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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"
  • (כד) Why does it say he brought them in to the house again? (רש"י)
    When they were scared, they had backed their way out of the house.
  • (ל) What happened to יוסף and what did he do?
    He needed to cry so he went to his room.
  • (יד) Who is אֲחִיכֶם who יעקב is Davening for? What is אֲחִיכֶם אַחֵר hinting to? (רש"י)
    שמעון. To include יוסף.
  • (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!
  • (כב) How did the brothers try to "defend" themselves?
    We have returned the money that we found in our sack and we have brought more to buy with.
  • (כו) "They brought the present to the house" weren't they already there? (רש"י)
    They were in an outer room and were brought into the inner room.
  • (ו) What did ישראל say?
    "Why did you do bad to me by telling the man you have another brother!?"
  • (ל) What caused יוסף to want to cry? (רש"י)
    He asked בנימין about his sons and he replied that he had 10 sons all named after his lost brother & his suffering.
  • (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.
  • (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?
  • (ז) What does וּלְמוֹלַדְתֵּנוּ refer to? (רש"י)
    1. Our families 2. He even knew about the wood our cribs were made of!
  • (כז) What does יוסף ask the brothers?
    How they were doing & how is their father.
  • (יח) What made the brothers nervous? What did they think they were being accused of?
    They were being brought to the house of the ruler. That they had stolen the money in their sacks.
  • (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) What does יעקב mean - כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁכֹלְתִּי, שָׁכָלְתִּי? (רש"י)
    Just as I have already lost יוסף & שמעון, until you return it's as if I have lost בנימין.
  • (כ) Why does it say יָרֹד יָרַדְנוּ? (רש"י)
    We were used to providing for others and now have become lowered ourselves by needing you.
  • (כג) What did the man in charge respond?
    Don't worry, your ה' gave you a gift! I have received your money! He brought out שמעון.
  • (כה) What were the brothers busy with at the house?
    Preparing the present
  • (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?"
  • (לב) Why couldn't the מצרים eat with the brothers? (רש"י/אונקלוס)
    It was a hateful thing for them because they ate the animal that the מצריים worshipped.
  • (לב) How were the groups set up for eating?
    יוסף by himself, the brothers by themselves, and the other מצריים by themselves.
  • (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!
  • (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.
  • (כג) Why did he say אֱלֹהֵ-יכֶם and אלֹהֵ-י אֲבִיכֶם? (רש"י)
    In your own zchus and if that is not enough, then in your fathers' zchus.
  • (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!"
  • (טז) What did יוסף say to do when he saw the brothers?
    "Bring them to the house and prepare meat because they will eat with me in the afternoon."
  • (יב) Why should they bring double money? (רש"י)
    Maybe the price of grain had gone up since they had last been there.
  • (לד) Why does it mention that they got drunk with יוסף? (רש"י)
    This was the first time any of them had drank wine since the day they had sold יוסף.
  • (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!"
  • (כט) Why did יוסף bentsch בנימין with חן? (רש"י)
    בנימין had not been alive when יעקב had mentioned חן about the שבטים.
  • (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
  • (לד) How much of a portion did he give בנימין?
    5 times as much as each of them.
  • (יד) How else does יעקב prepare before sending them?
    Davens for them.
  • (כח) What did the brothers answer and then do?
    Our father is alive & well. They bowed to him.
  • (לג) How did יוסף set up the brothers' seats? (רש"י)
    According to their ages.
  • (לג) What way did יוסף do it that had them "wondering"? (רש"י)
    He hit his cup and called out the brothers from each mother. בנימין sat near him as they had both lost their mother.