Shemos #3- Swarming

What does the passuk mean when it says וישרצו? Isn’t that word usually used for reptiles amd bugs because it means squirmed amd swarmed and covered the land? This is from passuk 7. 

Rashi says it just means the Jewish mothers gave birth to many babies at one time. In one birth, they could have 6 babies. What else could we learn from this Passuk?

Shemos #2- Counting Again?

Why does Hashem start Shmot by counting the names of Bnei Yisrael again?
This question comes from Rashi pasuk aleph, his implied question being why did Hashem count Bnei Yisrael again. Rashi has an interesting approach on this, that he counted them again because they are so precious to him, but this led me to a further question: although Hashem wants to show that he loves them, can’t he do that in other ways, because isn’t it just extra for the Torah to repeat all the names? Another question is why are names specifically so important in the Torah?  

Shemos #1- Good Boy?

ו: וַתַּ֥הַר הָאִשָּׁ֖ה וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַתֵּ֤רֶא אֹתוֹ֙ כִּי־ט֣וֹב ה֔וּא וַֽתִּצְפְּנֵ֖הוּ שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה יְרָחִֽים׃ 

6: The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was good so she hid him for three months.

Rashi asks a question on the words כי טוב הוא  asking what it mean and he says that when moshe was born the whole house was filled with light.

Are there any other interpretations of what כי טוב הוא could mean? Why does moshe being good lead to יוכבד hiding him? 

Vayechi #3- Blessings?

:ו. בְּסֹדָם אַל תָּבֹא נַפְשִׁי בִּקְהָלָם אַל תֵּחַד כְּבֹדִי כִּי בְאַפָּם הָרְגוּ אִישׁ וּבִרְצֹנָם עִקְּרוּ שׁוֹר

6. Let my soul not enter their counsel; my honor, you shall not join their assembly, for in their wrath they killed a man, and with their will they hamstrung a bull.

Right before Yaakov died, he gave blessings to each of his sons. However, in this passuk we see Shimon and Levi were given a blessing that would seem to be negative, and a punishment for their actions against the city of Shchem. Yaakov says "Let my soul not enter their counsel." Why does Yaakov say this? What does it mean? What is this counsel he is referring to?

Rashi has an interesting interpretation on this: that this is the future incident of Zimri 

that Yaakov is referring to.

As we see, Shimon and Levi did something worthy of their father's discomfort when being addressed. What are other interpretations of these words? Why does Yaakov seem to be giving these two sons a curse? What did these two brothers do that they deserve this? Is there any positive interpretation of such an outburst? How could this be considered a blessing?

Vayechi #2- Who are these?

ח. וַיַּרְא יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת בְּנֵי יוֹסֵף וַיֹּאמֶר מִי אֵלֶּה:
Then Israel saw Joseph's sons, and he said, "Who are these?" 

What does this mean that Yaakov had to ask who was there? Who else would Yosef bring  for a blessing?!Rashi says that Yaakov asked because when Ephraim and Menashe entered the room, 
Yakov's shechinah left him. This was due to their future descendants that were going to be evil kings. What is another interpretation of why Yaakov asked who was there? Why are Ephraim and Menashe given a special blessing? Why do we include them in the blessing to sons Friday nights?

Vayechi #1- Not Bury in Egypt?

In this week's parsha, in פרק מז, פסוק כט Yaakov asks Yosef to make sure that he will not bury his father in מצרים. The pasuk says: 

״וַיִּקְרְבוּ יְמֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לָמוּת וַיִּקְרָא | לִבְנוֹ לְיוֹסֵף וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ אִם נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ שִׂים נָא יָדְךָ תַּחַת יְרֵכִי וְעָשִׂיתָ עִמָּדִי חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת אַל נָא תִקְבְּרֵנִי בְּמִצְרָיִם״

When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, "If I have now found favor in your eyes, now place your hand beneath my thigh, and you shall deal with me with loving kindness and truth; do not bury me now in Egypt.

Rashi asks why does יעקב care where he is buried? After all, isn't it really his physical body that will buried in Egypt since the important part of his body, his שכינה, will go up to ה׳? Rashi provides three reasons one of which is that he didn't want the מצריים to deify him.

Q: What are other reasons for why Yaakov cared so much about not being buried in מצרים? Why is burial so important in Judaism?