1. Since Aysov hates Yaakov so much, how come that he lets Yaakov escape? Why doesn’t he send one of his henchmen to kill Yaakov before he escapes?
2. Yaakov names the place where he had his dream of the Heavenly Ladder, “Beis El,” meaning, “House of G-d.” Where was Yaakov exactly when he had his dream — at Yerushalaim (Mount Moriah) or at Luz? After Yaakov’s naming “the place” “Beis El,” which place, exactly, is called “Beis El”? Yerushalaim or Luz?
3. Why does Yaakov roll off the stone from off the top of the well only after Rochel arrives at the well with her father’s sheep?
4. How can Lovvon justify his cheating Yaakov? After all, Yaakov had said clearly that he was working seven years for Rochel! And what does Lovvon gain from cheating Yaakov? He really dislikes Yaakov intensely, so why does he try to hold him back from going back to Kenaan?
5. Why doesn’t Yaakov tell Lovvon that he wants to return home to his father. Why does he have to escape while Lovvon is away?
6. Why does Rochel steal her father’s idols? If she means to stop her father’s idol-worshipping, why steal them just now?
7. After making the Treaty of Friendship with Yaakov, what does Lovvon do straightaway after he parts from Yaakov that shows what a cheat he is?
8. How did it come about that the Southern Kingdom (“The Kingdom of Yehudah”) was more loyal to Torah than the Northern Kingdom (“The Kingdom of Israel”)?
9. What is the connexion between the Sidra ויצא and the Haftorah according to the Ashkenazzim?
10. What is the connexion between the Sidra ויצא and the Haftorah according to the Sefarradim?
11. Why is the Northern Kingdom, that is, the Kingdom of Israel, sometimes called “Efrayyim”?
12. By what other name is the Kingdom of Israel known and why?
