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1)

(a)On what grounds is one permitted to blow Shofar on Shabbos min ha'Torah?

(b)Why did the Chachamim ...

1. ... forbid it?

2. ... not extend the prohibition to the Beis-Hamikdash?

2)

(a)What did Raban Yochanan ben Zakai institute (regarding Teki'as Shofar on Shabbos) after the Churban Beis-ha'Mikdash

(b)What does Rebbi Elazar say? How did he qualify Raban Yochanan ben Zakai's ruling?

(c)According to 'Amru lo', he instituted blowing wherever Beis-Din convene. What does he add to the opinion of the Tana Kama?

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3)

(a)What is the problem with the Mishnah, which begins 'And in this point too, Yerushalayim had an advantage over Yavneh'?

(b)To solve the problem, what do we add to the Mishnah for the opening statement to make sense? Which first advantage did Yerushalayim have over Yavneh?

(c)What does the Tana now add, in connection with any town that 'could see, hear was close and was able to come'?

(d)What does the Tana come to preclude when he says ...

1. ... 'See'?

2. ... 'hear'?

3. ... 'is close?

4. ... 'is able to come'?

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4)

(a)How many days was the Lulav taken in the Beis-Hamikdash, and how many days outside it?

(b)How do we learn this fom the Pasuk in Emor "u'Semachtem Lifnei Hash-m Shiv'as Yamim"?

(c)What did Raban Yochanan ben Zakai institute after the Churban Beis-Hamikdash?

(d)Why did he do that?

5)

(a)He also instituted that 'Yom Henef' should be entirely forbidden'. What exactly is 'Yom Henef'?

(b)Which Isur is he referring to?

(c)When the Beis-Hamikdash stood, Chadash was permitted as soon as they brought the Omer. What would they have done after the Churban had Raban Yochanan not introduced the above institution?

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6)

(a)At first, Beis-Din would accept the witnesses who saw the new moon all day. Which day is the Mishnah talking about?

(b)Until a problem occurred with the Shir shel Yom that the Levi'im sang twice daily. Which Shir did the Chachamim institute on the thirtieth of Ellul for ...

1. ... the Tamid shel Shachar?

2. ... the Tamid shel Bein ha'Arbayim?

(c)What is the reason for that?

7)

(a)What happened one year out of the ordinary?

(b)What problem did that cause?

(c)So what did the Chachamim institute, to avoid it from recurring?

(d)Seeing as, in the event that witnesses did not arrive before 'Minchah-time', they fixed Rosh-Ha'Shanah for the following day, what does the Tana mean when he says 'Nohagin Oso ha'Yom Kodesh'?

(e)Why did they continue to do that even after they had brought the Tamid shel Bein-ha'Arbayim?

8)

(a)What did Raban Yochanan ben Zakai institute after the Churban Beis-Hamikdash?

(b)Rebbi Yehoshua ben Korchah adds another Takanah of Raban Yochanan ben Zakai. Who was normally responsible for declaring Rosh Chodesh?

(c)What ought the Din therefore to have been if the witnesses arrived in Beis-Din ha'Gadol in Yerushalayim and discovered that he was not there?

(d)What did Raban Yochanan ben Zakai institute?

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9)

(a)In the Pasuk in Emor (in connection with Rosh-ha'Shanah) "Zichron T'ru'ah Mikra Kodesh", what do we learn from the word ...

1. ... "Zichron"?

2. ... "T'ru'ah"

(b)And what do we learn from the words "Ani Hash-m Elokeichem" (in the Pasuk in Beha'aloscha, in connection with the trumpets) "Vehayu lachem le'Zikaron, Ani Hash-m Elokeichem")?

(c)According to Rebbi Yochanan ben Nuri, in the Amidos of Rosh ha'Shanah, one inserts 'Malchiyos' in the B'rachah of 'ha'Keil ha'Kadosh' (See Tos. Yom-Tov). Where does one then blow the first set of Teki'os?

10)

(a)On what grounds does Rebbi Akiva disagree with Rebbi Yochanan ben Nuri?

(b)What does he therefore say?

(c)Like whom is the Halachah?

(d)According to both Tana'im, where does one blow the second and third set of T'kiyos'?

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11)

(a)According to the Tana Kama, the minimum number of P'sukim that one mentions in the Amidah is ten Malchuyos, ten Zichronos and ten Shofros. How are the ten made up?

(b)What does Rebbi Yochanan ben Nuri say?

(c)How are the P'sukim made up, according to him?

(d)Like whom is the Halachah?

12)

(a)What, besides 'Zickaron' of punishment (such as the Pasuk in Yechezkel " ... Im Lo be'Yad Chazakah u'vi'Zero'a Shefuchah Emloch aleichem"), does one not include?

(b)According to the Tana Kama, one begins with Torah and ends with Navi. What does Rebbi Yossi says 'Im Hishlim ba'Torah, Yotzei'. What did he really say?

(c)Like whom is the Halachah?

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13)

(a)What distinction does the Mishnah draw between when one blows Shofar and when one recites Hallel?

(b)When did they originally used to blow the Shofar?

(c)Then why did the Chachamim change it to Musaf?

(d)Why does the Tana insert the words 'u've'Sha'as ha'Hallel' in the Seifa?

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14)

(a)What does the Mishnah say about going beyond T'chum Shabbos on Rosh ha'Shanah to fetch a Shofar?

(b)What about going to hear the Shofar?

(c)Likewise, it forbids removing a pile of rubble to obtain a Shofar that is buried beneath it, to climb a tree or to ride on a horse to fetch it. Which other similar act does the Tana add to the list?

15)

(a)What does the Tana say about cutting a Shofar from scratch?

(b)'Mishum Sh'vus' might refer to a knife and 'Mishum Lo Sa'aseh', a saw. How else might we define them?

(c)If the reason for the first explanation is because one a saw is what is commonly used for cutting wood, and not a knife, what is the reason for the second explanation?

16)

(a)And what is the Din regarding pouring into it ...

1. ... water?

2. ... wine?

(b)Why does one do that?

(c)And why might we have thought that it is forbidden?

17)

(a)What does the Mishnah say about allowing young children to blow Shofar on Rosh ha'Shanah?

(b)What category of young children is the Tana talking about?

(c)He even permits a grown-up to help him blow. What might we have thought that this is forbidden?

(d)Then why isn't it?

18)

(a)The Mishnah finally rules that a Mis'asek is not Yotzei. What is a 'Mis'asek'?

(b)What about someone who hears from a Mis'asek, but who himself has Kavanah to be Yotzei?

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19)

(a)If the first 'Shalosh' in the Mishnah's statement that Teki'as Shofar on Rosh ha'Shanah comprises 'Shalosh shel Shalosh Shalosh' refers to 'Malchiyos, Zichronos and 'Sh hofros', what does 'shel Shalosh Shalosh' mean?

(b)Seeing as the Torah writes Teru'ah twice in connection with Rosh ha'Shanah and once in connection with Yovel, from where do we learn that whatever applies to one applies to the other?

(c)What do we then learn from the Pasuk in Emor ...

1. ... "Veha'avartem Shofar Teru'ah"?

2. ... "Ta'aviru Shofar"?

(d)And what does the Tana mean when he says that 'the length of the Teki'os is equivalent to the length of three Teru'os'?

(e)And the Tana gives the Shi'ur of a Teru'ah as three Yevavos. What are three Yebavos, according to ...

1. ... the first explanation?

2. ... the second explanation?

20)

(a)And what does the Mishnah say about someone who blows the Teki'ah following Malchiyos double the regular length so as to cover the first Teki'ah of Zichronos too?

(b)Why is that?

(c)What does the Tana say about somebody who obtains a Shofar only after already having Davened Musaf?

21)

(a)What is the Tana referring to when he says that 'just as the Shali'ah Tzibur is Chayav, so too, is each individual Chayav?

(b)If each individual is Chayav, then why does the Shali'ach Tzibur repeat the Amidah?

(c)What does Raban Gamliel say?

(d)According to Raban Gamliel, why is it necessary for him to Daven the silent Amidah?

22)

(a)Like whom is the Halachah with regard to Amidos ...

1. ... during the year?

2. ... on Rosh ha'Shanah?

(b)When else is the Halachah like Raban Gamliel?

(c)Why the difference?

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