Mishnah 1
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1)

(a)What does the Tana say regarding Nega'im that ...

1. ... a person had prior to Matan Torah, a Nochri prior to his conversion or a baby prior to his birth?

2. ... appear on folds in the skin before they straightened out, on the head or the beard or the Kedach before the hair fell out, or on a Sh'chin, Michvah or Kedach before they healed (and the Nega remains intact, as it does in all the cases in this Mishnah)?

(b)How do we learn this from the Pasuk "ve'Hayah bi'Mekom ha'Sh'chin Se'eis"?

2)

(a)What does R. Eliezer ben Ya'akov rule in a case where a Nega appears on ...

1. ... the head or the beard before hair has grown, and hair subsequently grows and falls out?

2. ... a Sh'chin, a Michvah or a Kedach before they scar, and they subsequently scar and then heal?

(b)What reason does he give for this?

(c)What do the Chachamim say?

(d)Like whom is the Halachah?

Mishnah 2
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3)

(a)How does the Mishnah describe ...

1. ... a Baheres (ka'Sheleg) which appear on the skin of a Nochri before he converts, and which, after the conversion, changes its appearance to ke'Sid ha'Heichal, ke'Tzemer Lavan or ki'Kerum Beitzah?

2. ...a Se'eis (ke'Tzemer Rachel) which appear on the skin of a Nochri before he converts, and which, after the conversion, changes its appearance to ke'Loven Beitzah (its Toldah)?

(b)And what does the Tana mean when he says 'Na'asis Mispachas Se'eis O Mispachas Azah'?

4)

(a)What case does the Mishnah present to describe Lehachmir?

(b)The Tana cites a triple Machlokes in this matter. R. Elazar ben Azaryah declares all the above Tahor. What is the opinion of ...

1. ... R. Elazar Chisma?

2. ... R. Akiva?

(c)Like whom is the Halachah?

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5)

(a)What does the Mishnah say regarding a plain Baheres ...

1. ... initially or after one week?

2. ... after two weeks or after the Kohen declared him Tahor?

(b)What does the Tana say in a case where Simnei Tum'ah appear on a Baheres after the Kohen has declared him a Musgar (either initially or after one week), but before he has had a chance to actually lock him up?

(c)And what does he rule in the reverse case, where he declares him a Muchlat, and before he has a chance to carry out his ruling, the Simnei Tum'ah disappear ...

1. ... initially or after one week?

2. ... after two weeks or after he has declared him Tahor?

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6)

(a)What does the Tana say about someone who removes Simnei Tum'ah from his skin or who burns a Michyah?

(b)Which Lo Sa'aseh does he transgress?

(c)And what does he say about the status of someone who does so ...

1. ... before he has been to the Kohen?

2. ... after the Kohen has declared it Tamei?

7)

(a)What did R. Akiva ask R. Gamliel and R. Yehoshua whilst they on their way to Gadvad?

(b)What did they reply?

(c)How did R. Akiva answer his own She'eilah, based on the first of the previous rulings?

8)

(a)According to R. Eliezer, the Metzora discussed by R. Akiva will become Tahor only when a new Nega appears and the Kohen declares him Tahor. Why is that?

(b)The Chachamim give two other alternatives; one of them, when it spreads to his entire body. What is the other alternative?

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9)

(a)What will the Kohen tell a person whose Baheres was accidentally cut off?

(b)What do we learn from the Pasuk "Kol Y'mei asher ha'Nega bo Yitma"?

(c)Then why does the Kohen declare Tamei someone who cut it off on purpose?

10)

(a)If the Metzora cut off the Nega on purpose, R. Eliezer rules that it will become subject to Taharah when a new Nega appears and he is cured from it (like his previous ruling). What do the Chachamim say?

(b)Like whom is the Halachah?)

(c)Why do the Chachamim not present the second ruling that they gave earlier ('if it becomes smaller than the size of a G'ris')?

11)

(a)What do both R. Eliezer and the Chachamim say in a case where the Metzora removed the entire Nega plus some of the flesh surrounding it?

(b)Why is that?

(c)And in which case does R. Eliezer concede that P'richah will render him Tahor?

(d)In which case do they then argue?

12)

(a)Why is it obvious that an eighth-day Milah overrides the La'av of cutting off a Nega?

(b)Then what is the Tana referring to when he says 'Haysah be'Rosh Orlaso, Yimol'?

(c)On what principle is this ruling based?

(d)How about performing it on Shabbos?

Hadran alach 'Elu Behoros'