The end and beginning of a secular new year finds the pundits and columnists of the world engaging in their games of “Ten Best” and “Ten Most” of the year. So that the faithful readers of this column not feel deprived this writer hereby presents his own list of “Ten”: The Ten most intriguing Torah questions of the past twelve months. This week because of space limitations we offer the questions only and will please G-d offer some suggested answers in our next column.
1. In the first chapter of Bereishis what single Hebrew root word is found in several forms more than any other? What is the significance of the repeated use of this word? (Not including the name of G-d or vayehi erev vayehi boker or yom or vayomer….)
2. In Ch. 4:5 of Bereishis both Kayin and his brother Hevel offer up sacrifices to the Creator. What is the underlying reason that G-d accepts the offering of Hevel but does not accept the offering of Kayin?
3. In the story of Yosef and his brothers what was the cause of the envy that the brothers bore toward Yosef? Surely it was more than that multi-colored cloak which their father had given Yosef.
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