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7)
(a) What did Rebbi Yitzchak say about someone who says (with regard to Torah-learning) ...
1. ... 'I toiled but did not succeed'?
2. ... 'I did not toil but succeeded'?
(b) When is he believed?
(c) Why does the above not apply to success or failure in business?
(d) When does it not even apply to learning Torah either?
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8)
(a) What does Rebbi Yitzchak learn from the Pasuk in Tehilim ...
1. ... "Al Tischar ba'Merei'im"?
2. ... "Yachilu Derachav b'Chol Eis"?
3. ... "Marom Mishpatecha Minegdo"?
4. ... "Kol Tzorarav Yafi'ach Bahem"?
(b) What did Rebbi Yochanan quoting Rebbi Shimon bar Yochai learn from the Pasuk in Mishlei "Ozvei Torah Yehalelu Rasha, v'Shomrei Torah Yisgaru Bam" (which seems to contradict Rav Yitzchak's statement)?
(c) How does Rebbi Dusta'i bar Masun in a Beraisa (who appears to have an independent opinion in the matter) explain the Pasuk "Al Tischar ba'Mere'im v'Al Tekanei b'Osei Avlah", so as not to clash with that of "Ozvei Torah ... "?
(d) What initial distinction do we make between the two Pesukim to answer the Kashya on Rebbi Yitzchak?
(e) How else might we answer it, by differentiating between ...
1. ... two kinds of Tzadikim?
2. ...two kinds of success?
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9)
(a) Ula equates Italy of the Greek Empire with the large city of Rome. How ...
1. ... large was it?
2. ... many market-places did it contain?
3. ... large was the bird-market (the smallest of them all)?
(b) The Emperor would dine in one of the market-places every day. What would someone in that market-place have to do in order to receive a prize from the Emperor?
(c) What purpose did the five hundred windows in the three thousand bath-houses serve?
(d) The sea blocked one side of Rome, mountains and hills, another. What blocked ...
1. ... the third side?
2. ... the fourth side?
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10)
(a) According to the Tana of our Mishnah, which are the only two things that one will not be Yotzei if one already performed them in Adar Rishon and the Chachamim then declare a leap year?
(b) In which regard do we infer from our Mishnah that Adar Rishon and Adar Sheni have the same status?
(c) The Tana Kama of the Beraisa says that all Mitzvos that apply in Adar Sheni, apply in Adar Rishon, except for that of reading the Megilah. In which point does he argue with Raban Shimon ben Gamliel, who says in the name of Rebbi Yosi, that someone who reads the Megilah in Adar Rishon must read it again in Adar Sheni?
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11)
(a) It is obvious that the author of our Mishnah cannot be Rebbi Eliezer b'Rebbi Yosi (in the previous Beraisa), who says that one does not need to read the Megilah again in Adar Sheni. Why does the author of our Mishnah not appear to be ...
1. ... the Tana Kama of the Beraisa?
2. ... Raban Shimon ben Gamliel?
(b) How do we reconcile our Mishnah with the Tana Kama?
(c) We reconcile it with Raban Shimon ben Gamliel however, by amending the wording in our Mishnah to read 'Ein Bein Arba'ah-Asar she'b'Adar Rishon l'Arba'ah-Asar she'b'Adar Sheni Ela Mikra Megilah u'Matanos (in which case, we are not concerned with the four Parshiyos at all). In which regard do we now infer from our Mishnah that Adar Rishon and Adar Sheni have the same status?
(d) Like which Tana does Rebbi Chiya bar Avin Amar Rebbi Yochanan rule?
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12)
(a) Both Rebbi Eliezer b'Rebbi Yosi (who holds that the Megilah is read in Adar Rishon) and Raban Shimon ben Gamliel (who says that it is read in Adar Sheni) learn their respective opinions from the Pasuk in Esther "b'Chol Shanah v'Shanah. How does ...
1. ... Rebbi Eliezer b'Rebbi Yosi learn his opinion from there?
2. ... Raban Shimon ben Gamliel learn his?
(b) Rebbi Eliezer b'Rebbi Yosi declines to learn like Raban Shimon ben Gamliel, because his reason is based on a sound principle. Which principle?
(c) According to Rav Tavi, Raban Shimon ben Gamliel holds that the Sevara of 'Mismach Ge'ulah li'Ge'ulah' takes precedence over the principle of 'Ein Ma'avirin al ha'Mitzvos. What does 'Mismach Ge'ulah li'Ge'ulah' mean?
(d) Rebbi Elazar gives the source for Raban Shimon ben Gamliel as being a Pasuk in Esther. Which Pasuk?
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13)
(a) Having written "ha'Shenis" (according to Rebbi Elazar) why did the Pasuk need to add "b'Chol Shanah v'Shanah"?
(b) Rebbi Eliezer b'Rebbi Yosi (in whose opinion one reads the Megilah in Adar Rishon) explain the Pasuk "ha'Shenis" like Rav Shmuel bar Yehudah. What does he say?
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