (13:16)
Aliyah 4
  • The four: Amrafel, Aryokh, Kedorla’omer, Tid’al
  • יָם הַמֶּלַח (Yam Ha-Melah, The Dead Sea) (14:3)
Aliyah 5
  • The stars
  • Neither string nor shoelace (or any of the spoils of war, except for what was needed to feed the people who fought with him) (14:23-24)
Aliyah 6
  • 86
  • 400 years (15:13) (But if you do the calculations [based on our ancestors’ ages and their time in Egypt according to the Torah], it seems that Benei Yisrael actually end up in slavery for 210 years!)
Aliyah 7
  • 12
  • Falls on his face laughing (17:17)
From anywhere in the parashah
  • The captives from Sedom (Bereishit 14:21)
  • Malkitzedek (Bereishit 14:18)
  • Aner, Eshkol, Mamrei (Bereishit 14:24)
  • Malkitzedek (14:18)
  • Be’er Lahai Ro’i, which means “the well of the Living One Who sees me.” This name seems to capture Hagar’s experience of being seen, or noticed, by God. (16:14)
Haftarah