Twenty Questions on Sefer Shmot

1. Who’s the first adopted person described in the Torah?
2. How many times are the words makah or makot used in regard to the plagues.
3. What are the explanations of Rashi and Ramban for why the Jews cried when the king died? (credit for each)
4. Give an educational reason stated in the Torah as the point of the makot. (3 answers, credit for each)
5. What word, which is used regarding the creation of the world, is used about Moshe when he is born?
6. What are the explanations of Rashi and Ramban for what Pharoh meant when he said he was afraid that the Jews would leave Mitrayim?
7. What synonym for multiplying, according to Seforno, teaches us that the Jews fell to a low level in Mitzrayim?
8. Prove that Moshe cared about justice and peace for all people.
9. When is a kal vechomer used in Sefer Shmot?
10. What is absent from the story told in Perek Bet of Shmot?
11. What are the two ways to translate meyaldot ha’ivriyot?
12.  What does the Abarbanel say is the meaning of the names Shifra and Puah?
13. Which of the makot did not have warnings? (Give the numbers)
14. Give an example from Sefer Shmot where the more someone tries to stop something, the more it happens. (Not The Makot) (LILA USE PIC HERE)
15. From what holiday do we learn that you should learn about a holiday 30 days before it arrives?
16. What are the explanations of Rambam and Ramban of how to reconcile Pharoh having free will with the fact that Hashem hardened his heart? (credit for each)
17. “Vayehi beshalach…” – According to Chazal what mood does the word vayehi indicate? How could that fit here? (credit for each)
18. What 2 makot are comprised of the same letters as each orher?
19. What 3 parts of the Mishkan are comprised of the same letters as each other?
20. Which makah was started by an easterly wind and ended by a westerly wind?