1)

(a)The second Lashon of the above episode considers Ashkelon to have been under Jewish authority. What then, is significant about the episode that took place there?

(b)What do we now infer from the Beraisa, which seems to clash with the Din of 'Nechbeshah ... Al Yedei Mamon' in our Mishnah?

(c)How do we resolve the apparent contradiction?

(d)To which of the above two versions of the Kashya does the third version (presented in the form of a Kashya, which Rav Shmuel bar Rav Yitzchak Amar Rav comes to resolve) conform?

(e)What is Rav Shmuel bar Rav Yitzchak Amar Rav's answer?

2)

(a)The Tana of our Mishnah forbids a woman who has been captured to return to her husband. According to Rav, this refers to 'Hani Nashi d'Ganvi'. What does he mean by that?

(b)According to Levi, it refers to people like Elazar ben Dina'i. Who was he? What is the basis of their Machlokes?

(c)Chizkiyah explains that according to Levi, the woman only becomes forbidden after her husband has been declared guilty. What does Rebbi Yochanan say?

3)

(a)Our Mishnah now discusses an 'Ir she'Kavshuhah Karkom'. What is an 'Ir she'Kavshuhah Karkom'?

(b)What does the Tana rule concerning the women who live there?

(c)What is the reason for this distinction?

(d)Who is permitted to testify on their behalf and who is not?

4)

(a)We query our Mishnah from a Mishnah in Avodah-Zarah, which rules that if a Goyish army enters a city, closed barrels of wine are always permitted. What does the Tana say regarding open barrels of wine, if the army entered ...

1. ... in peace-time?

2. ... in time of war?

(b)What is now the problem?

5)

(a)Rav Mari reconciles the two Mishnah's with the statement 'li'V'ol Yesh Pnai, l'Nasech Ein Pnai'. What does he mean by that?

(b)How does Rebbi Yitzchak ben Elazar in the name of d'Chizkiyah differentiate between the two Mishnahs even without drawing a distinction between wine and women?

(c)The soldiers however, are not so well-disciplined, even if they are from the same country, and even if it is in time of war. In order to eliminate the possibility of some soldiers leaving camp to enter the town and give vent to their desires, how does ...

1. ... Rav Yehudah Amar Shmuel establish the Mishnah in Avodah-Zarah?

2. ... Rebbi Levi establish it? Why is Rav Yehudah's answer not good enough?

(d)Rebbi Yehudah Nesi'a and the Rabanan argue over how to reconcile the two Mishnahs. One of them learns like Rebbi Yitzchak ben Elazar in the name of Chizkiyah (who differentiates between the home army and foreign troops). What does the other one say?

6)

(a)Under which circumstances does Rav Idi bar Avin Amar Rav Yitzchak bar Ashian permit even the wives of Kohanim in the town to return to their husbands?

(b)What She'eilah does Rebbi Yirmeyahu ask with regard to a small hiding-place that holds only one person?

7)

(a)To resolve the She'eilah, we cite a Mishnah in Taharos, which discusses two paths, one Tamei (due to a grave that ran across its entire width) and one, Tahor. What is the case?

(b)According to Rebbi Yehudah, what will be the Din if the two men came to Beis-Din to ask ...

1. ... one after the other?

2. ... simultaneously?

(c)What does Rebbi Yosi say?

(d)According to Rava or Rebbi Yochanan, both Tana'im will agree that if the two men were to ask the She'eilah simultaneously, the ruling would be 'Tamei', and if they came individually, the ruling would be 'Tahor'. Then what is the Machlokes?

8)

(a)How do we try to connect Rebbi Yirmeyahu's She'eilah to the Mishnah in Taharos, assuming that the Halachah is like Rebbi Yosi ('she'Nimuko Imo')?

(b)Why in fact, are the two cases not comparable?

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9)

(a)Rav Ashi asks what the Din will be if the woman claims that she did not hide but that she is Tahor anyway. What are the two sides of the She'eilah?

(b)We try to resolve the She'eilah from the case of a man who hired a donkey on the express condition that he does not follow the route of River Pakud (because there was water there), but to go via Neresh where there was no water. What happened there after the donkey died? What did that man subsequently claim?

(c)On what grounds did Abaye object to Rava's ruling, believing him on the basis of 'Mah Lo l'Shaker', because he could have said that he took the donkey via Neresh?

(d)What do we try to prove from there?

(e)On what grounds do we refute the proof?

10)

(a)We learned in our Mishnah that even the woman's own Shifchah is believed to testify that her mistress was not raped. We query this from a Beraisa in Gitin, which discusses the case of a Shechiv Mera (a man on his death-bed) who gave his wife a Get to take affects as from now provided he dies from his illness. What does the Tana there rule with regard to the woman being intimate with her husband?

(b)Why does the Get (which is known as a Get Yashan) become invalid should the wife seclude herself with her husband?

(c)Why is her own Shifchah ...

1. ... not believed to testify that they were not intimate?

2. ... then believed in our Mishnah, according to Rav Papi?

11)

(a)Rav Papa does not differentiate between the two cases. According to him, whose Shifchah is believed and whose is not?

(b)How does he explain our Mishnah 'Ein Adam Ne'eman al Atzmo' (implying that her Shifchah is believed)?

(c)Rav Ashi agrees with Rav Papi, but for a different reason. Why, according to him, is the woman in the Beraisa not permitted to seclude herself with her husband in the presence of her Shifchah, yet a Shifchah who testifies that her mistress was not raped by the invading soldiers, is believed?

(d)What does 'Tarti Lo Avdi' mean?

12)

(a)Rav Ashi proves his point from the story of Mari bar Isak, who claimed that he did not recognize the brother who came from overseas to claim a portion in his father's property. How did Rav Chisda justify Mari bar Isak's claim?

(b)What did Mari's brother counter when Rav Chisda instructed him to bring witnesses to prove that he was indeed Mari bar Isak's brother?

(c)So what did Rav Chisda then rule? Why did he ignore the principle 'ha'Motzi me'Chaveiro Alav ha'Re'ayah'?

(d)Why was he not worried that the witnesses would come and testify against Mari's brother, only because they were afraid of Mari?

13)

(a)We now cite two conflicting Beraisos. One Beraisa declares a man, a woman, a boy and a girl, the woman's father and mother, brother and sister eligible to testify. Which two people, besides the woman's own sons and daughters, does the Tana of the first Beraisa disqualify from testifying?

(b)Which are the only two people whom the Tana of the second Beraisa disqualifies from testifying?

(c)How will Rav Papi and Rav Ashi (who accept the testimony of the woman's Shifchah in our Mishnah) reconcile the two Beraisos? Like which Beraisa will they hold?

14)

(a)Rav Papa (who does not accept the testimony of the woman's Shifchah in our Mishnah) will certainly hold like the first Beraisos. How does he reconcile his opinion with the second Beraisa, which seems to permit the woman's Shifchah?

(b)What example of 'Masiach Lefi Tumo' came before Rebbi Yehoshua ben Levi (or Rebbi)?

(c)What did he rule in that case?

(d)Is the woman's husband or the woman herself believed if they supply the information 'Masiach Lefi Tumo'?

15)

(a)Our Mishnah cites Rebbi Zecharyah ben ha'Katzav.What testimony did he give regarding his wife, after his town had been captured by an invading army?

(b)Why did he have good reason to be particularly worried?

(c)What did the Chachamim say to him?

16)

(a)What does the Beraisa say Rebbi Zecharyah ben ha'Katzav did, in spite the fact that he did not divorce his wife?

(b)How did they avoid 'Yichud' from that time on?

(c)Why is a Yisrael who divorced his wife forbidden to live in the same Shechunah (group of houses) as her?

(d)A Kohen is even forbidden to live in the same Mavoy (street). What will be the Din regarding a small village?