REVIEW QUESTIONS ON MISHNAYOS
Prepared by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler
of Kollel Iyun Hadaf, Yerushalayim
daf@dafyomi.co.il http://www.dafyomi.co.il
Mishnah 1
1)
(a) How many testimonies of R. Chanina S'gan ha'Kohanim is the Mishnah now about to record?
(b) In his first testimony, what did he state with regard to burning meat of Kodshim that had become Tamei via an Av ha'Tum'ah (and was now a Rishon) together with meat that had become Tamei via a V'lad ha'Tum'ah?
(c) What did he mean by 'V'lad ha'Tum'ah'?
(d) Why might we have thought that what the Kohanim did ought to be forbidden?
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2)
(a) Based on the Pasuk in Shemini (in connection with Tum'as Ochlin "Tamei Hu", why is the increase in Tum'ah even less than it initially appears?
(b) Why did the Kohanim not worry about causing Kodshim additional Tum'ah?
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3)
(a) R. Akiva goes one step further. According to him, the Kohanim used to burn Terumah-oil that had become Tamei via a T'vul-Yom in a lamp that had become Tamei via a Tamei Meis. What level of Tum'ah is ...
1. ... Terumah-oil that became Tamei via a T'vul-Yom?
2. ... a lamp that became Tamei via a Tamei Meis?
(b) What sort of lamp is R. Akiva talking about?
(c) In which two points is R. Akiva's testimony more stringent than that of R. Chanina S'gan ha'Kohanim?
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Mishnah 2
4)
(a) What did R. Chanina S'gan ha'Kohanim testify regarding the skin of a Tereifah Korban?
(b) Why might we have thought that it should?
(c) What did R. Akiva extrapolate from his words with regard to skinning a Bechor Ba'al-Mum nowadays?
(d) What is he coming to teach us?
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5)
(a) Based on what principle did the Chachamim reject R. Chanina S'gan ha'Kohanim's ruling?
(b) On what basis do they hold that the skin must be burned?
(c) On what condition is the Halachah like R. Akiva regarding a Bechor Ba'al-Mum?
(d) Like whom is the Halachah regarding a Bechor Tamim?
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Mishnah 3
6)
(a) R. Chanina S'gan ha'Kohanim also testified on a small village near Yerushalayim regarding money-matters. What did he say about an old man who used to lend money to the villagers? How did he used to arrange documentation of the loans?
(b) What did the Chachamim say when they got to hear about it?
(c) What can one learn from there with regard to a woman writing a Get and the man his receipt?
(d) What is the reason for this ruing?
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7)
(a) He further testified about a needle that is found in the body of a Hekdesh animal. What is special about the needle?
(b) According to his testimony, both the knife and the hands are Tahor. What did he mean by 'the hands'?
(c) What about the Basar?
(d) On what principle did he base his lenient ruling?
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8)
(a) How does the Basar become Huchshar Lekabeil Tum'ah?
(b) Why would the water with which they subsequently wash it in the Azarah not qualify for that?
(c) Why do the hands not become Tamei due to the Din that Tamei food renders hands Tamei mi'de'Rabbanan?
(d) On what condition did R. Chanina S'gan ha'Kohanim declare even the Basar Tahor?
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Mishnah 4
9)
(a) R. Yishmael testified three things before the Chachamim in Kerem be'Yavneh. Why was the Sanhedrin called by that name?
(b) The first of the three things was that a beaten (see Tiferes Yisrael) egg that is poured on to a vegetable of Terumah is considered joined to the it. What are the ramifications of this ruling?
(c) On what condition did he not consider them joined?
(d) Why is that (see Tiferes Yisrael)?
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10)
(a) The second of R. Yishmael's testimonies concerns a stalk (or stalks ; Tiferes Yisrael]) of corn who's tip reaches the standing corn. What did he say about it?
(b) And the third testimony concerns a small garden surrounded by an Aris. What is an 'Aris' in this context?
(c) What is the root of the word?
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11)
(a) How large must the garden be to allow planting vegetables in it?
(b) What is the minimum space that must one leave between the vines and the vegetables?
(c) Seeing as one is anyway obligated to leave the required six Tefachim, why is one then forbidden to plant in the middle if the garden does not meet the above measurements?
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Mishnah 5
12)
(a) They cited three issues in front of R. Yishmael. Why did R. Yehoshua ben Masya need to explain them?
(b) Two of them concerned Hilchos Shabbos, the first in connection with bursting a boil. On what condition did R. Yehoshua ben Masya ...
1. ... forbid it?
2. ... permit it?
(c) What is the reason for ...
1. ... forbidding it?
2. ... permitting it?
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13)
(a) The second Halachah in connection with Shabbos concerned trapping a snake. On what condition did R. Yehoshua ben Masya ...
1. ... permit it?
2. ... forbid it?
(b) What is the reason for permitting it?
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14)
(a) The third issue that was said in front of R. Yishmael concerned the Tum'ah of Lefasin Iraniyi'os. What are 'Lefasin Iraniyi'os'? How are they made?
(b) Why did R. Yehoshua ben Masya declare them Tahor be'Ohel ha'Meis?
(c) Then why did he declare them Tamei be'Masa ha'Zav?
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15)
(a) On what grounds does R. Elazar ben Tzadok disagree with R. Yehoshua ben Masya's latter ruling?
(b) Why do we nevertheless rule like the latter?
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Mishnah 6
16)
(a) The first of three things that were said before R. Yishmael, with which R. Akiva disagreed, concerned garlic that one crushed before nightfall (on Friday afternoon). What are the other two things?
(b) What are 'Melilos?
(c) What did R. Yishmael permit one to do?
(d) What does one subsequently do with the juice?
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17)
(a) What is the Din in the equivalent case regarding juice that flows from fruit on Shabbos?
(b) Why is that?
(c) On what grounds does R. Yishmael then permit the juice in our case?
(d) What does R. Akiva say?
(e) Like whom is the Halachah?
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Mishnah 7
18)
(a) They said two things before R. Akiva in the name of R. Eliezer. How many things did they say in the name of R. Yehoshua?
(b) R. Eliezer permitted a woman to walk in the street wearing an Ir shel Zahav. What is an 'Ir shel Zahav'?
(c) Why might we have thought that it is forbidden to do so?
(d) Then why does R. Eliezer permit it (see Tosfos Yom-Tov)?
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19)
(a) And what did R. Eliezer say about 'Mafrichei Yonim' (people who indulge in pigeon-racing)?
(b) What else might 'Mafrichei Yonim' mean?
(c) Why is this forbidden?
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20)
(a) What did R. Yehoshua say about a weasel holding a dead Sheretz in its mouth that passes over loaves of Terumah?
(b) Why does he not suspect that the Sheretz touched the loaves?
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Mishnah 8
21)
(a) What does the Mishnah say about the three things on which R. Akiva testified?
(b) They agreed with his ruling that a Sandal shel Sayadin is Tamei Medras. What is a 'Sandal shel Sayadin'?
(c) Why does one wear it?
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22)
(a) They also conceded to him that the minimum Shi'ur (in height) of a broken oven (to retain its Tum'ah) is four Tefachim. What sort of oven is the Mishnah talking about? How is it made?
(b) What did the Chachamim previously hold?
(c) The third testimony of R. Akiva was that if two of the boards that make up a chair's seating section are removed, it still remains Tamei (as a K'li Kibul). Why is that?
(d) On what grounds do the Chachamim disagree with him?
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Mishnah 9
23)
(a) How many things did R. Akiva list that a son 'inherits' on the merit of his father?
(b) If the first three things are good looks, strength and wealth, what are the last two?
(c) What sort of wisdom is R. Akiva referring to?
(d) What is the difference between wealth and the other four?
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24)
(a) What else might R. Akiva mean when he says 'ha'Av Zocheh la'Ben ... '?
(b) Sometimes, he adds, a father merits for future generations before Him (see Tosfos Yom-Tov), based on a balance between years and generations. What example does he give for this?
(c) What do we see from there?
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Mishnah 10
25)
(a) R. Akiva refers to the judgement of the Dor ha'Mabul (see Tosfos Yom-Tov), of Iyov (see Tosfos Yom-Tov) and of the Egyptions (see Tosfos Yom-Tov). What do they all have in common?
(b) How many more items did he include in this list?
(c) If the fourth item is the judgement of Gog and Magog, what is the fifth, based on the Pasuk in Yeshayah "Ve'hayah Midei Chodesh be'Chodesh ... "?
(d) What does the Pasuk then mean?
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26)
(a) R. Yochanan ben Nuri disagrees with R. Akiva in this last point. What does he say, based on the continuation of the Pasuk "u'Midei Shabbos be'Shabbato"?
(b) How is the connection between the two?
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