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(a) How big was the man-eating snake that lived in the days of Shavur Malka (King of Persia)? How much was it able to swallow?
(b) How did they destroy it?
(c) If snakes that size existed, then why does our Mishnah declare a Shevu'ah that someone saw a snake the size of the beam of the olive-press, a Shevu'as Shav?
(d) How do we finally establish the Mishnah bearing in mind that all snakes are speckled?
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8)
(a) We learned in our Mishnah regarding someone who swears 'Shevu'ah she'Ochal Kikar Zu, Shevu'ah she'Ochlenah', that if he does not eat it, he has transgressed a Shevu'as Bituy. What problem do we have with this statement?
(b) How does Rebbi Yirmiyah therefore amend it?
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9)
(a) What does our Mishnah say about 'men and women', 'relatives and strangers', 'Kesheirim and Pesulim', 'in front of Beis-Din and outside Beis-Din? What do all these pairs have in common?
(b) How about Shevu'as Shav?
(c) Why does the Tana find it necessary to say this?
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10)
(a) Which other detail does the Tana mention that pertains to both Shevu'as Bituy and to Shevu'as Shav?
(b) On what condition will ...
1. ... the Tana say in the Seifa that he is Chayav even if he is 'Mushba mi'Pi Acherim'?
2. ... will he be Patur by 'Mushba mi'Pi Acherim'?
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11)
(a) What does Shmuel say about someone who answers 'Amen' after a Shevu'ah?
(b) Regarding which kind of Shevu'ah did he say this? Does it also pertain to ...
1. ... a Shevu'as Bituy (which needs to be verbalized)?
2. ... Shevu'as ha'Eidus which he made outside Beis-Din, and which is valid, according to Rebbi Meir?
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12)
(a) Rav Papa Amar Rava supports Shmuel's statement from an apparent discrepancy between two statements of Rebbi Meir. In the next Mishnah, Rebbi Meir confines 'mi'Pi Acherim' by Shevu'as Eidus to in front of Beis-Din. What does he say in a Beraisa?
(b) How does Rav Papa resolve the contradiction, at the same time proving Shmuel right?
(c) How does Ravina Amar Rava make the identical point from our Mishnah?
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