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(ב) What did יעקב say when they finished the food from מצרים?
"Return to מצרים & buy a little food for us"
(ב) רש"י ד"ה כאשר כלו לאכל - קשיא: Why did they wait until there was no food left?
תרץ: יהודה advised to only speak to יעקב again about going down when there was no more food.
(ג-ה) What did יהודה respond to יעקב?
"The man warned us not to see his face without בנימין - we cannot go down without him!"
(ו) What did ישראל say?
"Why did you do bad to me by telling the man you have another brother!?"
(ז) What did the brothers answer?
"The man asked us questions - how could we have known that he would tell us to bring בנימין down?"
(ז) What does וּלְמוֹלַדְתֵּנוּ refer to? (רש"י)
1. Our families 2. He even knew about the wood our cribs were made of!
(ח) How does יהודה try to convince יעקב to let him bring בנימין? (רש"י)
"If you send him something possibly will happen to him, but if you don't send him we will all surely die!"
(ח) What was hinted to in the word ונחיה? (רש"י)
יהודה unknowingly referred to the spirit of יעקב being revived when יוסף will be found.
(ט) What does יהודה say to guarantee he will bring בנימין back?
If I do not bring him back alive before you, then I will lose also my עולם הבא!
(י) What does יהודה say to continue to convince יעקב?
Had we not waited we could have been back twice already and you not have had to suffer!
(יא) What does יעקב say to bring with them?
A present of the best of the land - a little balsam, a little honey, wax, lotus, pistachios/peaches, and almonds
(יב) What else should they bring along with them?
Double money along with the money that had been returned in their bags - maybe it was a mistake?
(יב) Why should they bring double money? (רש"י)
Maybe the price of grain had gone up since they had last been there.
(יד) How else does יעקב prepare before sending them?
Davens for them.
(יד) What was יעקב also thinking when using the name א-ל ש-די? (רש"י)
1. ה' who has enough power can have mercy & save you. 2. ה' should say enough to all of the suffering that I had throughout my life.
(יד) Who is אֲחִיכֶם who יעקב is Davening for? What is אֲחִיכֶם אַחֵר hinting to? (רש"י)
שמעון. To include יוסף.
