REVIEW QUESTIONS - BAVA METZIA 69

REVIEW QUESTIONS ON GEMARA AND RASHI

Prepared by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler
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1)
(a) What does Rav mean when he permits an Iska where the owner stipulates 'Moser Shelish'?
(b) On what grounds does Shmuel disagree?
(c) On what condition is Iska permitted according to Shmuel?
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2)
(a) What did Rav mean when he said 'Reish Egla le'Pituma'? Why do we initially think that this contradicts his previous statement?
(b) But we conclude that what Rav meant was that 'Reish Egla le'Pituma' is an alternative to Moser Shelish. What is the alternative answer? How might we establish 'Moser Shelish', so as not to clash with Shmuel?
(c) On what popular adage is this answer based?
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3)
(a) When Rebbi Elazar from Hagrunya purchased an animal, and arranged an Iska with someone for half the profit and half the losses, what did he pay him to avoid Ribis?
(b) Why did the Mekabel's wife advise her husband to buy half the animal from Rebbi Elazar? What did she expect him to gain by doing so?
(c) What disappointment awaited him after he listened to her?
(d) To what did Rebbi Elazar attribute the fact that ...
1. ... the Mekabel now received less than before?
2. ... the latter was exerting himself to look after Rebbi Elazar's half of the animal without getting paid for it (though they would have shared the feeding expenses, had there been any)?
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4)
(a) How long does Sumchus in a Beraisa obligate the Mekabel in an Iska to look after ...
1. ... an ass?
2. ... a small animal (e.g. a sheep)?
(b) What are the ramifications of this ruling?
(c) What does the Tana mean when he adds 'Aval Eino Domeh Tipulah shel Shanah Rishonah ... '? How do we translate 'Aval'?
(d) We suggest that it may be the Mekabel who has the right to prevent the owner from selling at the end of the first year, because the second year is easier than the first. On what grounds do we refute this suggestion?
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5)
(a) What Shiur Tipul does another Beraisa give for looking after the newborn babies of ...
1. ... small animals?
2. ... of large animals (such as cows)?
(b) From where do we learn this distinction?
(c) Rebbi Yosi obligates the Mekabel to look after the babies of small animals for three months, because their teeth are small. So what if they are?
(d) From then on, the Mekabel receives half the gains, because half of the babies are his. What does he receive ...
1. ... out of the other half?
2. ... as payment for the trouble of looking after the other half and the food?
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6)
(a) When Rav Menasheh bar Gada (who was the Mekabel) took for himself half the babies that were born from an Iska (from his half), plus half of those that were born from his partner's half, Abaye raised the objection 'Ma'an Palag Lach'. What did he mean by that?
(b) What other objection did he raise?
(c) What did Rav Papa rule when ...
1. ... one year, one of two Kuta'i partners who had entered into an Iska, divided the money without his partner's consent, and his partner complained?
2. ... the following year, when the other partner got up and divided the wine that they had purchased with the proceeds, without his partner's consent?
(d) What did Rav Papa decide to do, when the first partner smugly commented that he (Rav Papa) favored him every time?
(e) What exactly did he tell him?
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7)
(a) We just cited Rav Nachman, who stated 'Zuzi ke'Ma'an de'Palig Dami'. How do we qualify Rav Nachman's statement?
(b) What did Rav Chama used to do with his coins?
(c) Why did he lose all his money?
(d) One of the two differences between renting a spade and renting money (that render the latter Ribis, but not the former) is that whereas the renter returns the same spade that he received, that is not the case with money (which is normally meant to be spent). What is the other?
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8)
(a) On what grounds did Rava issue a ruling permitting Reuven to give Shimon four Zuz ...
1. ... to induce him to lend Levi a sum of money? Why is this not Ribis?
2. ... to induce him to ask Levi to lend him (Reuven) a sum of money?
(b) Why did the wax-merchants used to give Aba Mar bar Papa small wax Chalos?
(c) What did his father (Rav Papa) retort when the Rabanan complained that his son was accepting Ribis?
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9)
(a) What does our Mishnah say about entering into an Iska regarding a cow or a donkey, or anything which works and eats?
(b) We have already learned that one follows the local custom whether to divide the newborn babies immediately or to wait until they are fully grown. What does Raban Shimon ben Gamliel then say about entering into an Iska regarding a calf or a filly together with its mother?
(c) The Tana concludes 'Mafriz al Sadeihu, ve'Eino Choshesh Mishum Ribis' (which will be explained shortly). What is the translation of ...
1. ... 'Mafriz al Sadeihu' source from the Torah
2. ... the alternative text 'Mafrin al Sadeihu'?
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10)
(a) What is the case of ...
1. ... 'Mafriz al ha'Sadeh'?
2. ... 'Mafriz al ha'Chanus' and 'Mafriz al ha'Sefinah', which the Beraisa forbids?
(b) What is the basic difference between 'Mafriz al ha'Sadeh', which the Tana permits, and 'Mafriz al ha'Chanus ve'al ha'Sefinah', which he forbids?
(c) According to Rav Nachman Amar Rabah bar Avuha, even the Tana will agree that sometimes, 'Mafriz al ha'Chanus ve'al ha'Sefinah' are permitted. When is that?
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11)
(a) What did Rav mean when he said 'Agra u'Pagra'?
(b) What did Rav Kahana and Rav Asi then mean when they objected 'I Agra Lo Pagra, I Pagra Lo Agra!'? Why is that?
(c) What was Rav's reaction to Rav Kahana and Rav Asi's Kashya?
(d) What did Rav Sheshes comment on Rav's silence?
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12)
(a) Although the Tana of the Beraisa permits Kabalas Tzon Barzel from a Nochri, he forbids it from a Yisrael. What are 'Tzon Barzel'? Why are they called by that name?
(b) Why is Kabalas Tzon Barzel from a Yisrael prohibited?
(c) The Beraisa then permits Reuven to rent a cow to Shimon which he assesses at thirty Dinar, for a Sela per month. Seeing as Reuven assessed the animal's value, what does the Tana mean when he adds 'L'fi she'Lo As'ah Damim'?
(d) What does Rav Sheshes prove from this Beraisa?
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13)
(a) Rav Papa ruled that regarding a boat, 'Agra u'Pagra' is permitted. What did he add about the Minhag of the Bnei Kufra? Who were the 'Bnei Kufra'?
(b) What do we mean when we ask 'Atu be'Minhaga Talya Milsa'?
(c) What do we answer?
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