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1)

(a)What does R. Yossi say about two Mikva'os, neither of which contain a full forty Sa'ah, into which fell three Sa'ah of Mayim She'uvim, one and a half Sa'ah in each, and which are then joined?

(b)What if the three Sa'ah fell into one of the Mikva'os, which then split, and which one subsequently supplemented with rain-water?

(c)What is the reason for the difference?

2)

(a)On what condition does R. Yehoshua validate the Mikvah even in the latter case? (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

(b)Why is that?

(c)And on what condition do the Chachamim concede to R. Yehoshua that the Mikvah is Kasher?

(d)What is their reason? (see Tos. Yom-Tov).

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3)

(a)The Tana elaborates on the previous ruling (see Mishnah Achronah). What does he say in a case where the Mikvah containing three Sa'ah of Mayim She'uvim Pesulim is subsequently joined to a neighboring Mikvah which is lower down than it?

(b)On which principle is this ruling based?

(c)What if the Kasher Mikvah is higher up than the Pasul one?

(d)Why is that? (see Tos. Yom-Tov).

4)

(a)Either way, R. Elazar ben Azaryah disagrees. What does he mean when he concludes ...

1. ... ... Ela-im-Kein Pasak?

2. ... (according to the alternative text) ... Ela-im-Kein Pakak?

(b)Which is the preferred version?

(c)Like whom is the Halachah?

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5)

(a)When does a pit containing Mayim She'uvin over which a stream of water is constantly flowing, becomes Kasher? (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

(b)What sort of stream is the Tana talking about? (see Tos. Yom-Tov DH 've'ha'Amah').

6)

(a)The Mishnah now discusses three Lugin of Mayim She'uvin that have been poured into a large pit by two people (each person one and a half Lugin). What does R. Akiva say about it?

(b)And what does he say about a case where one person ...

1. ... squeezes a large garment into the pit, emptying three Lugin into it from various locations on the garment?

2. ... poured the water from a Tzirtzur? What is a Tzirtzur?

(c)What is his reason for all the above rulings?

7)

(a)What do the Chachamim of R. Akiva hold.

(b)What did R. Akiva prove from the fact that Chazal said Matil (pours), rather than Matilin?

(c)How did the Chachamim counter his proof?

(d)Like whom is the Halachah?

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8)

(a)On what condition do the Chachamim concede to R. Akiva that Mayim She'uvin that is poured from a number of vessels does not render the Mikvah Pasul? (see Tos. Yom-Tov).

(b)Similarly, on what condition will ...

1. ... a sick Ba'al Keri who is unable to Tovel, became Tahor if nine Kabin of water is poured over him from one vessel, and at which point will he remain Tamei? (see Tos. Yom-Tov).

2. ... a Tahor person on whose head and over most him was poured three Lugin of water become Tamei?

(c)In addition, on what condition will ...

1. ... the water from the two or three vessels combine?

2. ... the same amount of water combine to render the Mikvah Pasul, even if it is poured from more than three vessels?

(d)What if one uses numerous vessels, pouring one Kurtuv (a sixty-fourth of a Lug) from each vessel? (see Tos. Yom-Tov)?

Hadran alach 'R. Yossi Omer'