- The parsha begins: "And the Lord remembered Sarah..." What does that mean in this context?
It means that Hashem remembered His promise that from Avraham and Sarah would descend a great nation. Hashem remembered Sarah and she conceived.
- How old were Avraham and Sarah when Yitzhak was born?
100 and 90
- Who was Hagar and how did she come to be Avraham's bondwoman?
Egyptian; daughter of Pharaoh; given to Avraham when he was in Egypt.
- Where was Hagar sent when Avraham cast her out?
wilderness of Beersheva
- When Avraham and Sarah were living near Beersheva, who were most of the other people living there?
Philistines
- Avraham had a dispute with Abimelech about what and how was it settled?
The dispute was about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized. Avraham gave Abimelech sheep and cattle and they made a covenant regarding the well.
- We are told that Rosh Hashana is a day of blowing the horn. It is called yom what?
Yom Truah
- Avraham took Isaac and two young men to go to Moriah to sacrifice Isaac to Hashem. According to midrash, who were the two young men?
Ishmael and Eliezer
- What did Avraham call the place where he was to have sacrificed Isaac, and what does the name mean?
Hashem Yireh - Hashem is seen (on the mountain)
- What animal was to used for a sin offering?
A he-goat for a sin offering.
- All of the animals to be sacrificed have something in common. What is it?
They were to have no blemishes
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