12th Cycle Dedication

ERCHIN 5 - Dedicated in memory of Rivkah bas Reb Avraham Leib, who passed away on 15 Adar 5764, and her husband, Nachum ben Reb Shlomo Dovid (Mosenkis) Z"L, who passed away on 23 Teves 5700, by their son and daughter-in-law, Sid and Sylvia Mosenkis (of Queens, NY).

1)

(a)We have a problem with the Beraisa's ruling 'Ein le'Hekdesh Ela Roshah' however, from another Beraisa. What does Rebbi Meir there learn from the Pasuk in Bechukosai "Kol asher Yiten mimenu la'Hashem Yih'yeh Kodesh, from the word ...

1. ... "Mimenu"?

2. ... "Yih'yeh"?

(b)How do Rebbi Yehudah and Rebbi Yossi interpret the Pasuk? What do they say about someone who declares the leg of an animal Hekdesh?

2)

(a)On what grounds will Rebbi Meir concede that if someone declares the head of a animal an Olah, the Kedushah spreads to the entire animal?

(b)What is now the problem with 'Ein le'Hekdesh Ela Roshah'?

3)

(a)How do we therefore establish the Beraisa, in order to solve the problem? By which category of Hekdesh does 'Hispashtus' not apply?

(b)We query this however, from Mar, who rules that if someone is declares Hekdesh a ram for its Damim, it adopts Kedushas ha'Guf (and goes on the Mizbe'ach). On what principle is this based?

(c)Why do we not say the same with regard to someone who declares Kedushas the head of the animal?

4)

(a)We query the current explanation too, however, from Rabah. What did Rabah say in connection with two 'Migus'?

(b)What is now the Kashya?

(c)So we establish the Beraisa by a Ba'al-Mum (similar to a donkey) which is not fit to go on the Mizbe'ach). How does that answer the Kashya?

5)

(a)This answer too, we query from another She'eilah of Rabah. What did Rabah declare with regard to someone who says 'D'mei Roshi Legabei Mizbe'ach'?

(b)What is now the problem?

(c)How do we solve it?

6)

(a)Rabah asks whether, in a case where someone said 'D'mei Roshi Legabei Mizbe'ach', we say 'Nidon bi'Chevodo' or not. What are the two sides of the She'eilah? Why should we ...

1. ... say 'Nidon bi'Chevodo'?

2. ... do not say it?

(b)Similarly, Rava asks whether 'Nidon be'Heseg Yad' applies to someone who says 'Erki alai Legabei Mizbe'ach'. What are the two sides of the She'eilah? Why should we ...

1. ... say 'Nidon be'Heseg Yad'?

2. ... not say it?

(c)And Rav Ashi asks a similar She'eilah with regard to someone who declares a Sadeh Achuzah (an inherited field) Hekdesh (for the proceeds) to go on the Mizbe'ach? What are the two sides of the She'eilah? Why ought it ...

1. ... to be redeemed at the fixed price of a Chomer (i.e. a Beis Kur) of barley at fifty Shekalim.

2. ... to be redeemed at its sale price?

(d)What is the outcome of all three She'eilos?

7)

(a)What does our Mishnah say about a baby of less than a month old with regard to ...

1. ... Damim?

2. ... Erech?

(b)According to Rebbi Meir in a Beraisa, someone who obligates himself to pay the Erech of such a baby must pay his Damim. Why is that?

(c)What do the Chachamim say?

8)

(a)According to whom does Rebbi Gidal Amar Rav say 'ha'Omer Erech K'li alai, Nosen Damim'?

(b)Why is this statement necessary? Why might we have thought that he goes even according to the Chachamim?

(c)And why does Rav Gidal find it necessary to teach us the Din with regard to vessels? What reason might we have otherwise ascribed to Rebbi Meir, that precludes it?

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9)

(a)Like whom do we establish Rabah (or Rav Yeiva) bar Rebbi Yossi Amar Rav, who says 'ha'Makdish Beheimas Chavero, Nosein Damehah'?

(b)Bearing in mind Rav Gidal Amar Rav's previous ruling (regarding 'ha'Omer Erech K'li Zeh alai ... '), what is he coming to teach us? Why might we have thought otherwise?

(c)How does Mar bar Rav Ashi qualify Rav Gidal's statement? What distinction does he draw between whether the Noder said 'Harei alai' and 'Harei Zu'?

10)

(a)Rebbi Meir in our Mishnah, says that a Nochri can be Ne'erach but not Ma'arich. What does Rebbi Yehudah say?

(b)What does Rebbi Meir in a Beraisa learn from the Pasuk in Bechukosai ...

1. ... "B'nei Yisrael"?

2. ... "Ish"?

(c)He prefers to apply the Ribuy of Nochrim to Ne'erachin rather than to Ma'arichin, because there are three cases which the Torah includes in Ne'erachin but not in Ma'arichin. Which three cases?

(d)Rebbi Yehudah, on the other hand, applies the Ribuy to Ma'arichin, because of the two cases which the Torah includes in Ma'arichin but not in Ne'erachin. Which two cases?

11)

(a)Rava concurs with the ruling of Rebbi Meir ('Ein Ma'arichin'), but not with his reason. He concurs with the ruling of Rebbi Meir, based on a Pasuk in Ezra, who made a statement to the Nochrim who came to help build the Beis-Hamikdash. What did he tell them?

(b)And on what basis does he disagree with his reason (which is based on the ruling regarding a 'Chashu')?

(c)On the other hand, Rava concurs with the reason of Rebbi Yehudah (but not with his ruling ['Ma'arichin ve'Ein Ne'erachin']). Why does he concur with his reason (which is based on Tumtum and Androginus)?

(d)What problem does he have on the other hand, with his ruling?

12)

(a)In order to reconcile Rebbi Yehudah's ruling ('Ma'arichin') with the Pasuk in Ezra, what does Rav Chisda Amar Avimi suggest that he really means?

(b)What distinction does a Beraisa draw between Kodshei Mizbe'ach and Kodshei Bedek ha'Bayis of Nochrim with regard to Me'ilah?

(c)What problem does that create with our current interpretation of Rebbi Yehudah?

(d)Rava therefore concludes that the Kodshei Bedek ha'Bayis of a Nochri are indeed acceptable, according to Rebbi Yehudah. On what grounds then, did Ezra refuse the Nochrim's assistance in building the Beis-Hamikdash?

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