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1)

(a)The minimum size of a Baheres is a ki'G'ris. What exactly, is a G'ris?

(b)What if the Baheres is round and not square?

(c)The above is the equivalent to nine lentils. How many hairs on the head are equivalent to one lentil?

(d)What does the Mishnah therefore conclude? What, measured in hairs on the head, is the minimum size of a Baheres?

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2)

(a)What does the Tana say in a case where a Baheres the size of a G'ris containing a Michyah the size of a lentil, if the Baheres ...

1. ... expanded?

2. ... diminished?

(b)What is the reason for the former ruling?

(c)And what does the Tana say in a case where the Michyah ...

1. ... expanded?

2. ... diminished?

(d)What is the reason for the former ruling?

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3)

(a)What does the Mishnah say in a case where a Baheres measuring a G'ris containing a Michyah that is smaller than a k'Adashah ...

1. ... expands? To what extent must it expand?

2. ... diminishes?

(b)What if, in the latter case, the Michyah is the size of a lentil?

(c)And what does the Tana say if the Michyah expands?

4)

(a)In the event that the Michyah diminishes, R. Meir declares it Tamei. What do the Chachamim say?

(b)What is the basis of their Machlokes?

(c)Like whom is the Halachah?

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5)

(a)What does the Tana say about a Baheres that is larger than a G'ris that contains a Michyah that is larger than an Adashah?

(b)On what condition will it be Tamei if they both diminish?

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6)

(a)What does the Tana Kama rule with regard to a Baheres the size of a G'ris that is surrounded by a thin strip of Michyah the size of an Adashah, that is surrounded in turn by a Baheres the size of a G'ris?

(b)What does R. Yossi say with regard to the second ruling?

(c)Why is that?

7)

(a)The Mishnah now discusses the above case where the Michyah diminishes (i.e. the Baheres expands to cover part of it). What does Raban Gamliel say if ...

1. ... the inner Baheres expands to cover part or all of the Michyah that adjoins it?

2. ... the outer Baheres expands to cover part or all of the Michyah that adjoins it?

(b)What does R. Akiva hold?

(c)Why is that?

(d)Like whom is the Halachah?

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8)

(a)We just learned that if the Michyah (between two Beharos) diminishes (i.e. the outer Baheres spreads to cover part of it), then the outer Baheres is Tahor. What does he say in the event that the Michyah that diminishes, initially measured more than a ke'G'ris?

(b)Like whom is the Halachah?

9)

(a)The Mishnah now discusses a Bohak. What is a 'Bohak'?

(b)What does the Tana about a case where a Bohak less than a k'Adashah is situated between two Beharos, and one of them spreads into it?

(c)Why must the Bohak measure less than a k'Adashah?

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10)

(a)How many tips of limbs are there that do not classify as 'Michyah' (see Tos. Yom-Tov)?

(b)How do we learn this from the Pasuk "ve'Ra'ahu ha'Kohen"?

(c)What are the first twenty on the list?

(d)Counting the tips of the two ears as one, what are the remaining four (incorporating the limbs of both a man and a woman)?

11)

(a)According to the R. Yehudah, there are twenty-four on a man's body alone. What is the extra one not listed by the Tana Kama?

(b)Besides warts, R. Eliezer adds Dildulin (or Tiltulin) to the list. What are ...

1. ... 'Dildulin'?

2. ... 'Tiltulin'?

(c)Like whom is the Halachah?

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12)

(a)What does the Mishnah say about a Nega that appears inside a person's eye, ear, nose or mouth?

(b)Will the same apply to the other three Mar'os Nega'im?

(c)How do we learn this from the Pasuk "ve'Hayah be'Or Besaro"?

13)

(a)If folds in the skin are also not subject to Nega'im, why does the Tana find it necessary to add folds in the neck?

(b)In what posture does the Tana include in the list the folds ...

1. ... under a a woman's breast?

2. ... under the armpit?

(c)What does he say about a Baheres on ...

1. ... the sole of man's foot or on his beard?

2. ... a man's head and on his nail?

14)

(a)The last four items on the list are Sh'chin, Michvah, Kedach and Mordin. Why is a Baheres on a Sh'chin or Michvah not a Siman Tum'ah?

(b)What is ...

1. ... 'Kedach'?

2. ... 'Mordin'?

(c)What Shi'ur is required for them to be considered healed, and to fall under the category of regular skin?

(d)Alternatively, others refer to the latter as 'Morerin'. What is the source of the word ...

1. ... 'Mordin'?

2. ... 'Morerin'?

15)

(a)Will the above areas combine with half a Shi'ur of Baheres on the skin that adjoins them?

(b)Do they qualify as ...

1. ... Pisyon?

2. ... Michyah?

(c)What might Michyah mean besides where any of the above appear in the middle of a regular Nega?

16)

(a)What if a Metzora turns completely white except for any of the above? Will they prevent him from being declared Tahor?

(b)How do we learn this from the Pasuk "ve'Chis'sah ha'Tzara'as es Kol Or ha'Nega"?

17)

(a)Under what circumstances will the Din of Baheres apply to ...

1. ... the head and the beard?

2. ... Sh'chin and Michvah?

3. ... a location where there is a fold in the skin?

(b)What about them ...

1. ... combining with the skin next to them to make up the Shi'ur?

2. ... becoming subject to Pisyon or Michyah?

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

18)

(a)What does the Mishnah say with regard to the above preventing a person whose Nega spread to the entire body except for them from becoming Tamei?

(b)On what condition is the location of the head and the beard subject to the four Mar'os Nega'im like ordinary skin?

(c)And the Tana issues the same ruling with regard to Dildulin she'be'Rosh ve'she'be'Zakan'. What are 'Dildulin'?

(d)This ruling has three ramifications: 1. That they prevent a Nega that spreads to the entire body except for them, from being Tahor; 2. They are eligible to be deemed Pisyon. What is the third?

Hadran Alach 'Gufah Shel Baheres'