Ilustration Credit: Elad Lifshitz, Dov Abramson Studio
Parashah Scavenger Hunt שְׁאֵלוֹת הַשָּׁבוּעַ
Welcome to Devash's Parashah Scavenger Hunt for Parashat Vayishlah!
Aliyah 1 (Bereishit 32:4-13)
- How many men were marching with Esav?
- How many camps did Yaakov divide his family into?
Aliyah 2 (Bereishit 32:14-30)
- What stream did Yaakov and his family cross in the middle of the night?
- What did Yaakov demand from the angel?
Aliyah 3 (Bereishit 32:31-33:5)
- What name does Yaakov give to the place where he wrestled with the angel?
- Who did Yaakov place last in the line when his family met Esav?
Aliyah 4 (Bereishit 33:6-20)
- What is Esav’s home called?
- What does Yaakov compare Esav’s face to?
Aliyah 5 (Bereishit 34:1-35:11)
- Who died at a place called אַלּוֹן בָּכוּת (Alon Bakhut, Tree of Crying)?
Aliyah 6 (Bereishit 35:12-36:19)
- Who names Yaakov’s youngest son, his father or his mother?
- Where was Rahel buried?
Aliyah 7 (Bereishit 36:20-43)
- What king of Edom has the same name as a king of Israel?
- Which king had a name that rhymed with his father’s name?
Look anywhere in the parashah to find the answer to these questions!
- What future enemy of Israel is Esav’s grandson? (Hint: look at Shemot 17)
- Which name of a Jewish holiday makes a surprise appearance in our parashah?
- Who in our parashah shares a name with an animal?
- In our parashah, Yaakov says some words that sound a lot like the part of his body that got injured in his fight with the angel. What are these words?
- How many times does Yaakov find out that his name will become Yisrael?
From the Haftarah (Ovadiah 1:1-21)
- How many times does Esav appear in the haftarah?
Scroll down to see the answers!
Answers:
Aliyah 1
- 400
- Two (32:7)
Aliyah 2
- Yabbok
- A blessing (32:26)
Aliyah 3
- Peniel
- Rahel and Yosef (33:2)
Aliyah 4
- Seir
- The face of God (33:10)
Aliyah 5
- Devorah (Rivkah’s nurse) (33:8)
Aliyah 6
- Both! Rahel names him בֶּן אוֹנִי (Ben Oni, son of my affliction) and Yaakov names him בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin, son of my right hand)
- Beit Lehem (on the way to Efrat) (35:19)
Aliyah 7
- Shaul
- Hadad ben Bedad (36:35)
From anywhere in the parashah
- Amalek
- Sukkot
- חֲמוֹר (Hamor = donkey), the leader of the city of Shekhem; דְּבוֹרָה (Devorah = bee), Rivkah’s nurse; and a special bonus: דִּישׁוֹן (Dishon = addax, a kind of antelope), an Edomite chieftain
- Yaakov says to the angel: הַגִּידָה נָּא שְׁמֶךָ (hagidah na shemekha, please tell me your name) (32:29) and this sounds a lot like הַגִּיד הַנָּשֶׁה (ha-gid hanasheh, the sciatic nerve) (32:32)
- Twice! Once from the angel (32:28) and once from God (35:10)
Haftarah
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