REVIEW QUESTIONS ON GEMARA AND RASHI

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KIDUSHIN 72
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1)
(a) According to Rav Papa, just as the Amora'im argue about the borders with regard to Yuchsin, so too, do they argue with regard to Gitin. What does he mean by that?
(b) Rav Yosef says that as far as Gitin is concerned, they all agree that the border extends as far as 'Arba Tinyana d'Gishra'. What is ...
1. ... 'Arba'?
2. ... 'Arba Tinyana'?
(c) What did Rami bar Aba mean when he said ...
1. ... 'Chavil Yama Techelta d'Bavel'? What is another name for Chavil Yama?
2. ... 'Shunya d'Guvya Techelta d'Chavil Yama'?
(d) Ravina adds Tzitzura to the latter pair. How do we know that his opinion is authentic?
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2)
(a) What caused Rav Papa to think that Chavil Yama was no longer reliable regarding Yuchsin, because the Kusim had infiltrated their ranks?
(b) What was his mistake?
(c) What alternative explanation does Rashi give to explain Rav Papa's accusation, based on an alternative interpretation of 'Itsa Ba'a Minayhu ... '?
(d) What does Rashi himself comment on this explanation?
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3)
(a) When a man claimed that he was a resident of Shut Meishut, what did Rebbi Yitzchak Nafcha announce?
(b) Abaye explained this announcement with a statement of Rebbi Yosi b'Rebbi Chanina. What did the latter mean when he declared that between the rivers is like Golah? What did he mean by Golah?
(c) How does Abaye reconcile Rebbi Yochanan, who places Shut Meishut south of Ihi d'Kiri, which is the most southernmost point mentioned to date, with his own opinion (cited earlier), that the eastern border ends at the crossing of Gizma (which is further north)?
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4)
(a) What did Rav Ika bar Avin Amar Rav Chananel Amar Rav say about the area of the River Nihavand?
(b) What did he retort when Abaye (unaware that he had quoted Rav Chananel Amar Rav) announced not to take any notice of him, since he only issued this ruling because a Yevamah had fallen to him from that area?
(c) Rav Aba bar Kahana disagreed with the previous ruling, naming each of the places specified by the Pasuk in Shmuel, "va'Yanchem b'Chalach u've'Chavor, Nahar Gozen v'Arei Madai". "Chalach", he explained, is Chilazon', and "Arei Madai", according to some, Nihavand v'Chavrosehah. What did Rebbi Yochanan say about all these areas (which runs contrary to the previous ruling of Rav Ika bar Avin)?
(d) According to Shmuel, 've'Chavrosehah' refers to Mushchi, Chuski and Rumki. Why can 'Mushchi' not be synonymous with Mushchani?
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5)
(a) In Nevuchadnetzar's dream, the first of the four beasts (which corresponded to Bavel and resembled a lion), had "three ribs in its mouth, between its teeth", representing Chilazon, Hadayav and Netzivin. What is the significance of the phrase "in its mouth, between its teeth"?
(b) The second beast resembled a bear. To whom did it correspond?
(c) The Persians resembled bears in four ways, says the Beraisa quoted by Rav Yosef: They ate like bears and were fat like bears. Which other two things does the Beraisa add to the list?
(d) What would Rebbi Ami comment when he saw a Persian astride a horse?
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6)
(a) When Rebbi asked Levi to describe various nationalities, how did he describe ...
1. ... the Persians?
2. ... the Chavrin (neighbors of the Persians, who were wilder than them)?
3. ... Yishme'elim?
4. ... the Talmidei-Chachamim of Bavel?
(b) On his deathbed, Rebbi prophesied about various cities in Bavel. What did he say about ...
1. ... Humnaya?
2. ... Misgarya?
3. ... Birka? What did two brothers do there?
(c) In Birsa d'Satya, they strayed from the path. What did they do ...
1. ... when the pool swarmed a lot of fish?
2. ... when Rav Acha b'Rebbi Yoshiyah placed the culprits in Cherem?
(d) In Akra d'Agma, Rav Ada bar Ahavah sat in the bosom of Avraham Avinu. What difference will it make whether this means that he died on that day or that he was circumcised?
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7)
(a) Who was born on the day that ...
1. ... Rebbi Akiva died?
2. ... Rebbi died?
3. ... Rav Yehudah died?
4. ... Rava died?
(b) What do we learn from here? Which Pasuk in Koheles springs to mind?
(c) Based on the Pasuk in Shmuel "v'Ner Elokim Terem Yichbeh", which famous Tzadik was born before another one died?
(d) On what basis does Rav Yehudah connect the Pasuk in Eichah "Tzivah Hash-m l'Yakov Sevivav Tzarav" to Humnaya and Pum Nahara? What are the ramifications of this statement?
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8)
(a) Rav and Shmuel argue over whether, when Yechezkel ha'Navi cried out at the death of Paltiel ben Benayahu, he cried out for the good or for the bad. What was unusual about his death that caused the Navi to react in this way, assuming that he cried out ...
1. ... for the good?
2. ... for the bad?
(b) How does the one who interprets it ...
1. ... for the good explain it? What good deed did he perform that caused the Navi anguish at his untimely death?
2. ... for the bad explain it? What evil had he perpetrated that caused him to cry out in dismay at his painless death?
(c) Having written (with regard to the previous incident) "P'neihem Keidmah", why did Yechezkel see fit to add "Achoreihem El Heichal Hash-m"? Is this not self-understood?
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9)
(a) Rebbi Chiya bar Avin Amar Shmuel compares Mushchani to 'Golah' regarding Yichus (as we learned earlier). With regard to Meishan, he says, the Chachamim were not worried about Avadim or Mamzerim. What then, were they worried about?
(b) How do we try and prove from here that Shmuel is the one who interpreted the Navi's cry negatively?
(c) We refute this proof however, in that Shmuel may well interpret it positively, only he follows his own reasoning elsewhere. What does Shmuel extrapolate from the Pasuk in Mishpatim "Kol Eved Ish Miknas Kesef"?
(d) How will that explain the fact that the Chachamim were not concerned about Avadim in Meishan?
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10)
(a) Rav Yehudah Amar Shmuel maintains that the author of our Mishnah, which differentiates between Bavel and other lands regarding Yichus, is Rebbi Meir. What do the Chachamim say?
(b) Ameimar permitted Rav Huna bar Nasan to marry a woman from Mechoza, which was situated outside the borders of Bavel, because he relied on Rav Yehudah Amar Shmuel. On what grounds did Rav Ashi object?
(c) Why did Ameimar override Rav Ashi's objection?
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11)
(a) Rebbi Yosi in a Beraisa declares that, when Mashi'ach comes, Mamzerim and Nesinim will be accepted. What does Rebbi Meir say?
(b) How does Rebbi Meir counter Rebbi Yosi's proof from the Pasuk in Yechezkel "v'Zarakti Aleichem Mayim Tehorim u'Tehartem"?
(c) From which words does Rebbi Yosi then include Mamzerim and Nesinim in the concession?
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12)
(a) Bearing in mind that the Pasuk in Zecharyah "Veyashav Mamzer b'Ashdod" refers to the future, what Kashya does this pose on Rebbi Yosi?
(b) How does Rebbi Yosi therefore interpret the Pasuk?
(c) What does Rav Yosef say would have happened had Rav Yehudah Amar Shmuel not ruled like Rebbi Yosi?
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13)
(a) On what basis does Rebbi Yosi in a Beraisa permit a Ger to marry a Mamzeres?
(b) What will be the status of their children?
(c) On what basis does Rebbi Yehudah disagree?
(d) And on what grounds does the Tana then permit a Ger, an Eved Meshuchrar and a Chalal to marry a Kohenes?
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