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Parashat Vayeitzei: Scavenger Hunt

Parashah Scavenger Hunt שְׁאֵלוֹת הַשָּׁבוּעַ

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

  • What was the original name of the place where Yaakov had his dream?
  • What did Yaakov do with the rock that had been under his head while he slept?
Aliyah 2 (Bereishit 29:1-17)
  • Why couldn’t the shepherds remove the stone from the well?
  • Who kisses whom in this aliyah?
  • Who was Yaakov’s fifth son, and who was that son’s mother?
  • What is Zilpah’s job?
Aliyah 4 (Bereishit 30:14-27)
  • What did Rahel want from Leah?
  • What is the name of Leah’s youngest child?
  • What kinds of sheep and goats belonged to Yaakov under the deal he made with Lavan?
Aliyah 6 (Bereishit 31:17-42)
  • What did Rahel steal?
  • How long does it take for Lavan to discover that Yaakov had run away?
  • There are two Aramaic words in our parashah—what are they?
  • What place has two names?
Look anywhere in the parashah to find the answer to these questions!
  • Yaakov set up two stone pillars—what were their locations?
  • How many years did Yaakov work for Lavan in total?
  • Two separate explanations are given for the name of one of Yaakov’s children. Which child, and what are the explanations?
  • Of the 12 children born in the parashah, how many does Yaakov name himself?
From the Haftarah (Hoshea 11:7-12:12 for Sefardim and 12:13-14:10 for Ashkenazim)
  • Haftarah for Sefaradim: Where did Yaakov supplant his brother?
  • Haftarah for Ashkenazim: What does Hoshea recommend we take with us, in order to return to God through תְּשׁוּבָה (teshuvah)?
Scroll down to see the answers!
Answers: 
Aliyah 1
  • Luz
  • He set it up as a pillar and poured oil on it (28:18)
Aliyah 2
  • They needed to wait until all the shepherds gathered (it seems the stone was too heavy to move without everyone’s help)
  • Yaakov kisses Rahel (29:10), Lavan kisses Yaakov (29:13)
Aliyah 3
  • The son: Dan; his mother: Bilhah
  • Leah’s maidservant (29:24)
Aliyah 4
  • The דּוּדָאִים (duda’im, mandrakes) that her son, Reuven, found in the field
  • Dinah (30:21)
Aliyah 5
  • Brown sheep, along with all spotted and speckled sheep and goats (30:32)
Aliyah 6
  • Her father’s terafim
  • Three days (31:22)
Aliyah 7
  • יְגַר שָׂהֲדוּתָא (Yegar Sahaduta), the name that Lavan gives the place he and Yaakov made their בְּרִית (brit, agreement)
  • The place where Lavan and Yaakov make their agreement—Lavan calls it Yegar Sahaduta and Yaakov calls it Gal-Eid (31:47)
From anywhere in the parashah
  • בֵּית אֵל (Beit El; Bereishit 28:19) and גַּלְעֵד (Gal’eid; 31:4)
  • 20 (31:38)
  • Yosef—אָסַף אֱלֹהִים אֶת חֶרְפָּתִי (asaf Elohim et herpati, God has taken away my disgrace; Bereishit 30:23) and יֹסֵף יהוה לִי בֵּן אַחֵר (yosef Adonai li ben aher, may God add another son for me; 30:24)
  • None! (But Yaakov does name Binyamin in next week’s parashah)
Haftarah
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