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1)

(a)The Mishnah now discusses all the possible computations of things that are Ma'alin and/or Poslin, and that are not. What is the definition of ...

1. ... Ma'alin?

2. ... Poslin?

(b)The first list begins with snow, hail, frost and ice. What does the Tana say about them?

(c)What sort of clay does the Tana include in the list?

(d)Which other item does the Tana include in the list?

2)

(a)What did R. Yishmael attest before R. Akiva regarding to snow?

(b)What, on the other hand, did the men of Meidva tell him in R. Yishmael's name?

(c)What is the Halachah?

(d)What does R. Yochanan ben Nuri say about hail-stones?

(e)Like whom is the Halachah?

3)

(a)What example does the Mishnah now give to describe Ma'alin ve'Lo Poslin?

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4)

(a)The Tana opens the list of Poslin ve'Lo Ma'alin with water that is either Tamei or Tahor. What sort of water is he talking about?

(b)The list continues with Mei Kevashim and Mei Shelakos. What is ...

1. ... Mei Kevashim?

2. ... Mei Shelakos?

(c)The last item on the list is Temed. What is Temed?

(d)Up to which point does Temed belong to this list?

(e)Why is that?

5)

(a)What example does the Mishnah give to describe Poslin ve'Lo Ma'alin?

(b)What does the Tana now say about other liquids and fruit-juice (see Tiferes Yisrael)?

(c)The list continues with Tzir and Muryas. What is ...

1. ... Tzir?

2. ... Muryas?

(d)What is the last item on the list?

6)

(a)On what condition do the items on the current list ...

1. ... not render the Mikvah Kasher?

2. ... render the Mikvah Kasher?

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7)

(a)What does the Mishnah say about a Mikvah in which one washes baskets that were used for olives or for grapes, changing the color of the water? Why is that?

(b)What does R. Yossi say about paint-water? In which case will it render Pasul an incomplete Mikvah, and in which case will it not?

(c)What is the reason for his latter ruling?

8)

(a)What does the Tana say about a case where wine or olive juice falls into a Mikvah, causing the water to change color?

(b)In the event that this happens, how will the Mikvah become Kasher, assuming it contains ...

1. ... less than forty Sa'ah?

2. ... more than forty Sa'ah?

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9)

(a)If wine or olive-juice falls into a Kasher Mikvah, changing the appearance of part of it, on what condition may one Tovel in it?

(b)What if it does not contain forty Sa'ah of clear water, and a person Tovels in the part of the Mikvah that has the appearance of water?

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10)

(a)The Tana Kama rules that if three Lugin of water into which there falls a Kurtuv of wine, giving it the appearance of wine, falls into a Mikvah containing less than forty Sa'ah, which it supplements, the Mikvah remains Kasher (see Tos. Yom-Tov). Why is that?

(b)And what does he say in the equivalent case, but where it was a Kurtuv of milk that fell into three Lugin minus a Kurtuv of water, which then falls into the same Mikvah?

(c)Why is that?

(d)What does R. Yochanan ben Nuri say? With which of the above cases does he argue?

(e)Like whom is the Halachah?

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11)

(a)The Mishnah now discusses a Mikvah containing exactly forty Sa'ah in which two people Tovel one after the other. On what grounds does the Tana Kama declare the second person still Tamei?

(b)On what condition does R. Yehudah declare the second person Tahor too? Why is that?

(c)The Gemara in Chagigah however, qualifies R. Yehudah's ruling. In which case does he ...

1. ... declare him Tahor?

2. ... concede that he remains Tamei?

(d)Like whom is the Halachah?

12)

(a)What does the Mishnah say about someone who Tovels in the same Mikvah of exactly forty Sa'ah after a thick woolen garment (Sagus) was Toveled in it? On what condition does the Tana declare the person Tahor?

(b)Who is the author of this Mishnah?

13)

(a)Finally, what does the Mishnah say about Toveling a leather cushion or cover in the same above-mentioned Mikvah? What does he require one to do?

(b)Why is that?

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14)

(a)How does one Tovel a bed that is higher than the depths of the Mikvah (whose floor comprises thick mud)?

(b)Why does the bed not remain Tamei, since the legs of the bed are sunk in the mud and not in the water?

15)

(a)What can one do in a case where forty Sa'ah of water are spread out over a wide area which renders the Mikvah too shallow to Tovel in?

(b)Why does the Tana say even bundles of wood or of straw (see Tos. Yom-Tov)? Why might we have thought otherwise?

(c)And why does he use the expression 'Kovesh' (places a weight on top of them) with regard to the bundles of wood or straw?

(d)How does the Mishnah suggest that one Tovels a needle, to prevent it from getting lost in the Mikvah?

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