Toldot (Genesis 25:19-28:9)
25:19 What are the two interpretations of the Hebrew word "toldot"?
Why does the verse state "Abraham begot Isaac"?
How was it proven that Isaac was Abraham’s son?
25:20 How old was Rebecca when Isaac married
her?
Why did Isaac wait to marry her?
Why is Rebecca’s lineage and town mentioned
again in this verse?
25:21 Why was Hashem reluctant to grant Isaac’s
request that Rebecca conceive?
What does "opposite his wife" mean?
How do our prayers now differ from the prayers
of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs?
25:22 What are two interpretations of "and the
children crushed"?
What does "and she said, if so" mean?
What does "why is it that I am" mean?
Where did she go "to inquire of Hashem"?
What did she inquire about?
25:23 How did Hashem tell her?
Why is the Hebrew word "goyim" spelled with two
yuds?
What does "regimes" imply?
What does "from your insides shall be separated"
mean?
What does "shall become strong from the other
regime" mean?
25:24 Why is the Hebrew word for twins spelled
without the Hebrew letter aleph?
Where else in the Torah is it spelled correctly?
25:25 What does the color red symbolize in this
verse?
Why was he called "Esau" which comes from the
Hebrew root "assey" (to make)?
25:26 Why is Jacob not referred to as ‘the
second one"?
Why was Jacob grasping Esau’s heel?
How long did Rebecca wait to become pregnant?
How old was Rebecca when she gave birth to Jacob
and Esau?
What was the age of a girl to become pregnant?
What did the heel represent?
Why didn’t Isaac marry a maid-servant in order
to have children?
25:27 How old were the boys?
What does "who knows trapping" mean?
What does "a man of the field" mean?
Whose tents?
25:28 Why is Isaac’s love for Esau in the past
tense in the Hebrew and Rebecca’s love for Jacob is in the present tense in the
Hebrew?
25:29 Why was Esau exhausted?
25:30 What was Jacob cooking and why was he
cooking it?
25:31 What does "sell, as this day" mean?
Why did Jacob want the birthright?
25:32 What does "look, I am going to die" mean?
25:34 Why did Esau belittle the birthright?
26:2 Why did Hashem command Isaac not to descend
to Egypt?
26:5 What does "Abraham obeyed My voice" mean?
What are "safeguards"?
What does "My commandments" refer to?
What does "My edicts" refer to?
What does "My Torahs" refer to?
26:8 What are two interpretations of how and
what Avimelech saw?
26:10 Who does "one of the people" refer to?
26:12 What is the significance of "in that
year"?
Why are both "in that land" and "in that year"
stated in the same verse?
What does "until he was very great" indicate?
26:35 Why were the wives "a provocation of the
spirit:?
What does this verse teach us about exposure to
evil?
27:1 What are three events that caused Isaac’s
eyes to dim?
27:2 What does "I know not the day of my death"
mean?
27:3 What else did Isaac want Esau to sharpen
and why?
What type of game was Esau to catch?
27:7 What does "before Hashem" mean?
27:9 Why did Rebecca want "two choice young
goats"?
If Isaac loved deer why did Rebecca think that
he would love goat meat?
27:15 Why was Esau’s clean garments with his
mother and not with his wives?
Where did Esau get the garments?
27:22 What does the verse have to do about our
being affected by our environment?
27:27 What does this verse have to do with
Joseph Meshisa and with Franz Rosenzweig?
27:34 What does this verse have to do with verse
4:1 in the Book of Esther?
27:39 Why does the Midrash assume that Isaac is
referring to Rome?
27:42 Who told Rebecca?
27:45 How would Jacob know when Esau’s anger
went away?
28:3 Why did Isaac use the term "El Shaddai"?
28:9 Where did Jacob go before he went to Haran
and how long did he stay there?