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9)
(a) Based on the Pasuk in Mishlei "ba'Avod Resha'im Rinah", how, in three words, does Rebbi Acha bar Chanina explain the Pasuk in Melachim (in connection with the death of Achav, King of Yisrael) "va'Ya'avor ha'Rinah (ba'Machaneh")?
(b) On what basis does he connect the latter Pasuk from the former one?
(c) What does Rebbi Yonasan derive from the Pasuk in Divrei ha'Yamim (in connection with Yehoshafat's defeat of Amon) "be'Tzeis Lifnei ha'Chalutz ve'Omrim Hodu la'Hashem ki le'Olam Chasdo"? Why does the Pasuk omit the words "ki Tov"?
(d) He also learns this from a Pasuk in Beshalach. How does Rebbi Shmuel bar Nachmeni Amar Rebbi Yonasan interpret the Pasuk in Beshalach (in connection with the Camps of Yisrael and of the Egyptians) "ve'Lo Karav Zeh el Zeh Kol ha'Laylah"?
(e) How does Rebbi Yossi b'Rebbi Chanina reconcile this with the Pasuk in Ki Savo "Kein Yasis Hash-m Aleichem Leha'avid Eschem" (implying that Hash-m does rejoice when Resha'im are destroyed)?
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10)
(a) When Achav died, the Pasuk writes that the prostitutes bathed in his blood. Rebbi Elazar interprets the words "ve'ha'Zonos Rachatzu" as 'le'Marek Sh'tei Chezyonos', by which he means the two visions of Michoyhu and Eliyahu. What was the vision of ...
1. ... Michoyhu?
2. ... Eliyahu?
(b) What does 'le'Marek Sh'tei Chezyonos' mean?
(c) In spite of the un-likelihood of the phrase "ve'ha'Zonos Rachatzu" being literal, Rava translates it literally. What sort of prostitutes is the Pasuk referring to?
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11)
(a) The Syrians won the battle by shooting only one arrow. What was unusual about the way it was shot?
(b) What happened to that arrow?
(c) Rebbi Elazar interprets the word "le'Tumo" as 'L'fi Tumo' (innocently), as we explained. How does Rava interpret it?
(d) The Pasuk in Melachim writes "Vayikra Achav el Ovadyahu ... ve'Ovadyah Yarei es Hash-m Me'od". How does Rebbi Yitzchak connect the two phrases? What did Achav ask Ovadyah, citing both Ya'akov and Yosef?
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12)
(a) What is Rebbi Aba referring to when he says that what is written by Achav is greater than what is written by Avraham?
(b) To which single deed does Rebbi Yitzchak ascribe Ovadyah meriting prophecy? Why could he otherwise not have possibly attained it?
(c) According to Rebbi Avahu, Achav hid the hundred prophets in two caves simply because he could not fit them all into one. Rebbi Elazar however, explains that he took his cue from Ya'akov Avinu. What does he mean by that? Which episode is he referring to?
(d) Ephrayim Maksha'ah, a disciple of Rebbi Meir, attributes Hashem's choice of prophesying about Edom's downfall through Ovadyah to the fact that he was an Edumean convert (as a sort of poetic justice). What does Rebbi Yitzchak say? Who are the two Resha'im and the two Tzadikim to whom he refers?
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13)
(a) Bearing in mind Ephrayim Maksha'ah's previous explanation, what does Rebbi Yochanan in the name of Rebbi Shimon bar Yochai say, based on the Pasuk in Shmuel (in connection with David Hamelech) "Va'yach es Mo'av va'Yemadedem ba'Chevel Hashkev Osam Artzah"? What did David have in common with Ovadyah?
(b) The two above incidents are the source of the common adage (the latter specifically cited by Rebbi Yochanan in the name of Rebbi Shimon bar Yochai) 'Mineih u'beih Aba Neizel beih Narga'. What does this mean?
(c) And what did Rav Dimi mean when he came from Eretz Yisrael and said 'Yerech mi'Tohah Masrachas'?
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14)
(a) Rav and Shmuel dispute whether Meisha, the king of Mo'av meant le'Shem Shamayim or not, when he sacrificed his first-born son as a burnt-offering on the wall. In what way might this have caused Hash-m to be angry with Yisrael?
(b) On the other hand, it might help us understand Rebbi Yehoshua ben Levi. How does Rebbi Yehoshua ben Levi resolve the apparent discrepancy between the two Pesukim in Yechezkel "u'che'Mishp'tei ha'Goyim Asher Sevivoseicham Lo Asisem" and "u'che'Mishp'tei ha'Goyim Asher Sevivoseicham Asisem"?
(c) How does Rebbi Chanina bar Papa explain ...
1. ... the Pasuk in Melachim "va'Yis'u me'Alav ve'Yashuvu la'Aretz (and not le'Artzam)" (following the Pasuk expressing Hashem's anger with Yisrael that we just discussed)?
2. ... the words "ad Me'od" (in the Pasuk there (in connection with Avishag ha'Shunamis ["ve'ha'Na'arah Yafah ad Me'od"])?
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