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7)
(a) What happened to the money that the Shomer to whom it was given for safekeeping gave to his mother?
(b) Why did Rava not consider ...
1. ... the Shomer liable for giving the money to his mother?
2. ... the mother liable for placing the money in a box rather than in the ground?
3. ... the Shomer liable for not informing his mother that the money was not his?
(c) What did Rava therefore rule?
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8)
(a) What happened to the cow that a certain Apotropus purchased on behalf of Yesomim?
(b) This time it was Rami bar Chama who was in a quandary. Why did he not ...
1. ... consider the Apotropus liable?
2. ... initially consider the cowhand liable?
(c) On what grounds would the cowhand in fact have been liable had the Yesomim sustained a loss?
(d) How come that they did not?
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9)
(a) We now suggest that it was the seller who was claiming compensation from the cowhand. What do we think he is claiming?
(b) What is wrong with that suggestion?
(c) Then who is the 'seller' that we are currently talking about?
(d) What did Rami bar Chama finally rule?
(e) How much constitutes 'D'mei Basar be'Zol'?
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10)
(a) What was the problem with obligating the cowhand to pay the seller?
(b) How do we solve it? On what grounds was he bevertheless obligated to pay him?
(c) How much would the cowhand have had to pay to the Yesomim had they sustained a loss?
(d) Why the difference between the two rulings?
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11)
(a) What happened when Reuven handed Shimon a pile of hops to look after, and Shimon instructed his servant to fetch him some hops from his own pile?
(b) Why did Rav Amram not obligate ...
1. ... Shimon to pay?
2. ... the servant to pay?
(c) In which case would Rav Amram have held Shimon liable?
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12)
(a) What problem do we have with the fact that, when all's said and done, Shimon benefited from Reuven's hops? So what if he did?
(b) Rav Sama B'rei de'Rava answers that the beer that he made with the hops turned sour, so that he derived no benefit from the hops at all. How does Rav Ashi answer the Kashya?
(c) Why did he not then have to pay at least for that small benefit?
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