Sheva Kolos Seven Questions and Answers for VaYeira

SHEVA KOLOS
Seven Questions for Seven Aliyos
Parshas VaYeira

1. What Hebrew word has dots (nekudos) on top of the word?
2. Avrohom talked to HaShem in counts of 10 Tzadikim. What number was not a “ten” number?
3. The Shalshelet (שַׁלְשֶֶׁ֓ לֶת) is a cantillation mark found in the Torah. It is one of the rarest used, occurring just four times in the entire Torah. What word in this Parsha has this mark?
4. What Hebrew word for the type of Pillar that Lot’s wife became?
5. HaShem heard the cry of whom?
6. How did the city of Beer-Sheva get its name? If “Beer” means well, what does “sheva” mean?
7. What kind of animal did Avrohom ride?

PARSHA QUESTION BEFORE MAFTIR?

List the five angels mentioned in this Parsha?

Seven Answers for Seven Aliyos

1. אליו dots on the Alef, Yud, and Tes
2. 45 (fifty the lack five)
3. ויתמהמה and he lingered
4. מלח Salt
5. Heard the cry of the youth, Yishmael
6. The two of them, Avram and Avimelch took an oath
7. Chamor - donkey

PARSHA ANSWER BEFORE MAFTIR?

1) Three מלאכים came to visit אברהם and turn over סדום.
2) A מלאך guided הגר and ישמעאל
3) A מלאך stopped אברהם by the עקידה and benchted him