Parsha Quiz, Va'era

Here are the questions I gave to my group from last weeks parsha. See how well you do on this second parsha of Exodus.


1.Q. What does todays parsha title have in common with another one from B’resheet?

2.Q. What was the name that Abraham,Isaac and Jacob knew G-d by?

3.Q. What does El Shaddai mean?

4.Q. What covenant did He establish with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? And why does HaShem meantion it here?

5.Q. What four things did HaShem tell Moses to tell the people he would do for them?

6.Q. How are these related to what Messiah Yeshua did for us?

7.Q. There is a bit of a sidenote that gives us the tribal heads and their offspring. Only the first three sons of Jacob are mentioned though. The ages of some of these members of the tribes are stated, who and why?

8.Q. How many times did Moshe deny speaking to Pharoah to HaShem?

9.Q. HaShem told Moshe that he had put him in the place of whom? And Aaron was to be what?

10.Q. How old was Moshe and Aaron when they spoke to Pharoah?
Why is this important?

11Q What was the miracle G-d gave Aaron to perform before Pharaoh to make him believe he was sent by G-d? Why do you think G-d chose this?

12.Q. What did Aarons snake do to the court magicians snakes?

13.Q. Who turned the Nile to blood?

14.Q. but why does it say they both did?

15.Q. How many of the miracles that moshe and Aaron performed were the court magicians able to duplicate?

16.Q. After which miracle did Pharoah start to repent?

17.Q. Since Pharoah seems to be repentant Moshe gave him the priveledge of nameing something, what?

18.Q. How did Aaron perform the next plague? And what was it?

19.Q What or who did the plague of lice effect?

20.Q. What did the magicians do this time?

21.Q The next plague showed separation of some kind, what was it?

22.Q. what did this 4^thplague do to Pharoah, what did he tell Moshe?

23.Q what was Moshe reply?

24.Q.What was the next plaque and what or who did it effect?

Answers:

1.A. Parashah 4 is called Vayera meaning, ‘He appeared’, today’s form
is ‘I appeared’
2.A. They knew him as El Shaddai
3.A. It means G-d Almighty, but the
hebrew word Shad means breast and it
implies that Shaddai signifies one who nourishes, supplies, and satisfies. It
is God as El who helps, but it is God as Shaddai who abundantly blesses with
all manner of blessings.
4.A. The covenant for the land of Kanann

5.Answer.
1. I will free you from the slavery of the Egyptians
2. I will rescue you from their oppression
3. I will redeem you with an outstreatched arm and great judgements
4. I will take you as my people , and I will be your G-d.

6 Answer.

1. Freed from being slaves to sin
   
2. Took away our oppression from that burden of sin
   
3. Redeemed us by the tree by stretching out his arms and dying and great judgements fell on those who did it ( Yeshua uses this imagery to tell Kefa of his death john 21:18 ( someone read)
   
4. Yet to come, the marriage supper of the lamb.
   

7.A. Levi – 137 - Levis’ second son K’hat – 133 – K’hat 1^st son, Amram – 137 – Why? This is the geneology of Moshe and Aaron to trace their Levitical heritage.

8.A 5 in the last parsha – 2 in this parsha total 7 times
9.A. G-d, His prophet
10.A. Moshe was 80 and Aaron 83
11,A The rod into a snake.
12.A. His snake ate all the others up, demonstrating that the G-d of Aaron and Moshe was much greater than their G-ds
13.A. Aaron did
14.A.Because Aaron was the prophet and Moses was like G-d the power behind what Aaron did
15.A. The rod into snake, the water into blood, the frogs but no lice, or after so 3 total
16.A. The second one,the frogs
17.A. the time he wanted the frogs to die, and this would prove to him that Moshes G-d was true G-d
18.A by striking the dust with his rod to bring up the lice
19.A. The people and animals
20.A. They couldn’t produce the lice and told Pharoah this was the finger of G-d.
21.A The plaque of swarming insects were throughout Egypt except in Goshen, G-d displayed his favor on his people
22.A. He allowed him to go sacrifice but in the land of Egypt.
23.A they couldn’t because it was an abomination to the Egyptians, they needed to remove themselve 3 days journey away.
24.A. The plaque on the cattle, horses, donkeys, camels and flocks, , but only those belonging to the Egyptians