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1)

(a)The Tana now discusses the differences between the Noder and the Nidar with regard to Erchin. Why does he refer to the Ma'arich as 'Noder'?

(b)What is 'Heseg Yad'?

(c)Heseg Yad pertains to the Ma'arich. Which of the two's Erech is determined by age?

(d)Which Erech does a young man who is not yet twenty have to pay Hekdesh if he is Ma'arich an old man over the age of sixty?

(e)What does the Mishnah mean when it says 've'ha'Erchin ba'Ne'erach'?

2)

(a)According to the Mishnah, which Erech does a young man pay, if he turns twenty after being Ma'arich himself?

(b)Based on the Mishnah's opening statement, how does ...

1. ... an Ani who is Ma'arich an Ashir pay?

2. ... an Ashir who is Ma'arich an Ani pay?

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3)

(a)What does the Tana now say about Reuven, who is rich, if he undertakes to provide Shimon with his Korban Metzora, assuming the latter is poor?

(b)And what does he say in the reverse case, where Reuven is poor and Shimon, rich?

4)

(a)What does Rebbi mean when he says 'Omer Af Ani be'Erchin kein'?

(b)Why is Erchin not comparable to the Korban of a Metzora?

(c)If Erchin is different only because when an Ani is Ma'arich an Ashir, the Ashir is not subject to Heseg Yad simply because he is not Chayav to pay anything, why was he then Ma'arich him?

(d)In which case, according to Rebbi, is the Ani then obligated to pay the Erech of the Ashir?

5)

(a)What does the Tana Kama say about a poor man who became rich or a rich men who became poor after declaring an Erech?

(b)How does he learn ...

1. ... the former ruling from the Pasuk "asher Tasig Yad ha'Noder"?

2. ... the latter ruling from the same Pasuk?

6)

(a)What does the Tana Kama say if, in the case of 'Ani ve'He'eshir', the poor man loses his wealth before he comes to pay?

(b)What does Rebbi Yehudah say?

(c)How does he learn it from the Pasuk "ve'Im Mach hu me'Erkecha"?

(d)Like whom is the Halachah?

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7)

(a)What does the Mishnah say in a case where a poor Metzora's father, who was a Goseis when his son became Chayav to bring a Korban Metzora, dies before his son has brought it, leaving him ten thousand Dinar (See Tiferes Yisrael, note 12)?

(b)What is the reason for this ruling?

8)

(a)The Tana also discusses a case where the poor Metzora rented out a ship for tens of thousands of Zuzim. How do we assess him?

(b)Why do we not ...

1. ... assess him as an Ashir?

2. ... consider him rich on account of the ship?

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9)

(a)What sort of Erech must a man ...

1. ... over sixty pay, if he undertakes to pay the Erech of a man between the ages of twenty and sixty?

2. ... over twenty pay if he undertakes to pay the Erech of a man over sixty?

(b)What sort of Erech must ...

1. ... a man who undertakes to give the Erech of a woman pay?

2. ... a woman who undertakes to give the Erech of a man pay?

(c)And what is the Din regarding someone who undertakes to pay the Erech of ...

1. ... a boy who is under five who has turned five when the Ma'arich comes to pay?

2. ... someone who is not yet twenty who has turned twenty by the time the Ma'arich comes to pay?

3. ... a baby of thirty days old?

4. ... a boy on his fifth birthday or a man on his twentieth birthday?

(d)What do we learn from the Pasuk "ke'Erk'cha Yakum"?

10)

(a)The Tana learns the current rulings from a Ne'erach on his sixtieth birthday. What does the Pasuk "ve'Im mi'ben Shishim va'Ma'alah Im Zachar" imply?

(b)What problem does he have with learning a ben Chamesh and a ben Esrim from a ben Shishim?

(c)How does he solve it?

11)

(a)What does Rebbi Elazar say about all three of the above-mentioned Erchin? Until when do we say that they still belong to the lower bracket age-group?

(b)From where does he learn it (regarding a ben Shishim) with a Gezeirah-Shavah "va'Ma'alah" "va'Ma'alah"?

(c)And how he apply the same Din to a ben Chamesh and a ben Esrim?

(d)Like whom is the Halachah?

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