Ilustration Credit: Elad Lifshitz, Dov Abramson Studio
Parashah Scavenger Hunt שְׁאֵלוֹת הַשָּׁבוּעַ
Welcome to Devash's Parashah Scavenger Hunt for Parashat Toldot!
Aliyah 1 (Bereishit 25:19-26:5)
- Twice in our parashah, the same exact word appears twice in a row. Where are the two places where this happens?
- Where does God tell Yitzhak not to go?
Aliyah 2 (Bereishit 26:6-12)
- What neighborhood in Yerushalayim is mentioned in our parashah?
- Who is Avimelekh the king of?
Aliyah 3 (Bereishit 26:13-22)
- What are the first three names of the wells that Yitzhak digs?
- What do Yitzhak’s shepherds and the shepherds of Gerar argue about?
Aliyah 4 (Bereishit 26:23-29)
- What is the name of the town where Avimelekh lives?
- What two consecutive words in this aliyah sound the same, but have different meanings?
Aliyah 5 (Bereishit 26:30-27:27)
- What does Yitzhak say when his son feels like Esav but sounds like Yaakov?
- Which two people say הִנֵּנִי (hineini, here I am)?
Aliyah 6 (Bereishit 27:28-28:4)
- What did Esav say he would do as soon as his father died?
- According to Yitzhak’s blessing, what will Esav live on?
Aliyah 7 (Bereishit 28:5-9)
- How was Esav related to his third wife, Mahalat?
- What are the two ways that Esav and Yishmael are related?
Look anywhere in the parashah to find the answer to these questions!
- How old was Yitzhak when Esav and Yaakov were born? Was Avraham alive at that time?
- What made both Yitzhak and Rivkah upset at Esav?
- Two names are used to describe the place where Rivkah’s brother, Lavan, lives. What are they?
- How many times does Rivkah tell Yaakov שְׁמַע בְּקֹלִי (shma b’koli, listen to my voice/what I’m saying)?
- How old was Yitzhak when Esav and Yaakov were born? Was Avraham alive at that time?
From the Haftarah (Malakhi 1:1-2:7)
- Toldot describes Yitzhak’s love for Esav, and Rivkah’s love for Yaakov (see Peshat Hapesukim/Understanding the verses). According to the prophet Malakhi, whom does God love?
Scroll down to see the answers!
Answers:
Aliyah 1
- אַבְרָהָם-אַבְרָהָם (Avraham-Avraham) and הָאָדֹם-הָאָדֹם (ha’adom-ha’adom)
- Mitzrayim (26:2)
Aliyah 2
- Me’ah She’arim
- The Pelishtim (26:8)
Aliyah 3
- 1. Eisek, 2. Sitnah, 3. Rehovot
- Who the wells belong to (26:20-21)
Aliyah 4
- Gerar
- אַתָּה עַתָּה (atah atah, you now) (26:29). Some people pronounce their ayin in a more guttural way than their alef, so in that case the two words might not sound exactly the same, but still pretty close to identical.
Aliyah 5
- הַקֹּל קוֹל יַעֲקֹב וְהַיָּדַיִם יְדֵי עֵשָׂו (the voice is the voice of Yaakov but the hands are the hands of Esav)
- Esav (27:1) and Yitzhak (27:18)
Aliyah 6
- Kill his brother, Yaakov
- His sword (27:40)
Aliyah 7
- Mahalat was the daughter of Yishmael, who was the brother of Yitzhak, who was the father of Esav—Esav was her first cousin
- Yishmael is Esav’s uncle (his father Yitzhak’s brother), and also his father-in-law (the father of his wife Mahalat) (28:9)
From anywhere in the parashah
- 60, and yes, Avraham was still alive—he died when the twins were 15
- That he married Hittite women
- Haran and Paddan-Aram
- Three times: twice about the plan to get the blessing from Yitzhak, and once about fleeing to Lavan in Haran (27:8, 27:13, 27:43)
- 60 (25:26), and yes, Avraham was alive. (Yitzhak was 100 years younger than Avraham, so, when Avraham dies at age 175 [25:7], Yitzhak would have been 75 and the twins would have been 15.)
Haftarah
- Yaakov (Malakhi 1:2)
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