Mishnah 1
1)
(a)Our Mishnah discusses with what one may 'wrap' a boiling pot that one has removed from the Kirah and with what one may not. About which time period is the Tana speaking?
(b)What does the owner intend to wrap it with that renders it forbidden?
(c)The Tana's list of what one may not use includes Gefes, dung, salt. lime and sand, wet or dry. What is 'Gefes'?
(d)What is the Tana referring to when he specifies 'wet or dry'?
(e)Why did he find it necessary to mention it?
1)
(a)Our Mishnah discusses with what one may 'wrap' a boiling pot that one has removed from the Kirah and with what one may not - on Erev Shabbos.
(b)The owner intends to wrap it with - something that increases the heat that renders it forbidden.
(c)The Tana's list of what one may not use includes Gefes - (the residue of olives), dung, salt, lime and sand, wet or dry.
(d)When the Tana specifies 'wet or dry' - he is referring to all five items that precede it ...
(e)... even despite the fact that when they are dry they emit less heat, and we might otherwise have thought that it is permitted.
2)
(a)The Tana concludes the list with straw, Zagin, Mukin and grasses. What is the definition of 'Zagin'?
(b)What does 'Mukin' mean?
(c)When the Tana adds the clause that they are only forbidden if they are wet, to what is he referring?
(d)When are they all permitted even if they are wet?
(e)What kind of Mukin are intrinsically wet?
2)
(a)The Tana concludes the list with straw, Zagin - (grape-skins), Mukin and grasses.
(b)'Mukin' means - any kind of soft material, that is made of cotton, or wool, or any worn out clothes.
(c)When the Tana adds the clause that they are only forbidden if they are wet, he is referring to - all four items that precede it.
(d)When are all permitted even if they are wet however - if the wetness comes from an external source (such as if liquid spilt on them).
(e)Mukin that are intrinsically wet - will pertain to the wool that is next to the fact-tail of a sheep or that is between the thighs of an animal.
3)
(a)In his list of things with which one is permitted to wrap, the Tana includes clothes, fruit, dove's feathers, sawdust and the fine shakings from combed flax. What does Rebbi Yehudah say ...
1. ... in this last case?
2. ... with regard to the fine shavings of sawdust?
(b)Like whom is the Halachah?
(c)Why did the Chachamim forbid wrapping hot food with something which ...
1. ... increases the heat on Erev Shabbos?
2. ... even merely maintains the heat on Shabbos itself?
(d)What did the Tana say at the end of the second Perek with regard to wrapping hot food with something which merely maintains the heat during bein-ha'Shemashos (as we learned there)?
(e)Why is that?
3)
(a)In his list of things with which one is permitted to wrap, the Tana includes clothes, fruit, dove's feathers, sawdust and the fine shakings from combed flax. Rebbi Yehudah ...
1. ... rules that in this last case - forbids the fine shakings from combed flax, but permits thick ones.
2. ... concedes that the fine shavings of sawdust are permitted.
(b)The Halachah is - like the Tana Kama.
(c)The Chachamim forbid wrapping hot food with something which ...
1. ... increases the heat on Erev Shabbos - in case one then places one's food in burning ashes, which when, on Shabbos, one finds that the food is not hot enough, one will subsequently stoke.
2. ... even merely maintains the heat on Shabbos itself - in case one finds that one's pot has gone cold, and then heats it up.
(d)At the end of the second Perek, we learned that (despite what we just said), one is permitted to wrap hot food with something which merely maintains the heat during bein-ha'Shemashos ...
(e)... seeing as it is unusual for a pot not to be hot as Shabbos enters, so the reason for the prohibition is not applicable.
4)
(a)On what basis does the Rambam invert the reasons for the prohibition of wrapping on Erev Shabbos and on Shabbos?
4)
(a)The Rambam inverts the reasons for the prohibition of wrapping on Erev Shabbos and on Shabbos - based on an erroneous text that he had in his Gemara.
Mishnah 2
5)
(a)Besides the fact that one may wrap with them, what else does the Mishnah say about ...
1. ... skins?
2. ... shearings of wool?
(b)What makes the latter Muktzah?
(c)Why are the former not Muktzah?
(d)On what condition will the latter become permitted too?
5)
(a)Besides the fact that one may wrap with them, the Mishnah declares ...
1. ... skins - permitted to move (not Muktzah).
2. ... shearings of wool - Muktzah ...
(b)... since they are generally designated for spinning and weaving (which is forbidden on Shabbos).
(c)The former are not Muktzah however - since they are fit to use as rugs (to recline on).
(d)The latter will become permitted too - if the owner designates them for wrapping.
6)
(a)If one wrapped one's pot using shearings of wool, how does one then open the pot to gain access to its contents?
(b)Why is the lid not a Basis to the shearings?
6)
(a)If one wrapped one's pot using shearings of wool, one can open the pot to gain access to its contents - by picking up the lid (see Tif'eres Yisrael) and allowing the shearings to fall off.
(b)The lid is not a Basis to the shearings - since its main function is to cover the pot.
7)
(a)Why does Rebbi Elazar ben Azaryah obligate tipping the pot in order to take some of contents? Why can one not simply remove it from the shearings?
(b)What do the Chachamim say?
(c)What if the shearings do indeed cave in, according to them?
(d)Like whom is the Halachah?
7)
(a)Rebbi Elazar ben Azaryah obligates tipping the pot in order to take some of contents. He does not permit simply removing it from the shearings - in case the shearings subsequently cave in, and in order to return the pot after taking some of its contents, the owner will move the shearings, to create cavity for his pot.
(b)The Chachamim - are not worried that this might happen ...
(c)... though if the shearings do cave in, they concede that one is not permitted to return the pot.
(d)The Halachah is - like the Chachamim.
8)
(a)If one forgot to wrap one's pot on Erev Shabbos, is there a way that one may do so on Shabbos Bedi'eved?
(b)What if one wrapped it before Shabbos but the cover slipped off?
(c)What does the Tana say about placing a jar of water or food underneath one's Kar or Kesses (blanket or cushion [Tiferes Yisrael - see Tos. Yom. Tov] on Shabbos?
(d)Seeing as they are full of stuffing, why is this not forbidden on account of Hatmanah?
8)
(a)If one forgot to wrap one's pot on Erev Shabbos - there is no way that one may do so on Shabbos.
(b)If one wrapped it before Shabbos but the cover slipped off - one is permitted to replace it.
(c)The Tana - permits placing a jar of water or food underneath one's Kar or Kesses (blanket or cushion [Tiferes Yisrael - see also Tos. Yom. Tov] on Shabbos.
(d)Even though they are full of stuffing, this is not forbidden on account of Hatmanah - because this is not how Hatmanah is generally performed.
