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Parashat Bereishit: Scavenger Hunt

Parashah Scavenger Hunt שְׁאֵלוֹת הַשָּׁבוּעַ

Welcome to Devash's Parashah Scavenger Hunt for Parashat Bereishit!

  • There is one day of creation where the phrase כִּי טוֹב (ki tov, it was good) does not appear. Which one?
  • On which days does God say פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ (peru u’revu, be fruitful and multiply)?
Aliyah 2 (Bereishit 2:4-19)
  • What were the four rivers that flowed out of Gan Eden?
  • How did animals receive their names?
  • What kind of leaves do the first people sew to cover themselves up?
  • What’s the first thing God asks Adam after he eats from the עֵץ הַדַּעַת (etz hada’at, tree of knowledge)?
  • Who was the son of Irad?
  • How does God make sure that nobody will take revenge against Kayin?
  • There are three women named in this aliyah: what are their names?
  • How many years old was Adam when he died?
  • How old was Adam when he had his third child?
  • What is the oldest God will allow a person to be from now on?
  • Who lived the longest, and how old were they when they died?
Look anywhere in the parashah to find the answer to these questions!
  • What fruit grew on etz hada’at?
  • There are two different pairs of people who each share a name with each other—who are they?
  • Who was the first musician?
  • In the Torah, what is the first place to be named after a person?
  • In our parashah, who answers a question with a question?
From the Haftarah (Yeshayahu 42:5-42:21 for Sefardim 42:5-43:10 for Ashkenazim)
  • What type of song should be sung to God?
Scroll down to see the answers!
Answers: 
Aliyah 1
  • Second Day
  • Days five and six (1:22,28)
Aliyah 2
  • Pishon, Gihon, Hidekel (Tigris), Perat (Euphrates)
  • Adam named them (2:19)
Aliyah 3
  • Fig leaves
  • אַיֶּכָּה (ayekah, where are you)? (3:9)
Aliyah 4
  • Mehuyael
  • God places a mark on him (4:15)
Aliyah 5
  • Tzilah, Adah, Na’amah (Havah is referred to in pasuk 25 but not named) (4:19,22)
Aliyah 6
Aliyah 7
  • 120
  • Metushelah lived to 969 (5:27)
From Anywhere in the parashah
  • The Torah doesn’t say!
  • Hanokh and Lemekh
  • Yuval
  • Hanokh (4:17)
  • Kayin (4:9)
Haftarah
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