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Review of Perek 47 - VaYigash

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  • יט - Why did they want seed - wasn't it still a famine? (רש"י)
    When יעקב came down, the famine stopped
  • כא – What did יוסף do to the people of the land?
    He moved them to different cities
  • יט – What idea did the people have?
    Buy us & our land as slaves and give seed.
  • כג – What did יוסף tell the people?
    I have acquired you [for taxes] & your land for פרעה. Here is seed – plant!
  • י – What ברכה did יעקב give as he left פרעה? (רש"י)
    The Nile should rise up to greet him.
  • יא – In which city did יוסף settle יעקב & his brothers? Where was it? (רש"י)
    Raamses, in Goshen (רש"י)
  • טו – What did the people come to ask יוסף?
    Give us bread – why should we die? We have no more money
  • ט – what did יעקב answer?
    130 years. They were few & bad and not reached the years of my fathers in goodness.
  • ו - What did פרעה ask of יוסף?
    If your brothers are capable shepherds, let them be in charge of my flocks
  • טז-יז – What did יוסף collect next?
    Animals – sheep, cattle, donkeys
  • כה – What did the people say to יוסף?
    You have given us life!
  • ז – What did יעקב do when he met פרעה? Explain (רש"י)
    He gave him a “ברכה” – he greeted him
  • יב – What does לפי הטף mean?
    According to the needs of all the children (even if they waste!)
  • א – What did יוסף tell פרעה?
    My father & brothers & all that’s theirs have come to גשן
  • כז – What does the פסוק say about ישראל?
    They settled in גשן, took possession of it, and became very many.
  • י - What does ימי שני מגורי mean (רש"י)?
    All my days I was a stranger in the land
  • יג – What years of the famine is the פסוק talking about? (רש"י)
    The first years
  • יד – What did יוסף first collect from the people?
    money
  • ב – Who did יוסף bring to meet פרעה?
    The 5 weakest of the brothers
  • כו – how long was יוסף’s law for?
    Until this day!
  • ב - Why did יוסף choose the weaker looking brothers? (רש"י)
    So that פרעה wouldn’t ask them to be part of his army.
  • יח – What did the people say to יוסף in the 2nd year?
    We have no more money or animals. All that is left is our bodies & land!
  • כ – What did יוסף do to the land?
    He acquired all the land of מצרים for פרעה
  • כא - Why did יוסף move everyone to different cities? (רש"י)
    1) To show that פרעה owns the land 2) so the מצריים couldn’t call the brothers strangers.
  • ג – What did פרעה ask them? What did they answer?
    What is your occupation? We (& our fathers) are shepherds
  • ח – What did פרעה ask יעקב?
    How old are you?
  • ד – What did the brothers explain & ask פרעה?
    We have come because there is no pasture. May we stay in גשן?
  • כב – What happened with the land of the priests? Why?
    They did not sell their land because פרעה gave them food
  • כד – What will the people do with the harvest?
    1/5 to פרעה. The rest for planting and food.
  • ו – What did פרעה tell יוסף to do?
    Settle your family in the best of the land - גשן
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