- How many plagues are there in Bo and what are they?
3; locusts, darkness, and death of almost all the first born
Egyptians and the first born of their beasts
- On what wind did the locusts come and on what wind were they blown
away, and to where?
The locusts came on the East wind, left on the West wind, and were
driven into the Red Sea.
- Name any 7 of the mitzvot given in Bo.
Observance of Rosh Hodesh (establishing the months); ritual slaying
of the Pesach offering; eating of the offering; fully roasting of the
offering; leaving no flesh of the offering; removal of hametz from our
dwellings; eat matza on Passover; to have no hametz in your possession
during Pesach; to eat nothing containing hametz during Passover; give
nothing to eat of the Passover offering to an apostate Jew; give no part
of the Passover offering to a partial proselyte or resident (not fully
converted); to carry no flesh of the Passover offering outside; to break
no bone of the Passover offering; no uncircumcised person may eat of the
Passover offering; sanctifying the first-born, whether human or animal;
to eat no hametz during Passover; to see no hametz during Passover; to
recount the exodus from Egypt forever; to redeem the first-born donkey;
to break the neck of an unredeemed first-born donkey.
- What are the 2 Hebrew names for the month in which Pesach falls?
Aviv; Nisan
- On what day of the month do you select the lamb for sacrifice on? On
what day do you sacrifice it? When do you eat it?
10th; 14th; it must be finished before morning
- What is the penalty for eating leven during Pesach?
One's soul is cut off from Israel
- What was dipped in the blood of the sacrifice and then used to put
the blood on the lintel and doorposts?
A bunch of hyssop
- How many Israelites went into Egypt counting Yosef and his two sons?
How long were the Israelites there and how many came out according to
pshat?
70;430 years;in this parsha it says about 600,000
- The use of tefillin is mentioned in this week's pasha once, twice, or
three times?
Twice: verses 13:9 and 13:16
- We are told that Moshe stretches forth his hand toward the heavens
and there was a thick darkness that could be felt in all the land of
Egypt for 3 days. Then we are told "they saw not one another, neither
rose any from his place for 3 days." How does Rashi explain this
mentioning of 3 days of darkness twice and how does he interpret why the
darkness was brought?
He says there were two sets of darkness, 3 days each; the first
was so dark that they could not see one another; the second was twice as
thick and they could not move.
There were any number of wicked
Israelites who did not want to leave Egypt and Hashem was going to kill
them during the 3 days of darkness. He did not want the Egyptians to see
this happen and say that the Israelites were killed just as the
Egyptians. Also, the period of darkness allowed the Israelites to go
through the homes of the Egyptians to see what they had. The Egyptians
would likely say they had nothing when the Israelites asked them for
what they needed.
- We are told that all the first born of the Egyptians were to die.
Does Rashi agree that that is what happened, and if no, what does he
say?
Pharaoh was a first born and he was spared so he could attest to
Hashem's wonders.
- According to midrash, the children of Israel were redeemed because
of 4 meritorious acts. What were they?
They did not change their names; they did not change their
language; they did not reveal their secrets (Moshe had told them that
they would leave with many Egyptian possessions); they did not abandon
circumcision.
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