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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?
Aliyah 3 (Bereishit 13:5-18)
- 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?
Aliyah 6 (Bereishit 15:7-17:6)
- 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?
Aliyah 7 (Bereishit 17:7-27)
- 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
- Avraham (Yeshayahu 41:8)
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