- What do you see as the difference between Moshe taking Yosef's bones
to Eretz Yisrael and Yosef taking Yaakov's?
Yosef took Yaakov's after 30
days of mourning; Moshe took Yosef's after several hundred years.
- How did B'nai Yisrael know the way to travel?
Hashem provided a
pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night for them to follow.
- Through whose land did Hashem not lead B'nai Yisrael and why?
Philistines; if B'nai Yisrael would see war, they would be afraid, and since
they would be so near Egypt and it would be easy to go back, that is
what they would do.
- Pharaoh had finally let the Israelites go; in fact, he pushed them
out. When he learned that they might be lost in the wilderness, what
caused him to go after them?
Hashem hardened Pharaoh's heart to get honor. According to Rashi, when
Hashem avenges himself against the wicked, His name is exalted and
honored.
- When the Egyptians began to catch up with B'nai Yisrael, the angel of
G-d made sure that the Egyptians would not catch up. What did the angel
do?
He moved the pillar of cloud from before B'nai Yisrael to behind them
so the Egyptians could not see them.
- According to the parsha, what made the sea part so as to make a dry
path?
Moshe stretched his hand over the sea and Hashem caused the sea to
go back by a strong east wind all the night.
- What had been the attitude of B'nai Yisrael when they saw the
Egyptian soldiers moving in on them, and what was it after they saw the
Egyptians drowned?
First they were afraid and said they wished they had never listened to
Moshe and had stayed in Egypt where they were safe; afterwards, they
feared Hashem; they believed in Him, and in His servant, Moshe.
- What do we find strange about these attitudes? What does it say about
us as human beings?
They had seen Hashem's great miracles only a few
days before; how quickly they could lose their faith, and then how
quickly it was restored.
- After B'nai Yisrael left the sea and went into the wilderness, they
quickly encountered a problem. What was it and how was it resolved?
After 3 days, they found no water to drink. Hashem showed Moshe a
certain tree and he cast it into the bitter waters, and the waters were
made sweet.
- At this point, Hashem made for us a statute and an ordinance. What
did He say to us?
That if we diligently hearken unto His voice and do
what is right in His eyes, will pay heed to His commandments and keep
all His statutes, He would ensure that B'nai Yisrael would suffer none
of the diseases which He had placed upon the Egyptians; i.e., the
plagues and various catastrophes.
- On the 45th day after leaving Egypt, B'nai Yisrael were murmuring
against Moshe and Aaron. What was their problem this time and how was it
resolved?
They ran out of the food they had brought with them out of Egypt; Hashem provided manna and quail for them to eat until they were full.
Manna in the morning and quail in the evening.
- Each day B'nai Yisrael were to gather how much manna, and eat it by
when? What happened if they gathered too much or too little?
They were
to gather 1 omer per person per day except on Yom Shishi, when they were
to gether two omers per person, one for Shabbat. If they gathered more
than an omer, it was still the correct amount. If less, they still had
enough. They could not allow any manna to be left over until the next
day except on Yom Shishi.
- How much is an omer?
1/10 of an ephah.
- When B'nai Yisrael went into the wilderness of Sin, they once again
ran short of water. What did Hashem tell Moshe to do to produce the
water and what did Moshe do?
He told Moshe to take his rod and smite a
certain rock in Horeb. Moshe did as Hashem instructed and the water
flowed.
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