1)

(a)Rav Asi and Rav Ami argue over whether Eid mi'Pi Eid by Eidus B'chor is believed. What does 'Eid mi'Pi Eid' mean?

(b)Rav Asi, who forbids it, queries Rav Ami from a Beraisa which confines Eid mi'Pi Eid to Eidus Ishah. How does Rav Ami interpret the Beraisa, to reconcile it with his own ruling?

(c)What did Mereimar call Rav Yeimar, for validating Eid mi'Pi Eid by B'chor?

(d)What is the Halachah?

2)

(a)On what grounds does Rebbi Ila'a rule that a Kohen who informs the Chacham that a certain animal is a B'chor, and then asks him to examine a blemish, is believed when he claims that the blemish came by itself?

(b)On what principle is this based?

(c)The source for this is a Mishnah in Kesuvos. What does the Mishnah in Kesuvos say about a woman who testifies that she was previously married, but is now divorced?

3)

(a)Based on the Mishnah in Kesuvos, what problem do we now have with Rebbi Ila'a?

(b)We answer that Rebbi Ala'a case is worse that that of the Mishnah there, and that we otherwise not have applied 'ha'Peh she'Asar He ha'Peh she'Hitir' by Kohen, even though by the woman we do?

(c)Then why does Rebbi Ila'a nevertheless believe him with a 'Peh she'Asar'?

4)

(a)Mar bar Rav Ashi queries Rebbi Ila'a from the case of Reuven who rented Shimon a donkey, on the express condition that he takes the Neresh route, and not the route of River Pakud, which meant crossing the River (or because there was water on the roads). What happened subsequently?

(b)What did Rava (or Rabah, see Tosfos DH 'va'Amar Rava') mean when he ruled 'Mah li le'Shaker'?

(c)On what basis did Abaye refute Rava's ruling?

(d)What did Mar bar Rav Ashi mean when he asked, that in our case too, asked, we should apply the same principle?

5)

(a)How do we resolve Rebbi Ila'a with Abaye? Why does 'Mah li le'Shaker be'Makom Eidim' not apply by B'chor'?

(b)What did Rava Zuti comment, when Ravina quoted the above ruling ('Mah li Leshaker' regarding a B'chor) anonymously?

(c)Rebbi Tzadok (who was a Kohen) had a B'chor. What happened when, on one occasion, he fed it some barley in a basket of peeled willow twigs?

(d)What She'eilah did he subsequently ask Rebbi Yehoshua? What was Rebbi Yehoshua's reply?

6)

(a)When Rebbi Tzadok came before Rabban Gamliel, who ruled contrary to Rebbi Yehoshua, and told him of Rebbi Yehoshua's ruling), how did the latter react (see Ya'avatz)?

(b)Why was Rabban Gamliel surprised at Rebbi Yehoshua's ruling in the Beis-Hamedrash? What had he said?

(c)What did Rebbi Yehoshua reply, when Rabban Gamliel asked him to rise and explain his original ruling?

(d)Up to which point was Rebbi Yehoshua forced to stand whilst Rabban Gamliel Darshened? Who was Rebbi Chutzpis ha'Meturgeman?

7)

(a)What does our Mishnah say about a Kohen who claims that a Chacham inspected his B'chor and declared it to be a permanent blemish?

(b)Under what condition do we believe him when he does say it?

(c)Based on which principle does Rav Yehudah Amar Rav believe a Kohen who claims that when the Yisrael gave him the B'chor it was already blemished?

(d)How do we refute Rava's support for that ruling from our Mishnah ('Ne'eman ha'Kohen Lomar ... ')?

8)

(a)Rav Shizbi queries Rav Nachman however, from a Beraisa. What does the Tana there say about Reuven who asks Shimon (who is not believed on Ma'asros) to purchase food from someone who is?

(b)What is meant by 'a person who is believed on Ma'asros'?

(c)How do we reject Rav Shizbi's query? How will Rav Nachman reconcile his opinion with the Beraisa?

(d)What does the Seifa of the Beraisa rule in a case where Reuven actually mentions the potential seller's name?

(e)How do we counter the obvious presumption that the Seifa supports Rav Nachman?

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9)

(a)Rebbi Yirmiyah bar Aba queried Rav Yehudah's statement (Amar Rav 'Ne'eman Kohen Lomar B'chor Zeh Nasan li Yisrael be'Mumo'), claiming that he taught it to Gidul (which is either the name of a Chacham, or simply means a grown-up Chacham). So what if he did?

(b)What did he claim to have taught Gidul?

(c)If we are talking about a Yisrael (who is not suspect to begin with), what is the Chidush?

(d)In Sura they learned like the second Lashon (like Rebbi Yirmiyah bar Aba). What did they say in Pumbedisa?

(e)What is the Halachah?

10)

(a)What did a certain Kohen to whom Rafram had given a B'chor do?

(b)Why did the Kohen think he might get away with the claim ...

1. ... that a Yisrael had given him the B'chor already blemished (bearing in mind that whether we believe him or not is a Machlokes Amora'im, as we just learned)?

2. ... considering that Rafram was the one who had given it to him in the first place?

(c)How did Rafram manage to discover the swindle?

(d)What was Rafram's reaction to this episode. Did he change the ruling le'Chumra?

11)

(a)On what grounds did Rav Ashi intend to rule leniently in the case of the B'chor that was brought before him which was a Saru'a (one eye bigger than the other)?

(b)Ravina asked him why he did not suspect that perhaps the owner was a Yisrael. So what if he was? Under what condition would one then believe him?

(c)On the other hand, if a Yisrael would not dream of eating Kodshim ba'Chutz (which is why he asked the Kohen to inspect it), why would we suspect him of stealing from the Kohen?

(d)Then why did Rav Ashi believe him?

12)

(a)Our Mishnah rules that everybody can be trusted (not to create a blemish) with regard to the Mumin of Ma'aser Beheimah. Why is that? What gives Ma'aser the edge over B'chor in this regard?

(b)What is wrong with the initial answer 'de'I Ba'i, Shadi bei Muma Me'ikara'?

(c)Why, based on a Pasuk in Bechukosai, can the Mishnah not be speaking where the owner created a blemish on the animal that he intends to subsequently lead through the corridor as number ten?

(d)So how do we amend the answer?

13)

(a)What does the Tana Kama of our Mishnah say about a B'chor that lost an eye, whose foreleg was severed or whose hind leg was broken? How many people are permitted to examine it?

(b)What is the significance of the three Mumin that the Tana mentions?

(c)What does Rebbi Yossi say?

14)

(a)What did Rebbi Simla'i and Rebbi Yehudah Nesi'ah in the name of Rebbi Yehoshua ben Levi (or Rebbi Simla'i and Rebbi Yehoshua ben Levi in the name of Rebbi Yehudah Nesi'ah) say about permitting a B'chor in Chutz la'Aretz?

(b)On what grounds do we query Rava, who restricts this ruling to Mumin that are clear-cut?

(c)How do we refute that? Why is there no proof from our Mishnah?

(d)Rebbi Yirmiyah bar Aba rules in the name of Rav (or Shmuel) that three people may examine a B'chor, provided there is no expert. Why is this not inherent in the opinion of the Tana Kama of our Mishnah?

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