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א – Why did יעקב tell his sons to gather together? What happened?
He wanted to reveal them when would be the “end of days”. The שכינה left him and he began to speak about other things.
ג – How does יעקב begin to describe ראובן?
My strength and first power.
ד - Why does ראובן not get more than his brothers? What did ראובן do wrong?
He was “quick as water”. He moved the bed of his father.
ד - Who else did ראובן desecrate?
The שכינה that would come on my bed.
ה – Why are שמעון & לוי called brothers?
They did things together by שכם and against יוסף.
ה - What did they steal?
Their weapons are stolen
“tools” of עשו – murder.
ו – What did יעקב say that he didn’t want to be part of?
The story of זמרי and קרח
ו - Which “man” did they kill? Why are they called “a man”?
חמור & the people of שכם. They were like one man to them.
ו - What “ox” did they want to uproot?
יוסף
ז – What did יעקב curse?
שמעון & לוי’s anger
ז - How will שמעון & לוי be divided amongst ישראל?
From שמעון will be poor people, סופרים, and Rebbeim of children. לוי will collect תרומה & מעשר.
ח – Why does יעקב say to יהודה “you - your brothers will praise you”?
He was afraid what יעקב was going to say to him after speaking
harshly to his brothers. יעקב said – you are
different!
ט – What is יהודה compared to? Who is
that hinting to? (רש"י)
A young lion, then
an adult lion. Dovid Hamelech who began to lead under Shaul, eventually became
king.
ט - What is it referring to “From the prey my son rose up”?
From what יעקב suspected him of
killing יוסף, and from killing תמר
– יהודה saved them
י – What does “the scepter will not leave” refer to? When?
The leaders will be
from יהודה - in בבל
and נשיא in א"י
י - What does שילה refer to? How?
משיח – "שהמלוכה שלו"
