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Vayeishev 37 20-21

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  • What is the שורש of the word ויצילהו?
    נצל
  • Why did ראובן want to save him?
    רש''י says he knew he would bear responsibility as the oldest
  • What is the difference about how the pit is referred to when the brothers talk about throwing him in and when ראובן does?
    The brothers say one of the pits and ראובן says a specific pit which does not have any water
  • וישמע ראובן - what did ראובן hear?
    That the brothers wanted to kill יוסף
  • How many words are there with the שורש of יד?
    2 - ויד and מידם
  • Who said the words למען הציל אותו
    The תורה
  • Why does it say וישמע ראובן - was he not involved in the plot?
    One answer is that it was his turn to look after their father so he wasn't there but when he heard he rushed there to stop them
  • What does the word אביו mean?
    His father
  • How many times in the פסוקים does it say לא or אל?
    3
  • What does the word במדבר mean?
    In the desert
  • What does the word להשיבו mean?
    To return him
  • What does the prefix נ mean?
    We or us
  • What was ראובן's idea?
    To throw him into the pit without killing him
  • Which word in the פסוקים is one of the מכות?
    דם
  • Which words mean "do not"?
    לא and אל