* PARSHA Q&A *
In-Depth Questions on the Parsha w/Rashi
Parshas Vayeshev
For the week ending 20 Kislev 5754
December 3 & 4, 1993
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Rashi Questions
1.	Which act of greatness do we find on the part of Reuven ?  of Yehuda?
2.	How many times was Yosef sold ?
3.	How many daughters did Yaakov have ?
4.	Name two differences between the twins of Rivkah and the twins of Tamar.
5.	What sin requiring martyrdom is mentioned in the parsha ?
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General Questions
1.	Name two textual sources for similarity between Yaakov and Yosef.
2.	Name four places in the parsha where we encounter "Ruach HaKodesh".
3.	Where are Hebron and Timna located in relation to elevation ?
4.	Name family relationship between the following : a) Shem and Tamar; 
	b) Zorach and Ochon; c) Potiphar's wife and Yosef.
5.	How many dreams do we encounter in the parsha ?
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Bonus Questions
1.	How do we know that Onan was a tzadik ?
2.	The Gemara Shabbos 10b say : "A man should not differentiate between his 
	children.  Because of the two coins worth of wool (the fine woolen coat) 
	with which Yaakov showed favor to Yosef more than his brothers, his 
	brothers hated him and eventually our Fathers descended into Egypt."  It 
	would seem then from the Gemara that this coat incited the hatred of his 
	brothers. However, on Yom Tov davening after the blessing of the Kohanim, 
	the congregation says the following prayer : "May you grant that we find 
	love, favor, kindness and mercy in Your eyes and in the eyes of all who 
	behold us. just as you granted Yosef, Your righteous one at the time that 
	his father garbed him in a fine woolen coat."  (ArtScroll Siddur p. 701).  
	Resolve the contradiction.
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Answers to Last Week's Questions - Parshas Vayishlach
Rashi Questions
1.	(Rashi 32:4-5)  Yaakov did not become a master over his brethren.  He did 
	not receive the dew of the heaven nor the fat of the earth.
2.	(Rashi 32:30)  His mission
3.	(Rashi 33:4)  a) He did not kiss him with a full heart. b) Even though Esau 
	hates Yaakov at that moment, he kissed him with a full heart.
4.	(Rashi 32:26-28)  When the patron of angel Esau blesses Yaakov in (32:29), 
	he is admitting Yaakov's right to the blessings.  (Rashi 33:9)  "Be thine 
	that which is thine."  Esau admits to Yaakov's right to the brochos.
5.	(Rashi 36:12)  To teach how important the family of Abraham was.  Timna was 
	the daughter of a chieftain, yet she was willing to be a concubine to be 
	part of the family of Abraham.
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Bonus Question
It was the guardian angel of Esau who wrestled with our Father Yaakov and 
sought to destroy him.  Failing to prevail, the angel injured Yaakov's thigh.  
The mitzvah not to eat the gid hanashe hints at the message of this story.  
When the angel touched Yaakov's thigh he was touching all his descendants 
subjecting them to future affliction at the hands of Esau.

Throughout our long bitter galus, the nations have often tortured us trying to 
destroy us.  The mitzvah of the gid hanashe strengthens us by reminding us 
that though we suffer, we will endure.  In the end we will emerge victorious 
over our torturers as did our Father Yaakov over the guardian angel of Esau.
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