Questions & Answers on the Parsha

Questions

1. In what way did the B’nei Cheis show respect for Soroh?
2. If Rivka would have refused to marry Yitzchok where would Eliezer have gone to find a Shidduch for him?
3. Why did Eliezer run to Rivka?
4. How long did it take for Eliezer to travel from Avrohom’s house to Aram Na’Harayim?
5. What did Eliezer give to Rivka’s mother and brother?
6. Why was Avrohom afraid to bless Yitzchok?

Answers

1. By closing their businesses to join in Soroh’s Levayo, (רש"י כ"ג:י').
2. To the families of Oner, Eshkol and Mamrei, (רש"י כ"ד:ח').
3. Because he saw that the water rose towards her when she came to the well, (רש"י כ"ד:י"ז).
4. He had Kefitzas HaDerech and arrived on the same day he left, (רש"י כ"ד:מ"ב).
5. Different sorts of fruits, (רש"י כ"ד:נ"ג).
6. Because he saw that Esov would descend from him, (רש"י כ"ה:י"א).