AKEIDAS YITZCHAK

1) וַיִּבֶן שָׁם אַבְרָהָם אֶת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ (כב:ט) -

Why "the Mizbe'ach" (with the definite article)?

2) וַיַּעֲקֹד אֶת יִצְחָק בְּנוֹ -

What does the term 'Akeidah' mean?

3) וַיָּשֶׂם אֹתוֹ עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ -

An Olah is not usually slaughtered atop the Mizbe'ach. Why did Avraham intend to do so?

4) לִשְׁחֹט אֶת בְּנוֹ (כב:י) -

Throughout this section, it says "Yitzchak Beno." Why at this point does it say only "Beno"?

AN ANGEL CALLS OUT

5) וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָהָם אַבְרָהָם (כב:יא) -

Why did the angel call Avraham's name twice?

6) וְאַל תַּעַשׂ לוֹ מְאוּמָה (כב:יב) -

Why was it necessary to add, "and don't do anything to him?"

7) כִּי עַתָּה יָדַעְתִּי -

After Avraham's test, what was now known (or demonstrated) that was not known before?

8) וַיֹּאמֶר ... -

Why (in the next Aliyah, 22:16) does the angel later speak in Hashem's name, "Ne'um Hashem" - but not in this Pasuk?

A RAM IN YITZCHAK'S STEAD

9) וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה אַיִל (כב:יג) -

How did a ram suddenly appear out of nowhere? What made Avraham realize that it was there for him to sacrifice in place of Yitzchak?

10) נֶאֱחַז בַּסְּבַךְ בְּקַרְנָיו -

What can we expound from these words, in connection to Rosh Hashanah?

11) תַּחַת בְּנוֹ -

How did Avraham demonstrate that the ram was in Yitzchak's stead?

THE SITE FOR AVODAH

12) ה' יִרְאֶה (כב:יד) -

What is the meaning of the name "Hashem Yir'eh"? Why does the Torah then repeat, "today it will be said... 'Hashem will be seen'"?

13) ה' יִרְאֶה -

Yir'eh is spelled the same way as Yir'ah - fear of Hashem. What did Avraham now accomplish in the trait of Yir'ah?

14) בְּהַר ה' יֵרָאֶה -

Chazal point out that Avraham referred to the site of the Beis Hamikdash as a "mountain," Yitzchak perceived it as a "field," and Yaakov as a "house." Why?

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