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6)
(a) Rebbi Yochanan explains that each of the above Tana'im presented a Shi'ur S'tirah that they took from their personal experience. Why is this problematic with regard to ben Azai?
(b) Some say that he actually married, but divorced soon afterwards. Which other two answers could we give to explain the source of ben Azai's knowledge?
(c) From where do we know that Hash-m sometimes reveals hidden things to those who fear Him?
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7)
(a) How does Rav Avira, sometimes citing Rebbi Ami, sometimes Rebbi Asi, explain the Pasuk in Mishlei "Ki be'ad Ishah Zonah ad Kikar Lechem"?
(b) On what grounds does Rava object to this explanation?
(c) So how does he explain the Pasuk?
(d) What does Rebbi Zerika Amar Rebbi Elazar say about someone who treats the Mitzvah of Netilas Yadayim with scorn?
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8)
(a) Rav Chiya bar Ashi Amar Rav requires raising one's hands after Netilas Yadayim. What does he say about someone who washes Mayim Acharonim?
(b) Why after Mayim ...
1. ... Rishonim, should one hold one's hands upwards?
2. ... Acharonim, should he hold them downwards?
(c) What does Rebbi Avahu say about someone who does not dry his hands properly after Netilas Yadayim and who then goes on to eat with wet hands?
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9)
(a) Based on the Pasuk in Mishlei "ve'Eishes Ish Nefesh Yekarah Titzod", what does Rebbi Chiya bar Aba Amar Rebbi Yochanan say about someone who is conceited?
(b) For what two reasons does Rava object to that interpretation of the Pasuk?
(c) How does he then explain the Pasuk?
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10)
(a) What does Rebbi Yochanan quoting Rebbi Shimon bar Yochai learn from the 'Gezeirah-Shavah' "To'avas Hash-m Kol G'vah Leiv" (Mishlei) and "ve'Lo Savi So'eivah el Beisecha" (Va'eschanan)?
(b) What does Rebbi Yochanan himself learn from the Pasuk in Eikev "ve'Ram Levavecha, ve'Shachachta es Hash-m Elokecha"?
(c) What does Rebbi Chama bar Chanina learn from the 'Gezeirah-Shavah' "To'avas Hash-m Kol G'vah Leiv" (Mishlei) and "ki es Kol ha'To'evos ha'Eil Asu Anshei ha'Aretz ... " (va'Es'chanan)?
(d) Based on a play on words on the Pasuk in Yeshayah "Chidlu Lachem min ha'Adam Asher Neshamah be'Apo ki ba'Meh Nechshav Hu", what does Ula consider him as having done?
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11)
(a) Earlier, we quoted the Pasuk "To'avas Hash-m Kol G'vah Leiv". How does Rav explain the continuation of the Pasuk "Yad le'Yad Lo Yinakeh" (in conjunction with the Pasuk in Lech-Lecha "Harimosi Yadi el Hash-m Keil Elyon Koneh Shamayim va'Aretz"?
(b) de'Bei Rebbi Shiloh objects to Rav's D'rashah, on the grounds that the Navi ought then to have written "Yadi Lo Yinakeh". How does he therefore explain the Pasuk?
(c) Rebbi Yochanan in turn, objects to de'Bei Rebbi Shilo's explanation, on the grounds that the Navi should then have written "Yad mi'Yad (rather than le'Yad) Lo Yinakeh". So how does he explain it?
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