REVIEW QUESTIONS - MEGILAH 7

REVIEW QUESTIONS ON GEMARA AND RASHI

Prepared by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler
of Kollel Iyun Hadaf, Yerushalayim
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1)
(a) Rav Shmuel bar Yehudah cites Esther as having requested of the Chachamim 'Kav'uni la'Doros!' What did she mean by that?
(b) What did she reply when they initially declined, on the grounds that doing so would only incite the hatred of the Nochrim?
(c) According to Rav, Rebbi Chanina, Rebbi Yochanan and Rebbi Chaviva, she also requested 'Kisvuni l'Doros (to include Megilas Esther among the holy writings). Which name do we amend, whenever this set of names appears in Seder Mo'ed?
(d) And what did the Chachamim mean when, in answer to her request, they quoted the Pasuk in Mishlei "ha'Lo Kasavti Lecha Shalishim". What they mean?
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2)
(a) The Chachamim relented however, on account of the Pasuk in Beshalach "Kesov Zos Zikaron ba'Sefer". How did this Pasuk cause them to change their minds?
(b) The above explanation is also the opinion of Rebbi Elazar ha'Muda'i. How does Rebbi Yehoshua explain the Pasuk in Beshalach?
(c) What can we infer from Rav Yehudah Amar Shmuel's statement, that Esther does not render one's hands Tamei?
(d) How do we reconcile this with another statement of his, where he says that Esther was said with Ru'ach ha'Kodesh?
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3)
(a) According to Rebbi Meir, Koheles does not render the hands Tamei, and there is a Machlokes by Shir ha'Shirim; according to Rebbi Yosi, there is a Machlokes by Koheles, whereas Shir ha'Shirim definitely does render the hands Tamei. What does Rebbi Shimon say about ...
1. ... Koheles?
2. ... Rus, Shir ha'Shirim and Esther?
(b) How do we reconcile Shmuel (who just said that Esther does not render the hands Tamei) with Rebbi Shimon (with whom, as far as Rus and Esther are concerned, neither of the other two Tana'im in the Beraisa argue with him)?
(c) On what grounds does Rebbi Shimon ben Menasya maintain that Koheles does not render the hands Tamei?
(d) It appears from the Pasuk in Melachim "va'Yedaber Sheloshes Alafim Mashal", which are not recorded) that those parables which are (including Koheles) were said with Ru'ach ha'Kodesh. From which Pasuk in Mishlei do we finally prove it?
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4)
(a) The Tana'im bring a number of proofs that Esther was said with Ru'ach ha'Kodesh. Some say from "Va'yomer Haman b'Libo" (Rebbi Eliezer), others from "va'Tehi Esther Noseis Chen b'Einei Kol Ro'ehah" (Rebbi Akiva) ... from "Vayivada ha'Davar l'Mordechai" (Rebbi Meir) ... and from "u'va'Bizah Lo Shalchu es Yadam" (Rebbi Yosi ben Durmaskis). What proof (from Megilas Esther) does Shmuel bring?
(b) According to Rava, there is a flaw in each Tana's proof. What is the flaw in the proof from ...
1. ... "Vayomer Haman b'Libo"?
2. ... "va'Tehi Esther Noseis Chen b'Einei Kol Ro'ehah"?
3. ... "va'Yivada ha'Davar l'Mordechai"?
4. ... ""uva'Bizah Lo Shalchu es Yadam"?
(c) What did Rava mean when he quoted a mantra that 'one sharp pepper is better than baskets-full of melons'?
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5)
(a) What does the Beraisa cited by Rav Yosef extrapolate from the words ...
1. ... "u'Mishlo'ach Manos Ish l'Re'eihu"?
2. ... "u'Matanos la'Evyonim"?
(b) What did Rebbi Oshaya say to Rebbi Yehudah Nesi'a, when he sent him the thigh of a third calf and a flask of wine?
(c) When Rabah gave Abaye Mishlo'ach Manos which included a sack of dates to take to Mari bar Mar, what did the latter comment?
(d) What did he then comment to Mari when he sent him back with a sack of ginger and a cupful of long peppers?
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6)
(a) What happened to Abaye on one occasion when, after leaving Rabah's house fully satisfied, he arrived at Mari bar Mar, and they brought him sixty different kinds of sweet dishes?
(b) What mantra did he quote to prove his point?
(c) Abaye bar Avin and Rav Chanina bar Avin were both very poor. How did they mange to fulfill the Mitzvah of Mishlo'ach Manos bon Purim?
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7)
(a) How drunk is one obligated to become on Purim?
(b) What happened one Purim, when Rabah and Rebbi Zeira fulfilled this Mitzvah?
(c) What did Rebbi Zeira reply when, the following year, Rabah suggested that they eat their Purim Se'udah together again?
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8)
(a) What does Rava learn from the Pasuk in Esther "Yemei Mishteh v'Simchah"?
(b) What did Rav Ashi comment when Ameimar assumed that the Rabanan were late for the Derashah one Purim because they were busy with the Purim Se'udah?
(c) Ameimar corrected him. What did he teach him?
(d) How many times did Rav Ashi ask Ameimar to repeat what he just said?
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9)
(a) According to our Mishnah, the only difference between what is permitted and what is forbidden on Shabbos and on Yom Tov is 'Ochel Nefesh'. The author of our Mishnah cannot be Rebbi Yehudah, who permits something else on Yom Tov that is forbidden on Shabbos. What is it?
(b) The Tana of our Mishnah learns from the Pasuk in Bo "Hu" 'v'Lo Machshirav'. Rebbi Yehudah learns his concession from a Pasuk in the same Parashah. Which Pasuk?
(c) What does ...
1. ... the Tana Kama learn from "Lachem"?
2. ... Rebbi Yehudah learn from "Hu"?
(d) What is an example of a Melachah that could not have been performed on Erev Yom Tov?
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10)
(a) What is the only difference between the Melachos of Shabbos and those of Yom Kippur listed by our Mishnah?
(b) The author of our Mishnah must be Rebbi Nechunyah ben ha'Kanah, who holds that Shabbos and Yom Kippur have the same Din as regards 'Tashlumin'. What does this mean?
(c) What do the Rabanan say?
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11)
(a) We learned in a Mishnah in Makos that, according to Rebbi Chananya ben Gamliel, all Chayvei Kares who receive Malkus, are absolved from Kareis. What did Rebbi Yochanan comment make regarding that Mishnah?
(b) How does Rava try to prove Rebbi Yochanan's statement from our Mishnah?
(c) Rav Nachman (bar Yitzchak) refutes Rava's proof by establishing our Mishnah like Rebbi Yitzchak. What does Rebbi Yitzchak say?
(d) Rav Ashi considers that unnecessary. He refutes Rava's proof even if the author is not Rebbi Yitzchak. How does he do that?
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