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(א) How much time went by since the last פרשה?
2 years
(א) What was פרעה doing? Where was he "standing"?
Having a dream. Above/next to the Nile River.
(א) Why is the Nile called יאור (canal) and not נהר (river)? (רש"י)
They made use of the Nile by digging canals to water their fields.
(ב) What came out of the river? What did they do?
7 good looking cows with healthy flesh. They grazed in the swamp.
(ג) What came out of the river next?
7 skinny, ugly cows with little flesh
(ד) What did the skinny cows do?
They ate the healthy cows.
(ד-ה) What happened after פרעה dreamt about the healthy cows being swallowed? What does פרעה do next?
פרעה woke up. Goes back to sleep!
(ה) What does פרעה see in the 2nd dream?
7 healthy & good ears of grain growing on 1 stalk
(ו) What sprouted next?
7 thin ears, beaten by the east wind.
(ז) What did the 2nd ears of grain do?
They swallowed up the 7 healthy ones.
(ז) "וְהִנֵּה חֲלוֹם" - explain (רש"י).
The dream was now complete and needed to be interpreted.
(ח) How did פרעה feel in the morning?
"His spirit was disturbed."
(ח) Who did פרעה call for?
The magicians and wise men of מצרים.
(ח) וְאֵין פּוֹתֵר אוֹתָם לְפַרְעֹה - רש"י קשיא תרץ
Why does it say to פרעה? They said interpretations, just פרעה didn't accept them
(ט) Who made a suggestion to פרעה? How does he begin?
The butler. "I am mentioning my sins..."
(י) What does the butler remind פרעה about?
When פרעה got angry at him & the baker and put them in prison
