(a) What does the Mishnah say about olive-leaves that one pickled (see Tos. Yom -Tov) together with the olives?

(b) Why is the fact that the owner pickled them together with the fruit not proof that he either intends to use them as a Yad or considers them a Shomer?

(a) The Tana now discusses K'shus shel Kishus and its Neitz. What is ...

1. ... 'K'shus shel Kishus'?

2. ... the 'Neitz of Kishus'?

(b) The Tana Kama declares them Tahor (see Tos. Yom-Tov). What does R. Yehudah say?

(c) This might be because they cause the cucumber to look as if it has just been freshly-picked. What other reason is there to consider them a Shomer?

(a) What status does the Mishnah ascribe to all fruit-pits?

(b) In what way is a date-pit different? Why is that?

(c) What if it has already been removed from the date?

(a) What is the 'Chosal' of a date?

(b) Why does it ...

1. ... combine with a dry date?

2. ... not combine with the date as long as it is still moist?

(c) In what way does this explanation force us to change the previous one?

(a) Some have the text 'Chosam' (instead of Chosal'). What is 'Chosam'?

(b) What does the Mishnah then mean? Why is the Chosam of a dry date Mitztaref, but not that of a moist one (see Tos. Yom-Tov)?

(c) On what grounds do we reject this text?

(a) What does the Mishnah say about a date-pit half of which protrudes from a half-eaten date, whilst the other half remains inside the segment that has not been eaten?

(b) What sort of date is the Tana talking about?

(a) And what does he say about a bone half of which protrudes from a half-eaten piece of meat, whilst the other half remains inside the piece that has not been eaten?

(b) What does R. Yishmael (or R. Shimon) say about a case where the meat does not surround the bone? How much meat must there be for the entire segment of bone to be considered a Shomer?

(c) What do the Chachamim say?

(d) Like whom is the Halachah?

(a) What does the Mishnah say about part of a pomegranate or a watermelon that has melted?

(b) What if the part that has melted is in the middle, and is surrounded on all sides by the fruit?

(c) What distinction does the Tana draw between the Pitma (the large protuberance at one end of a pomegranate) and the Netz (the flowery substance that surrounds it)?

(a) R. Eliezer compares the Masrek to the Netz. What is the 'Masrek'?

(b) What is his reason for differentiating between the Pitma and the Masrek?

(c) What does the Tana Kama say about this (see Tos. Yom-Tov)?

(d) Like whom is the Halachah?

(a) What status does the Tana Kama ascribe to all peels?

(b) R. Yehudah lists three layers of peel of an onion. What does he say about ...

1. ... the inner peel?

2. ... the middle peel?

3. ... the outer peel?

(c) What do the Chachamim say about this?

(d) Like whom is the Halachah?

(a) What does the Mishnah say about vegetables or meat that one began cutting up prior to cooking?

(b) What if the pieces are still partially joined?

(c) And what if one cut them up in order to pickle them, cook them or to place them on the table?

(d) Why is the Din different with regard to the three latter cases than it is to cooking in the Reisha?

(a) The Tana also includes Lish'lok in this list. What does 'Lish'lok' mean?

(b) On what grounds is it different than 'Levashel'?

(c) What does the Mishnah say with regard to the latter, in a case where he began separating one piece from the other?

(d) What is he significance of the Tana's statement 'the food that one began to take apart is not joined'?

(a) What does the Tana mean when he speaks about ...

1. ... 'Egozim sha'Amanan'?

2. ... 'Betzalim she'Chamaran'?

(b) What common ruling does he issue with regard to them?

(c) To consider one of the items no longer joined to the string, what is the minimum one must do to the ...

1. ... nut?

2. ... onion?

(d) Up to what point are the shells of nuts and almonds considered a Shomer?

(a) Up to what point does the Mishnah consider the shell of an egg a Shomer if the egg is ...

1. ... slightly cooked?

2. ... fully cooked?

(b) And what about a bone that contains marrow?

(c) A pomegranate peel is joined to the fruit. At which point, after cutting it in half, does the Tana no longer consider it joined?

(a) The Mishnah now discusses a Sh'lal ha'Kovsin and a Beged she'Tafur be'Kil'ayim. What is 'Sh'lal ha'Kovsin'?

(b) In what regard does the Tana consider the former joined?

(c) On what grounds are the former considered joined?

(d) If one begins to separate them, at which point are they considered separated?

(e) On what principle is this latter based?

(a) What distinction does the Mishnah draw between green vegetable leaves and white ones?

(b) Why is that?

(c) What does Rebbi Elazar ben Azaryah say about the white leaves of ...

1. ... a cabbage?

2. ... lettuce?

(d) What is his reason

(e) Like whom is the Halachah?

(a) The Tana now discusses onion-leaves and B'nei Betzalim. What are 'B'nei Betzalim'?

(b) What distinction does he draw between whether they contain liquid or they are hollow?

(c) What does he also say about...

1. ... a sponge-like bread without holes?

2. ... a sponge-like bread which has holes?

3. ... calf-meat that expanded through cooking?

4. ... the meat of an old animal that shrunk through cooking?

(a) What is the basic difference (status-wise) between a vegetable that grows in a plant-pot which has a hole and one that grows in one which does not?

(b) On what condition will even the latter be considered attached to the ground?

(a) The Mishnah now discusses a cucumber that grows in a pot without a hole. What is its status (Tum'ah-wise) once it has been watered)?

(b) What does the Tana Kama say assuming the cucumber then expands to the point that it extends beyond the confines of the pot?

(c) What does R. Shimon say? On what grounds does he disagree with the Tana Kama?

(d) In which regard does he concede to him that the plant is Tahor?

(e) Like whom is the Halachah?

(a) What does the Mishnah rule with regard to vessels made of animal dung or earth?

(b) How about stone vessels?

(c) Why the difference?

(a) What is the status (Tum'ah-wise) of a detached vegetable that becomes wet from the water in a plant-pot ...

1. ... without a hole?

2. ... with a hole?

(b) What is the reason for the latter ruling?

(c) What size hole renders the pot joined to the ground?

(a) What does the Tana say about a pot that has no hole and that is filled to the top with earth?

(b) Why is that?

(c) What does he compare it to?