Torah Teasers

Parshas Toldos

1. In what two contexts does the number 40 appear in this parsha?
2. In what other contexts does the number 40 appear in the book of Genesis? (5 answers)
3. Which verse in this parsha has five verbs in a row?
4. In this parsha we are informed of the birth of the twins Yaakov and Esav. Which other set of twins appears in the Torah?
5. Besides Esav, who else in Tanach is called an "admoni" - a person with reddish complexion?
6. Who in the Torah is referred to as a firstborn male or female? (10 answers - 9 in the book of Genesis)
7. Whose neck is mentioned in this parsha? (2 answers)
8. Where else in the book of Genesis is a neck mentioned? (4 answers)
9. Who cries in this parsha? Where else in the book of Genesis does someone cry? (8 answers)
10. Which single verse in this parsha mentions all the following: A grandfather and grandson, a grandfather and granddaughter, a father and son, an uncle and nephew, a husband and wife, a father-in-law and son-in-law, and a brother and sister?