Parshas Vayishlach
Pesukim: 154
Haftorah: Ovdia 1:1-21
Number of Mitzvos:
There is a total of One Mitzvah in Parshas Vayishlach; Zero positive command and One negative commands. The following are the commands in the order listed by the Sefer Hachinuch.
Negative:
- Mitzvah 3/Negative 1: Not to eat the Gid Hanashe, the Sciatic nerve.
- Did Yaakov send actual angels to greet his brother?
- Where was Eisav living at the time that Yaakov sent a messenger?
- How many times in the parsha did Yaakov call Eisav his master?
- Why did Yaakov call Eisav his master and what punishment did he get due to this?
- Why did Yaakov tell Eisav that he had lived by lavan?
- How many people were traveling with Eisav and where did they spiritually come from?
- What preparations did Yaakov do to battle his brother?
- Which verse in this week’s Parsha did the Alter Rebbe recite and write to the Chassidim when you left the prison?
- With what item did Yaakov cross the Jordan and arrive to Lavan with?
- How many songs can you think of are compiled from different verses in this week’s P;arsha?
- Which miracle did Yaakov do similar to Moses and Joshua?
- How many animals did Yaakov give his brother Eisav as a present?
- What was the name of the river that Yaakov crossed?
- Explain the story of what happened when Yaakov fought with the angel of Eisav.
- What was the significance of Yaakov’s Gid Hanashe getting injured and why don’t we eat it?
- What is the meaning of the name Yisrael versus the name Yaakov?
- What did Yaakov name the area that he fought with Eisav’s Angel?
- What was the order that Yaakov set up his family to greet Eisav and for what reason?
- How many times did Yaakov bow on the ground when he met his brother?
- Why are there dots on top of the word Vayishakeihu?
- Why did they cry when they met?
- What did Joseph do to merit that the evil eye does not effect him?
- Why did Yaakov tell his brother that seeing his face is like seeing the face of God, is in that kind of insulting to God?
- What is the difference in how Yaakov describes how much he has versus how Eisav describes how much he has?
- What happened to the 400 men of Eisav and how were they rewarded later on?
- Which holiday is mentioned in this week’s Parsha?
- How much money did Yaakov pay for the field that he bought from Shechem?
- What did Shechem tell Dina to convince her to marry him?
- Why was the city of Shechem liable for death?
- Why did Shechem want to marry Dina and did he ever end up doing so in this lifetime or in a future lifetime? Who were they both reincarnated into?
- What did Chamor and Shechem offer Yaakov in exchange for his daughter?
- What did Chamor and Shechem tell their people to convince them to circumcise themselves?
- What did the brothers capture from the city of Shechem and who they let live?
- Why did Dina not willingly leave the house of Shechem until she was convinced by her brother?
- How old were Shimon and Levi when they killed the city of Shechem?
- What did they do with all the booty from Shechem?
- Which famous daily learning cycle is mentioned in this week’s Parsha?
- Who was Deborah and where was she buried?
- How many times did Hashem appear to Yaakov in this week’s Parsha and why?
- Why did G-d bless Yaakov after the death of Deborah?
- What did Yaakov build in Luz/Beis Eil?
- In what area did Rachel give birth to Benjamin?
- Why was Benjamin given his name?
- What name did Yaakov give his son Benjamin, versus the name that Rachel gave him?
- How many girls were born with Benjamin?
- What are the names of each of the sons of Yaakov’s wives?
- Where did Yaakov travel to after the story of Rachel’s death?
- How long did Isaac live for and when did he pass away?
- Who buried Isaac?
- What other names do the wives of Eisav have and which wives had the same name?
- Who was the mother of Elifaz?
- Who was the mother of Korach?
- Why did Eisav leave the land of Israel?
- Who was Amaleik? Who was his father and mother?
- How were the people of Seir expert farmers?
- Which king of the Jewish people and of Edom shared the same name?
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