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1)

(a)The Mishnah divides Beged into five categories of Tum'ah. What is the definition of Beged (see Tiferes Yisrael)?

(b)Four of those categories are K'lei Kibul, Moshav, Ohalim and Arig. What is the fifth?

(c)What are the ramifications of these five divisions?

2)

(a)What is the Shi'ur for Tum'as K'lei Kibul?

(b)What is an example of a Beged which falls into this category?

(c)And what is the Shi'ur Tum'ah regarding ...

1. ... Moshav? What does Moshav ha'Zav incorporate?

2. ... becoming an Ohel ha'Meis?

(d)What is the source for Tum'as Ohalim?

3)

(a)What is the Shi'ur Tum'ah for clothes?

(b)Why is that?

(c)What is an example of Arig?

(d)From where does the Tana learn it?

4)

(a)Sackcloth is subject to four of the above. What is sackcloth made out of?

(b)To which of the five is it not subject?

(c)Which additional category is hide not subject to?

(d)Wood shares the two categories to which it is not subject with hide. Which ...

1. ... are the only two categories which it is subject to?

2. ... is the only category to which K'lei Cheres are subject?

(e)We know that wood is not subject to Tum'as Ohalim from a Mishnah in 'Bameh Madlikin'. What do we learn from the Pasuk in Shemini (in connection with Tum'as Midras) "ve'Ish asher Yiga be'Mishkavo"?

5)

(a)What does the Mishnah say about K'lei Cheres that do not have a Toch?

(b)Besides the fact that, unlike K'lei Cheres, K'lei Eitz are also subject to Moshav, as we already explained, which other distinction does the Tana draw between the two with regard to a K'li that has no rim?

(c)What do we learn from the Pasuk in Shemini "ve'Chol K'li Cheres asher Yipol Meihem el Tocho"?

(d)According to what we have already learned, how do K'lei ...

1. ... Or differ from K'lei Eitz?

2. ... Sak differ from K'lei Or?

3. ... Beged differ from K'lei Sak?

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6)

(a)What do we learn from "ve'ha'Beged" (in Shemini)?

(b)How will we reconcile this with the Shi'ur three by three Tefachim that the Tana gives?

(c)Why the difference?

(d)The Shi'ur Tum'as Meis for sackcloth is four Tefachim. What is the Shi'ur for ...

1. ... Or?

2. ... Mapatz? What is Mapatz?

7)

(a)What is the Shi'ur Tumah of sackcloth, Or and Mapatz, respectively, regarding Midras?

(b)R. Meir agrees that the Shi'ur Tum'as Meis for the remains of an article made of sackcloth is four Tefachim. What Shi'ur does he give for the initial article?

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8)

(a)What does the Mishnah say about an article that comprises ...

1. ... two Tefachim of Beged and one sackcloth, three of sackcloth and one of Or, or four of Or and one of Mapatz?

2. ... five Tefachim of Mapatz and one of Or, four of Or and one of sackcloth, or three of sackcloth and one of Beged?

(b)What principle does the Tana present regarding this ruling?

(c)What will be the Din if, in the latter case, the final Tefach consists of a material that is two or more stages away (four Tefachim of Or and one of Beged, or five of Mapatz and one of sackcloth?

9)

(a)What is the one exception to the previous ruling?

(b)This might be because there, even a single patch of one Tefach square is fit to sit on. What else might it mean?

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10)

(a)What does the Mishnah say about a Tefach square that one cut out of any of the above?

(b)Why is that?

(c)How will we reconcile this with the earlier ruling ha'Beged Sheloshah al Sheloshah le'Midras ... ?

11)

(a)The same will apply to a square Tefach that one cuts from the base of a box. What does R. Shimon say about a square Tefach that is cut from the side of the box

(b)Why is that?

(c)What do the Chachamim say?

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12)

(a)Generally, sieves are made out of leather. What is the the Shi'ur Tum'ah of a sieve that is made out of ...

1. ... hair?

2. ... ropes made of shavings or reeds (see also Tiferes Yisrael)?

(b)According to R. Akiva, if the owner now designates a worn-out sieve to sit on, it becomes subject to Tum'ah. What size will it have to be for this to take effect?

(c)What do the Chachamim say?

13)

(a)In which way is the chair of a small child, which the Tana declares to be subject to Tum'ah, different than that of a grown-up?

(b)What does R. Eliezer say about the garment of a small child that does not have the Shi'ur of a Beged?

(c)According to the Chachamim, it must have the Shi'ur of a Beged. What is the Shi'ur of a Beged?

(d)What condition do they add to that?

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14)

(a)The Mishnah now lists various items that must be double, the first of them boots that reach the knees (Ampalya [or Anpalya]) . What does double mean according to its ...

1. ... implied meaning?

2. ... alternative explanation?

(b)The next two items on the list are P'mulinya and Michnasayim. What is the difference between them?

(c)The next two are Kova (a hat) and Kis shel Pandiya. What is Kis shel Pandiya?

15)

(a)The last item on the list is Matlis she'Telaya al ha'Safah. What is Matlis she'Telaya al ha'Safah?

(b)In which case is the Shi'ur double and in which case is it single?

(c)What are the two possible interpretations of double in this case?

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16)

(a)What does the Mishnah say about a case where a Beged becomes Tamei Midras after three by three Tefachim have been woven, and then, after ...

1. ... it has been completed, one of the initial threads is removed?

2. ... one of the initial threads has been removed, it is completed?

(b)What is the problem with the latter ruling? What ought we to say?

(c)To resolve the problem, what must this Tana hold?

(d)How does that resolve the problem?

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17)

(a)And what does the Mishnah say about a Beged that becomes Tamei after three by three Etzba'os have been woven, and then, after ...

1. ... it has been completed, one of the initial threads is removed?

2. ... one of the initial threads has been removed, it is completed?

(b)Why the difference between the latter case and the equivalent case of three by three Tefachim?

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18)

(a)The Tana Kama rules that a Tamei Midras sheet that one hangs up as a curtain remains Tamei Maga Midras. On what condition does it lose its original status?

(b)Why is that?

(c)On what grounds does ...

1. ... it remain subject to Tum'as Maga Midras? How is it still put to somebody's personal use?

2. ... R. Yossi disagree with the Tana Kama? What does he say?

(d)In which case will R. Yossi concede that it is Tamei?

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19)

(a)What does the Mishnah say about a Tamei Midras Beged of three by three Tefachim which tears in half?

(b)What does R. Yossi say?

(c)In which case will R. Yossi concede that a torn piece of Beged three by three Etzba'os is Tamei Maga Midras?

(d)Like whom is the Halachah regarding to both cases?

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20)

(a)The Tana lists two conditions for a Beged that has been thrown into the trash-heap to remain subject to Tum'ah. One of them that it is still firm. What is the other?

(b)What is the equivalent Din of a Beged in the house. On which condition does it remain subject to Tum'ah?

(c)What is the Machlokes between R. Yehudah and the Chachamim in this regard?

(d)Which Tana is more stringent?

(e)How is this possible?

21)

(a)What does R. Shimon say about a Beged of three by three Tefachim in the trash-heap?

(b)What is his reason?

(c)Like whom is the Halachah in both of the current Machlokos?

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22)

(a)If one places a torn Beged of three by three Tefachim on a chair, to what extent will it have to be torn for it to be Tahor?

(b)What does the Mishnah say about a Beged of three by three Etzba'os of which one thread is worn out?

(c)The same applies to two knots in two consecutive threads. In which third case does the Mishnah rule that it is Tahor?

23)

(a)What does the Tana say about a Beged of three by three Etzba'os that has been thrown on to a trash-heap?

(b)How does it re-enter the realm of Tum'ah?

(c)What will be the Din if this sequence is repeated a number of times?

24)

(a)The only two exceptions to the current rule are Argaman and Zehoris Tovah. If Argaman is purple wool, what is Zehoris Tovah?

(b)What makes these two Begadim different?

(c)R. Eliezer presents another exception. What is it?

(d)R. Shimon disagrees with all the exceptions. In what connection did the Chachamim then mention them?

(e)Like whom is the Halachah?

Hadran alach 'ha'Beged Mitamei ... '