Mishnah 1
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1)

(a)The Tana Kama permits someone who is Noder min ha'Yarak to eat pumpkins. What does Rebbi Akiva say?

(b)How does ...

1. ... the Tana Kama prove his point from a Shali'ach who is sent to purchase vegetables, assuming he only finds pumpkins?

2. ... Rebbi Akiva prove his point from the very same case?

(c)How does he therefore conclude?

(d)Like whom is the Halachah?

(e)What does the Mishnah finally say about the same person eating white beans? When may he and when may he not?

1)

(a)The Tana Kama permits someone who is Noder min ha'Yarak to eat pumpkins. Rebbi Akiva rules - that it is forbidden (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

(b)On the one hand ...

1. ... the Tana Kama proves his point from a Shali'ach who is sent to purchase vegetables, assuming he only finds pumpkins - who will then inform the Meshale'ach that he only found pumpkins (and that he therefore declined to purchase them), whilst on the other ...

2. ... Rebbi Akiva prove from there - that pumpkins must be a species of Yerek, since he saw fit to inform the Meshale'ach that that was all he found (he did not tell him that he only found legumes).

(c)He therefore concludes - that pumpkins are a species of Yerek, legumes are not.

(d)The Halachah is ' like the Tana Kama (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

(e)The Mishnah finally rules that - the same person is permitted to eat dry white beans, but not as long as they are still moist (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

Mishnah 2
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2)

(a)On what grounds does Rebbi Meir forbid someone who is Noder from Dagan to eat dry Egyptian beans? What distinguishes them from wet ones?

(b)What do the Chachamim say? What does 'Dagan' incorporate according to them?

2)

(a)Rebbi Meir forbids someone who is Noder from Dagan to eat dry Egyptian beans - because he interprets Dagan as any produce that one throws into a heap after winnowing, and that includes dry Egyptian beans (but not moist ones).

(b)According to the Chachamim- 'Dagan' incorporates the five species of corn (See Tos. Yom-Tov) exclusively.

3)

(a)Which term incorporates the five kinds of corn exclusively, according to Rebbi Meir?

(b)What does 'Dagan' incorporate, according to him?

(c)What does it not incorporate?

(d)Like whom is the Halachah?

3)

(a)According to Rebbi Meir - 'Tevu'ah' incorporates the five kinds of corn exclusively.

(b)'Dagan', according to him incorporates - all species of legumes ...

(c)... but not fruit and vegetables.

(d)The Halachah is - like the Tana Kama.

Mishnah 3
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4)

(a)The Mishnah permits someone who is Noder from a K'sus to benefit from Sac, Yeri'ah and Chamilah. What is a 'K'sus'?

(b)What do Sac, Yeri'ah and Chamilah have in common in this context

(c)What does the Tana Kama say about someone who is Noder from ...

1. ... 'wool' covering himself with shearings of wool?

2. ... 'flax' covering himself with stalks of flax?

4)

(a)The Mishnah permits someone who is Noder from a K'sus - (a garment) to benefit from Sac, Yeri'ah and Chamilah.

(b)Sac, Yeri'ah and Chamilah in this context - are all clothes of sorts (See Tos. Yom-Tov) made of coarse material which people do generally not wear.

(c)According to the Tana Kama, someone who is Noder from ...

1. ... 'wool' - is permitted to cover himself with shearings of wool.

2. ... 'flax' - is permitted to cover himself with stalks of flax.

5)

(a)What does Rebbi Yehudah mean when he says that it all depends on the Noder?

(b)He gives an example regarding someone who is carrying a load of wool or linen, who is sweating profusely and is hard of breath on account of his burden, and who is then Noder 'Konam Tzemer u'Pishtim Olim alai'? What does he ...

1. ... permit him to do?

2. ... forbid him to do?

(c)Like whom is the Halachah?

5)

(a)When Rebbi Yehudah says that it all depends on the Noder, he means - that it depends on the circumstances that prevail at the time of the Neder.

(b)He gives an example regarding someone who is carrying a load of wool or linen, who is sweating profusely and is hard of breath on account of his burden, and who is then Noder 'Konam Tzemer u'Pishtim Olim alai'. He ...

1. ... permits him - to cover himself with it, but ...

2. ... forbids him - to sling it over his shoulder (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

(c)The Halachah is like Rebbi Yehudah (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

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6)

(a)Rebbi Meir permits someone who is Noder from a house to benefit from (to enter) the attic. What do the Chachamim say?

(b)What is the basis of their Machlokes

(c)What do both Tana'im hold there where he is Noder from the attic?

6)

(a)Rebbi Meir permits someone who is Noder from a house to benefit from (to enter) the attic. The Chachamim - forbid it (See Tos. Yom-Tov) ...

(b)... because they hold that the attic is an intrinsic part of a house, whereas Rebbi Meir maintains that it is not.

(c)Both Tana'im agree however, that - someone who is Noder from the attic - is permitted to benefit from the house.

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7)

(a)Rebbi Meir permits someone who is Noder from a bed to sleep on a Dargesh. What is a 'Dargesh'?

(b)What do the Chachamim say?

(c)Like whom is the Halachah?

(d)What if he is Noder from a Dargesh?

7)

(a)Rebbi Meir permits someone who is Noder from a bed to sleep on a Dargesh - (s small bed via which one clambers on to the regular bed that is placed beside it).

(b)The Chachamim - forbid it.

(c)The Halachah is - like the Chachamim.

(d)If he is Noder from a Dargesh however - both agree that he is permitted to sleep on a regular bed.

8)

(a)What does the Mishnah say about somebody who is Noder from the city entering its T'chum (two thousand Amos beyond the city walls)?

(b)The Tana forbids him however, to enter its Ibur. What is the 'Ibur'?

(c)Why is it called by that name?

(d)Up to where is a person who is Noder from a house permitted to go?

8)

(a)The Mishnah rules that somebody who is Noder from the city - may enter its T'chum (two thousand Amos beyond the city walls) ...

(b)... but not its 'Ibur' - up to seventy Amos plus the houses that protrude from within seventy Amos of the city walls (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

(c)It is called by that name - because the city with its protruding houses are reminiscent of a pregnant woman.

(d)A person who is Noder from a house however (See Tos. Yom-Tov) is permitted to go - up to the inner tip of the house's threshold (the point where the door closes).

Mishnah 6
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9)

(a)What does the Mishnah say about someone who declares 'Konam Peiros Eilu alai', Konam hein al-Pi' or 'Konam hein le'Fi', with regard to benefiting from the fruit ...

1. ... or the money that he obtains in exchange for the forbidden ones (Chilufeihen)?

2. ... of the tree that grows from the seeds of the forbidden fruit (Giduleihen)?

(b)Why did the Chachamim forbid the Chilufin?

(c)On what grounds did they forbid the Gidulin?

(d)What if he declared 'Konam Peiros she'Ani (or 'she'Eini) Ochel" or ' ... she'Ani To'em'?

9)

(a)The Mishnah rules that someone who declares 'Konam Peiros Eilu alai', Konam hein al-Pi' or 'Konam hein le'Fi', is forbidden to benefit from the fruit ...

1. ... or the money that he obtains in exchange for the forbidden ones (Chilufeihen) Lechatchilah (See Tos. Yom-Tov) and from the fruit ...

2. ... of the tree that grows from the seeds of the forbidden fruit (Giduleihen).

(b)The Chachamim forbade the Chilufin - as part of the decree not to benefit from whatever one receives in exchange for Isurei Hana'ah.

(c)They forbade the Gidulin - like they forbade Gidulei Hekdesh.

(d)If he declared 'Konam Peiros she'Ani (or 'she'Eini) Ochel" or ' ... she'Ani To'em'- then he would be allowed to eat both the Chilufin and the Gidulin.

10)

(a)On what condition are even the Gidulei Gidulin forbidden?

(b)What is a example of that?

(c)Why is that?

10)

(a)Even the Gidulei Gidulin are forbidden however - with regard to 'fruits' whose seeds do not terminate (See Tos. Yom-Tov) ...

(b)... such as onions

(c)... because then it remains constantly as if the 'fruit' is still in existence.

Mishnah 7
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11)

(a)What does the Tana say about someone who says to his wife 'Konam Ma'aseh Yadayich alai', Konam hein al-Pi' or 'Konam hein le'Fi', with regard to benefiting from ...

1. ... whatever is obtained in exchange for her products?

2. ... of a tree that grows from the seeds that she planted?

(b)What if he declares 'Konam Ma'aseh Yadayich she'Ani (or 'she'Eini) Ochel" or ' ... she'Ani To'em'?

(c)And what if she produces fruit whose seeds do not terminate?

11)

(a)The Tana forbids someone who says to his wife 'Konam Ma'aseh Yadayich alai', Konam hein al-Pi' or 'Konam hein le'Fi', to benefit from ...

1. ... whatever is obtained in exchange for her products or from the fruit ...

2. ... of a tree that grows from the seeds that she planted (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

(b)If he declared 'Konam Ma'aseh Yadayich she'Ani (or 'she'Eini) Ochel" or ' ... she'Ani To'em' - then he is allowed to eat both the Chilufin and the Gidulin ...

(c)... but not the fruit of a tree that she planted whose seeds do not terminate, in which case even the Gidulei Guidulin are forbidden.

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12)

(a)What does the Mishnah say about a man who says to his wife 'Konam ...

1. ... she'At Osah Eini Ochel ad ha'Pesach' or 'she'At Osah Eini Miskaseh ad ha'Pesach'?

2. ... she'At Osah ad ha'Pesasch Eini Ochel' or 'she'At Osah ad ha'Pesach Eini Miskaseh'?

12)

(a)The Mishnah rules that if a man says to his wife 'Konam ...

1. ... she'At Osah Eini Ochel ad ha'Pesach' or 'she'At Osah Eini Miskaseh ad ha'Pesach' - that whatever she produces he may not eat or wear until after Pesach, when it becomes permitted (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

2. ... she'At Osah ad ha'Pesach Eini Ochel' or 'she'At Osah ad ha'Pesach Eini Miskaseh' - that whatever she produces before Pesach is forbidden to him forever.

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13)

(a)If, between Succos and Pesach, a man is Madir his wife Hana'ah until Pesach if she will go home to visit her parents until the following Succos, what does the Tana say in the event that she goes to visit them ...

1. ... before Pesach?

2. ... after Pesach?

(b)And what does the Tana say about a man who is Madir his wife Hana'ah until Succos should she go to visit her parents before Pesach in the event that she goes before Pesach?

(c)What about her continuing to visit them after Pesach?

13)

(a)If, between Succos and Pesach, a man is Madir his wife Hana'ah until Pesach if she will go home to visit her parents until the following Succos, in the event that she goes to visit them ...

1. ... before Pesach - the Tana forbids her to have Hana'ah from her husband until Pesach (See Tos.Yom-Tov).

2. ... after Pesach - she will have transgressed the La'av of 'Lo Yachel Devaro' retroactively (and will be subject to Malkos [See Tos. Yom-Tov]).

(b)The Tana also rules that if a man is Madir his wife Hana'ah until Succos should she go to visit her parents before Pesach, in the event that she goes before Pesach - she is forbidden to benefit from him until Succos.

(c)She is however - permitted to continue visiting them after Pesach (See Tos. Yom-Tov).