1)

(a)We cite a Beraisa to prove that Rebbi Yossi does indeed hold that Terumah nowadays is mi'de'Rabbanan. The Tana there discusses 'Iysah she'Nidme'ah O she'Nischamtzah'. What does 'Iysah she'Nidme'ah' mean?

(b)According to Rebbi Meir and Rebbi Yehudah, it is Chayav Chalah (and does not become Pasul through contact with a T'vul-Yom). What do Rebbi Yossi and Rebbi Shimon say?

(c)What is the basis of their Machlokes?

(d)Why must Rebbi Yossi hold that Chalah nowadays is mi'de'Rabbanan?

(e)What has that to do with Terumah?

2)

(a)How do we refute this proof? What distinction do we draw between Chalah and Terumah?

(b)And we base this on a statement by Rav Huna b'rei de'Rav Yehoshua. How did the Rabbanan try to prove to him that even according to those who maintain that Terumah nowadays is mi'de'Rabbanan, Chalah is min ha'Torah?

(c)What did Rav Huna b'rei de'Rav Yehoshua reply?

(d)How did he extrapolate this from the Pasuk in Sh'lach-Lecha (in connection with Chalah) "be'Vo'achem el ha'Aretz"?

(e)How does that prove that Chalah nowadays must be mi'de'Rabbanan?

3)

(a)Our Mishnah, describing the three stages of development in a young girl's body, refers to them as 'Pagah, Bochel and Tzemel'. What do these three terms mean literally?

(b)How do they correspond to the three stages under discussion? What does the Tana then mean by ...

1. ... Pagah?

2. ... Bochel?

3. ... Tzemel?

(c)In which area of Halachah do the first two stages share the same Din?

(d)What do we learn from the Pasuk in Matos "bi'Ne'urehah Beis Avihah"?

4)

(a)According to Rebbi Yossi ha'Gelili, the Siman (of Tzemel [Bagrus] see Also Tosfos DH 'Eizehu Simanehah') is when a fold appears in the skin underneath her breasts. What does Rebbi Akiva say?

(b)ben Azai maintains that it is when the crest of her breasts become dark. What does Rebbi Yossi say?

(c)On which Pasuk in Shir ha'Shirim is the stage of Pagah in figs based?

5)

(a)The term Bochel is based on a Mishnah in Ma'asros 'ha'Te'einim mi'she'Yibacheilu'. In which connection does the Mishnah say this?

(b)How does Rabah bar bar Chanah Amar Rav define it?

(c)Alternatively, it is based on the Pasuk in Zecharyah "va'Tiktzar Nafshi bahem, ve'Gam Nafsham Bachalah bahem". What does the Pasuk mean?

(d)And what is Tzemel the acronym of?

6)

(a)How does Shmuel qualify the fold in the skin required by Rebbi Yossi ha'Gelili as a Siman of Bagrus?

(b)Shmuel first put the matter to the test. How did he ...

1. ... do that?

2. ... compensate the maidservant for the embarrassment?

(c)In fact, we explain, Shmuel follows his own reasoning elsewhere. What does he learn from the Pasuk in B'har "Le'olam bahem Ta'avodu"?

(d)Based on the same ruling, he used to mate each of his maidservants with one of his slaves, so as not to embarrass her (see Ya'avatz). What did ...

1. ... Rav Nachman used to do with his maidservants?

2. ... Rav Sheishes, who went still further, used to do with his maidservants? What instructions did he leave with them?

7)

(a)In addition to the opinions cited in our Mishnah, Tana'im argue in a Beraisa over the Siman of Bagrus (or Na'arus). According to Rebbi Elazar b'Rebbi Tzadok, it is when her breasts have become large. What objection do we raise to Rebbi Yochanan ben Berokah's initial definition, that the Rosh ha'Chotem (the area surrounding the Pitomes) becomes dark?

(b)So how do we amend it (see Mesores ha'Shas)?

(c)What does Rebbi Yossi mean when he says 'mi'she'Takif ha'Atarah'?

(d)What Siman does Rebbi Shimon finally give?

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8)

(a)In the same Beraisa, Rebbi Shimon links the three Simanim of a girl below to her three Simanim above (see Aruch la'Ner). What, according to him, does ...

1. ... Pagah mi'Lema'alah indicate?

2. ... Bochel mi'Lema'alah demonstrate?

3. ... Tzemel mi'Lema'alah prove?

(b)How does Rav Huna define the Kaf?

(c)What reply did Rebbi send when he was asked like whom is the Halachah?

(d)The ramifications of this ruling are that the moment any one of the Simanim appear, her father may no longer nullify her vows. What other ramifications does it have regarding Kidushin?

(e)Why can it not be referring to no longer being able to perform Miy'un or Chalitzah?

9)

(a)We also cite a Machlokes Tana'im regarding the definition of a Chatzer Tzuris cited by Rebbi Shimon, inside which vessels are guarded. Why is it important to know thos?

(b)Rabah bar bar Chanah Amar Rebbi Yochanan describes it as a Chatzer with a guard at the gate (since that is what they used to do in Tzur). How does Rebbi Akiva define one that is Patur?

(c)Rebbi Nechemyah defines a Chatzer that is Chayav, as one in which a person is not embarrassed to eat (due the privacy that prevails there). How does Rebbi Yossi define a Chatzer that is Patur from Ma'asros?

(d)Rebbi Yehudah defines one that is Chayav as one Chatzer inside another. Which one is Chayav and which one is Patur?

(e)Why do we cite this Beraisa here? What does this have to do with Rav Papa and Rav Chin'na b'rei de'Rav Ika's ruling?

10)

(a)What does a twenty-year old ...

1. ... woman who does not have Simanei Gadlus achieve by bringing witnesses that she is indeed twenty (based on the Pasuk in ki Seitzei "Vehayah ha'Bechor asher Teiled")?

2. ... man who does not have Simanei Gadlus achieve by bringing witnesses that he is twenty (based on the Pasuk there "Lehakim le'Achiv Shem")?

(b)This is the opinion of Beis Hillel. What do Beis Shamai hold?

(c)Rebbi Eliezer makes a compromise. What does he say?

(d)What is his reason?

11)

(a)What does the Tana in a Beraisa mean when he compares a nine year-old boy and a man of twenty who does not have Simanim?

(b)How does Rav Shmuel bar Yitzchak Amar Rav reconcile this Beraisa with our Mishnah (which considers a twenty year-old man who has not brought Simanim, a Gadol and a Saris)?

(c)What are the Simanim of a Saris?

(d)What does Rava comment, based on the Mishnah's conclusion 've'hu Saris'?

12)

(a)At what age does the Beraisa cited by Rebbi Chiya, consider a man without Simanei Gadlus, a Saris?

(b)What did Rebbi Chiya (or Rava) used to do when faced with a case of a twenty-year old man who possessed neither Simanei Gadlus nor Simanei Saris?

(c)Why did he do that?

13)

(a)What does Rav mean when he says that all the ages mentioned by the Tana in this Perek are 'Me'eis Le'eis'?

(b)What does Ula say?

(c)What problem does our current Mishnah ('bas Esrim Shanah she'Lo Havi'ah Sh'tei Sa'aros ... ') create for Rav?

14)

(a)We also query Rav from Rebbi Yossi ben Kipar in the name of Rebbi Eliezer in a Beraisa. What does Rebbi Yossi ben Kipar say about the twenty years of a Saris and an Aylonis?

(b)How do we reconcile this with Rebbi, who issued the same ruling in Lud regarding the eighteen year of a Saris or of an Aylonis?

(c)How will Rav reconcile his opinion with this Beraisa?

(d)And he cites a Beraisa to support that. What does the Tana there say about the year the Torah mentions in connection with Kodshim and Batei Arei Chomah, the two years of Sadeh Achuzah, the six years of Eved Ivri and the year of 'Ben' and 'Bas' (which will be explained shortly)? What do they all have in common?

15)

(a)What does Rav Acha bar Ya'akov learn from the 'Vav' of ...

1. ... "Shenaso", in the Pasuk in Tazri'a (in connection with the Korban of a Yoledes) "Keves ben Shenaso le'Olah"?

2. ... "Mimkaro", in the Pasuk in B'har (in connection with Batei Arei Chomah) "ad Tom Sh'nas Mimkaro"?

(b)And how does he arrive at the same conclusion regarding ...

1. ... the two years of Sadeh Achuzah, based on the Pasuk in B'har "be'Mispar Sh'nei Tevu'os Yimkor lach"? How does he interpret the words "Sh'nei" and "Tevu'os", respectively?

2. ... the six years of Eved Ivri from the Pasuk in Mishpatim "Sheish Shanim Ya'avod, u'va'Shevi'is ... "? What does he learn from the juxtaposition of "u'va'Shevi's" to the previous phrase?

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