BEREISHIS
- (1,1)
- Why
did Hashem not begin the creation of the world with the letter Aleph?
- (1,1)
- Why
did the
Torah not write “G-d
created in the beginning”?
- (1,1)
- How
do the
double-letters
of the
Aleph-Beis correspond to the five books of the Torah?
- (1,2)
- Which
of
Hashem’s creations
first
acknowledged that there was a G-d in the world?
- (1,3)
- Why
does it
say “and there
was light”,
and not “and it was so”?
- (1,4)
- What
separation did Hashem
make between
the light and the darkness?
- (1,4)
- Why
did Hashem
create the primordial light in the first place, if He knew that He
would immediately have to hide it away?
- (1,5)
- Which
part of
the day did each day’s creation take place?
- (1,5)
- Why
does the
day follow the night?
- (1,9)
- Where
does
the Torah allude to the stipulation that Hashem made with the Red Sea
to split for Yisrael when they needed it?
- (1,12)
- Why
did
Hashem not punish the earth as soon as it sinned?
- (1,22)
- Why
did
Hashem only mention the fowl indirectly when He blessed them and the
fish to be fruitful and multiply?
- (1,26)
- Question 13 not yet
translated How
could Hashem curse Adam and Chava after He had already blessed them?
- (1,29)
- Question 14 not yet
translated Why
did
Hashem need to state clearly that Adam was only allowed to eat
seed-bearing fruit?
- (1,30)
- Question 15 not yet
translated Why
were
the animals and birds not able to eat from the tree of knowledge
initially?
- (1,31)
- Question 16 not yet
translated Why
were
the things which Hashem created during the first five days only 'good
and not 'very good'?
- (2,15)
- Question 17 not yet
translated Why
did
Hashem place Adam in Gan Eden?
- (2,23)
- Question 18 not yet
translated Why
was
Adam pleased when Chava was given to him to be his partner?
- (3,1)
- Question 19 not yet
translated Why
does the posuk say “which Hashem, G-d made”?
- (3,1)
- Question 20 not yet
translated Why
did the serpent ask Chavah such a strange question?
- (3,4)
- Question 21 not yet
translated Was
the fruit of the tree of knowledge poisonous?
- (3,8)
- Question 22 not yet
translated Why
did Adam and Chavan only hear the voice of Hashem in the east?
- (3,14)
- Question 23 not yet
translated Why
was the serpent punished for doing his job?
- (3,14)
- Question 24 not yet
translated Why
did all the other animals curse the serpent?
- (3,15)
- Question 25 not yet
translated If
the serpent had been allowed to defend himself, what excuse could he
have made?
- (3,17)
- Question 26 not yet
translated Why
was the earth punished because Adam listened to Chavah?
- (3,17)
- Question 27 not yet
translated Why
is the profusion of weeds an appropriate punishment for Adam’s sin?
- (4,5)
- Question 28 not yet
translated What
did Kayin regret when he saw that his offering was not accepted?
- (4,9)
- Question 29 not yet
translated Why
was Kayin’s constantly having to wander an appropriate punishment for
killing Hevel?
- (4,14)
- Question 30 not yet
translated Why
did Kayin continue to sin after Hashem placed a sign on his forehead?
- (4,14)
- Question 31 not yet
translated What
did the sign on Kayin’s forehead protect him from?
- (4,14)
- Question 32 not yet
translated Why
did the animals wish to harm Kayin?
- (4,24)
- Question 33 not yet
translated Why
did Lemech choose the number seventy-seven?
- (5,24)
- Why
has the world never again had a tzaddik like Chanoch?
- (5,29)
- Why
was Lemech confident that Noach would bring rest to the world?
- (6,3)
- Question 36 not yet
translated Why
did Hashem restrict the life of man to 120 years?
- (6,7)
- Question 37 not yet
translated Why
was Noach the 'cause' of his generation’s destruction?
- (1,1)
- Question 1 not yet
translated Why
did Shlomo
Hamelech think that he could be as great as Moshe Rabbeinu?
- (1,1)
- Question 2 not yet
translated Why
was Hashem
certain that Yisrael would accept the Torah when He created the earth?
- (1,26)
- Question 3 not yet
translated Why
is a
haughty person considered like an idol worshiper?
- (1,29)
- Question 4 not yet
translated What
type of
meat could Adam HaRishon eat before he ate from the forbidden fruit?
- (1,31)
- Question 5 not yet
translated How
does the
phrase “and behold it was very good” connote death, sleep, the angel of
life, and the Kingdom of Heaven?
- (3,12)
- Question 6 not yet
translated How
could Adam
HaRishon say to Hashem that he would continue to eat from the forbidden
fruit?
- (3,21)
- Question 7 not yet
translated How
were Adam
and Chavah permitted to wear the same clothing?
- (4,3)
- Question 8 not yet translated Why
did Kayin
bring his offering from the produce of the earth, and not an animal?