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1)

(a)What are the four things (besides Nezek) that the Mishnah obligates Reuven who wounds Shimon to pay?

(b)How does one assess Nezek, assuming he blinded his eye, severed his hand or broke his leg?

(c)Assuming that he burned him with a hot spit-rod or pierced his flesh with a nail, how does one assess the pain?

(d)Why does the Mishnah add 'even on the (finger or toe) nail'?

2)

(a)On what condition does the Tana obligate Reuven to pay ...

1. ... for blisters that appear on a wound?

2. ... if the wound begins to heal and then deteriorates a number of times?

(b)And how does he define 'Sheves'?

(c)Why just that?

(d)Why does the Mishnah not obligate him to pay for the actual work that the Nizak loses?

3)

(a)How does one assess Boshes?

(b)When does Reuven pay more Boshes, when ...

1. ... he is a simple man who shamed or when he is an Adam Chashuv?

2. ... Shimon is a simple man or when he is a Adam Chashuv?

(c)If Reuven shames Shimon who is naked, Reuven is nevertheless Chayav to pay Boshes (See Tos. Yom-Tov). What if he is blind?

(d)What distinction does the Mishnah draw between where Reuven shames Shimon whilst Shimon is asleep and where he does so when he himself is asleep?

4)

(a)What is the Din regarding Nezek where Reuven falls off a roof and wounds Shimon?

(b)What does the Tana now learn from the Pasuk in Ki Seitzei (in connection with a woman who shames the man who attacks her husband) "ve'Shalchah Yadah ve'Hechzikah bi'Mevushav"?

(c)And what do we learn from the continuation of the Pasuk "ve'Katzosah es Kapah"?

5)

(a)We learn Nezek from the Pasuk "Ayin Tachas Ayin". What do we now learn from the Pasuk in Mas'ei "ve'Lo Sikchu Kofer le'Nefesh Rotze'ach"?

(b)We learn Tza'r from "Petza Tachas Patza", even where there is Nezek to pay as well. Why might we otherwise have thought that he is Patur?

(c)Which two things do we learn from the Pasuk "Rak Shivto Yiten ve'Rapo Yerapei"?

(d)On what condition is the Mazik Patur from Ripuy?

6)

(a)What do we learn from the Pasuk " ... ad ha'Elohim Yavo D'var Sheneihem"?

(b)What do we then mean when we say 'Shelichusaihu Avdinan'?

(c)To which category of Dinei Mamonos does it apply, besides loans, sales, acquisitions and damages?

(d)One of the two conditions that it applies to damages is that it must be common. What is the other?

7)

(a)Why does 'Shelichusaihu Avdinan' apply to ...

1. ... Shen ve'Regel, but not to ...

2. ... Keren?

(b)Then why does it not apply to a Mu'ad?

(c)It also applies to Adam she'Hizik Beheimah. How about Beheimah or Adam she'Hizik Adam?

(d)Should such a case occur in Chutz la'Aretz, what can one do, besides forcing the litigants to go to Eretz Yisrael to be judged by Semuchin (at a time when there are Semuchin in Eretz Yisrael)?

(e)What is the Din by other Dinei Kenasos?

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8)

(a)Besides the fact that an ox does not pay the four things (other than Nezek), what other difference is there between a man who damages and an ox?

(b)How do we learn ...

1. ... the former from the Pasuk in Emor (in connection with the five things) "Ish ba'Amiso"?

2. ... the latter from the Pasuk in Mishpatim "Ki Yinatzu Anashim"?

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9)

(a)What does the Mishnah say about Reuven who strikes ...

1. ... his father or mother without creating a wound?

2. ... Shimon on Yom Kipur?

(b)Why, in the latter case, is he not Patur on the grounds that he is subject to Malkos (like all Chayvei Kerisus)?

(c)How do we learn this from the Pasuk in Parshas Shoftim "Yad be'Yad" (bearing in mind the Pasuk in Emor Ka'asher Asah, kein Ye'aseh lo")?

10)

(a)What distinction does the Tana draw between someone who wounds his own Eved Ivri and who wounds somebody else's?

(b)The Tana Kama obligates someone who wounds an Eved Cana'ani belonging to somebody else to pay all five things. What does Rebbi Yehudah say?

(c)How does he learn this from the words "Ish ve'Achiv" (in the Pasuk in Ki Seitzei, in connection with Boshes "Ki Yinatzu Anashim Yachdav Ish ve'Achiv)?

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11)

(a)What does the Mishnah mean when it says about a Chashu 'Pegi'asan Ra'?

(b)If you wound an Eved or a woman you are Chayav to pay. What if they wound you?

(c)Why are they not obligated to pay immediately?

(d)When do they become obligated to pay?

(e)Seeing as they are Patur at the time of the damage, how can they suddenly become Chayav later?

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12)

(a)On what condition does the Tana exempt someone who strikes his father or mother from paying?

(b)And what does he say about Reuven who wounds Shimon on Shabbos?

(c)What is the reason for both of these rulings?

(d)Why might we have thought that he is not Chayav Misah?

(e)Then why is he Chayav?

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13)

(a)What is the difference between 'ha'Toke'a la'Chavero' and 'S'taro'?

(b)According to the Tana Kama, the former must pay a Sela (See Tos. Yom-Tov). What does this payment cover?

(c)According to Rebbi Yehudah in the name of Rebbi Yossi ha'Gelili, the former is Chayav to pay a Manah (twenty-five Sela'im). Like whom is the Halachah?

(d)How much is the latter Chayav to pay?

(e)How much must he pay if he slaps Shimon with the back of his hand?

14)

(a)The Mishnah now lists a number of other things for which the Chachamim fixed the amount of Boshes that Reuven has to pay Shimon. The first of these is 'Tzaram Ozno', which might mean that he pulls his ear. What else might it mean?

(b)Three of the other four things on the list are that he pulls his hair, spits at him (and the spit actually falls on him) or if he pulls off his cloak. The fourth case concerns a woman. What is it?

(c)How much must of all these pay?

(d)What does the Tana Kama mean when he says 'Zeh ha'Kelal; ha'Kol l'fi K'vodo'?

15)

(a)What does Rebbi Akiva say with regard to the Tana Kama's previous statement?

(b)What is his reason?

(c)Like whom is the Halachah?

16)

(a)In the story cited by the Mishnah, where Reuven uncovered a woman's hair in the street, what did he respond when Rebbi Akiva obligated him to pay her four hundred Zuz?

(b)Rebbi Akiva condescended. Is it standard procedure to give the Mazik time to prove a point?

(c)What did Reuven subsequently do when he saw the woman standing at the entrance of her Chatzer?

(d)How did the woman react?

17)

(a)What did Reuven then say before Rebbi Akiva's Beis-Din?

(b)What was Rebbi Akiva's reaction to Reuven's claim?

(c)The first of Rebbi Akiva's proofs concerned someone who wounds himself as against others who wound him. What did he say about this?

(d)What was his second proof (in connection with cutting down trees)?

(e)Does this mean that one is allowed to wound oneself or to cut down one's trees?

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18)

(a)After paying for the shame that he caused Shimon, what must Reuven do in order to attain forgiveness for what he did?

(b)From whom do we learn this?

(c)And what do we learn from the Pasuk there (in Chayei Sarah) "Vayispalel Avraham el ha'Elokim ... "?

19)

(a)The Mishnah now discusses where the Mazik acts on the instructions of the Nizak. What does the Tana mean when he refers to a case where Shimon asks Reuven to blind him, to cut off his hand or to break his foot on condition that he is Patur? What exactly is the case?

(b)Why then is Reuven Chayav?

(c)And what will be the Din where Shimon asks him to smash his jug, if, in response to Reuven's question whether he will be Patur, he replies 'Yes!'

(d)Why the difference?

(e)What if Shimon asks Reuven to do any of the above to Levi on condition that he will be Patur?