12-22 Parsha Math
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Rabbi Benyomin HoffmanPARSHA MATH
Number of Years That Yosef Was in Prison
1 Yosef was 18 (2217) upon entering prison
Yosef was 30 (2229) when released from prison
י 2 "ב
Years Yaacov Did Not See Yosef
(until nine years after Yosef was released from prison)
2
כ"ב 2
Decide which of the following concepts are from 12 or from 22:
________ Number of constellations in the night sky
________ Number of letters in the Alef Bais
________ Number of items created during the six days of creation
________ Number of stones in the BreastPlate (Choshen) of the Cohen Gadol
________ Number that placed their eyes in what was not their’s (example: Sotah,
the original snake, etc.) see Sotah 70b
________ Number of stones placed in the Yarden river by Yehoshua
________ The Menorah in the Bais HaMikdash had this many ornamental cups
________ Number of times the word Ashrei is mentioned in Sefer Tehillim
________ Number of times the word Toldos is written in the Torah
Math Note: 22 is the partition of the number 8 (a Partition of a number is a way to
count the methods to add numbers to a sum of that particular number)
The partitions of 8 are listed below:
1. 8 9. 4 + 3 + 1 17. 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1
2. 7 + 1 10. 4 + 2 + 2 18. 2 + 2 + 2 + 2
3. 6 + 2 11. 4 + 2 + 1 + 1 19. 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1
4. 6 + 1 + 1 12. 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 20. 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1
5. 5 + 3 13. 3 + 3 + 2 21. 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1
6. 5 + 2 + 1 14. 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 +1
7. 5 + 1 + 1 + 1 15. 3 + 2 + 2 + 1 22. 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1
8. 4 + 4 16. 3 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 +1+1
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NOTES FOR TEACHER OR PARENT
Age group – 12 years and up
Objective of this lesson:
Appreciate math in the Parsha
Introduction to concepts within Judaism of words and their numeric values
ANSWER SHEET
___12___ Number of constellations in the night sky
___22___ Number of letters in the Alef Bais
___22___ Number of items created during the six days of creation
___12___ Number of stones in the BreastPlate (Choshen) of the Cohen
Gadol
___22___ Number that placed their eyes in what was not their’s
(example: Sotah, the original snake, etc.) see Sotah 70b
___12___ Number of stones placed in the Yarden river by Yehoshua
___22___ The Menorah in the Bais HaMikdash had this many
ornamental cups
___12___ Number of times the word Ashrei is mentioned in Sefer Tehillim
___22___ Number of times the word Toldos is written in the Torah
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