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1)

(a)To set the Taharah of a Metzora in motion, one brings a new earthenware P'yali and two Tziprei D'ror. What is ...

1. ... 'P'yali'?

2. ... 'Tziprei D'ror'?

(b)What does one pour into the bowl?

(c)Into what does one Shecht one of the two birds?

(d)The Torah writes "el K'li Cheres al Mayim Chayim". In what regard is the Torah comparing the earthenware vessel to the spring water?

2)

(a)Who performs all these things?

(b)What does he do with the Shechted bird?

(c)Why is that?

(d)The Kohen then takes a piece of cedar wood, a twig of hyssop and a crimson thread. What does he do with them before proceeding with the actual purification of the Metzora?

3)

(a)What does the Kohen then dip into the blood and water in the earthenware vessel together with the above bundle?

(b)There are two opinions as to where he sprinkles the water/blood. Some say on the back of the Metzora'' hand. What do others say?

(c)Like which opinion is the Halachah?

(d)What would the Kohen do if it was not a Metzora with whom he the Kohen was dealing but a Bayis ha'Menuga?

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4)

(a)With regard to the bird that the Kohen now sends away, what does the Mishnah say about the sea, the town and the desert?

(b)We learn this from a Pasuk. What does the Pasuk say?

(c)What does the Tana mean when he says that next, the Kohen 'passes a razor' over the entire body of the Metzora?

(d)What else, besides regular body hair, does the 'Klal u'F'rat u'Ch'lal' ("ve'Hayah ba'Yom ha'Shevi'i Yegalach es Kol Se'aro ... es Rosho ve'es Zekano ve'es Gabos Einav ... ve'es Kol Se'aro Yegale'ach") come to exclude from having to be shaved (see Tos. Yom-Tov)?

5)

(a)What else does the Metzora then do besides Toveling in a Mikvah?

(b)Which aspect of Tum'ah ...

1. ... (besides being Metamei the room that he enters) falls away after this Tevilah?

2. ... still applies?

(c)Based on the Pasuk "ve'Yashav mi'Chutz le'Ohalo Shiv'as Yamim", what does he remain forbidden to do even after he is allowed to re-enter Machaneh Yisrael?

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6)

(a)What must the Metzora do on the seventh day (following his first shaving)?

(b)What does the second Tevilah achieve?

(c)What status does he now attain? What is he permitted to eat?

(d)What are the ramifications of a T'vul-Yom?

7)

(a)At which stage is the Metzora permitted to eat ...

1. ... Terumah?

2. ... Kodshim?

(b)To which other Teme'im is he compared regarding the three final stages of Tum'ah?

(c)Then why does the Tana mention only Yoledes?

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8)

(a)Which other two 'people', besides a Metzora, does the Mishnah add to the list of those who are obligated to shave?

(b)What does the Tana say besides the fact that they are obligated to do so?

(c)What does 'Levi'im' mean in this context?

(d)If any of them did not use a razor, they have not fulfill their obligation. On what other condition would they not have done so, even if they did use a razor?

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9)

(a)The two birds that the owner brings to atone for Tzara'as Batim must be equal in three regards. Two of them are in appearance and in size. What does 'appearance' mean?

(b)In which third regard must they be equal?

(c)How do we learn this from the Pasuk Pasuk "Yikach Sh'tei Tziparim"?

10)

(a)What must one also take care to do when purchasing them?

(b)What will be the Din if ...

1. ... they are not equal?

2. ... he purchased one today, the other, tomorrow?

11)

(a)What must the owner do if, after the first bird has been Shechted, he discovers that it was not a Tzipor D'ror or a Tereifah?

(b)What does he do with the Shechted bird, if it was ...

1. ... not a Tzipor D'ror?

2. ... a Tereifah?

(c)In the event that ...

1. ... the blood of the first bird spills, what happens to the second bird?

2. ... the second bird dies, what happens to blood of the first one?

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12)

(a)How long should the cedar-twig be?

(b)What does the Mishnah mean when it says that it must be as thick as 'ki'Revi'a K'ra ha'Mitah'?

(c)What does the Tana say about a species of hyssop called 'Ezov Yon', 'Ezov Kuchli', 'Ezov Romi' or 'Ezov Yevanis'?

(d)What kind of Ezov should one then use?

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13)

(a)On the eighth day (after shaving), which two Korbanos does the 'Metzora' bring ...

1. ... besides an Asham?

2. ... if he is poor? What is the difference between the two sets of Korbanos?

(b)What if he only shaved on the eighth day? Why is that?

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14)

(a)He then approaches the ram of the Asham. What does he do ...

1. ... before leaning his hands on it?

2. ... after leaning his hands on it?

(b)How many Kohanim receive the blood?

(c)What distinguishes between the two Kabalos?

(d)What is the reason for this unusual procedure?

(e)What do we learn from the Pasuk (i.e. the Hekesh') "ve'Lakach ha'Kohen, ve'Nasan al T'nuch Ozen ... "?

15)

(a)What does the Kohen who received the blood in a K'lei Shareis do next?

(b)Before the second Kohen proceeds, the 'Metzora'Tovels. Where does the Tevilah take place?

(c)Where does the 'Metzora' then go, where he is joined by the second Kohen (with the remaining blood in his hands)?

(d)With which of the current details does R. Yehudah disagree?

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16)

(a)What does the'Metzora' do with his head, right hand and right foot?

(b)What does R. Yehudah say about this?

(c)What did the Kohen then do?

(d)Why was it necessary for the'Metzora'to place these three limbs inside the Azarah?

17)

(a)According to the Tana Kama, if the Metzora does not have a right thumb, a right big toe or a right ear he remains Tamei forever. What does R. Eliezer say?

(b)What is the basis of their Machlokes?

(c)R. Shimon holds like neither opinion. What does he say?

(d)Like whom is the Halachah?

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18)

(a)Next the Kohen takes some of the oil and places it into the palms of a Kohen. What do we learn from the Pasuk "ve'Yatzak al Kaf ha'Kohen"?

(b)What would be the Din if he placed it in his own palm instead?

(c)How much oil is there to begin with?

(d)Where does he take it from?

19)

(a)What does the Kohen now proceed to do with the oil? Where is the oil at this point?

(b)What do we learn from the Pasuk "Sheva Pe'amim Lifnei Hash-m"? What does it not mean?

(c)What does he have to do before each sprinkling?

(d)What does he do next? What do we learn from the Pasuk "al M'kom Dam ha'Asham"?

20)

(a)What does the Kohen do with the remainder of the oil?

(b)According to R. Akiva, what happens should he fail to do this?

(c)R. Yochanan ben Nuri disagrees. On what basis does the Kaparah take effect anyway, in his opinion?

(d)What does he then mean when he says 'u'Ma'alin Alav Ke'ilu Lo Kipar'?

(e)Like whom is the Halachah?

21)

(a)According to R. Akiva, what must the Kohen do if the Log of oil diminishes ...

1. ... before it has been poured into the palm of the Kohen (see Tos. Yom-Tov)?

2. ... after it has been poured into the palm of the Kohen?

(b)In which point does R. Shimon disagree with R. Akiva?

(c)Like whom is the Halachah?

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22)

(a)The Mishnah discusses a Metzora Ani who is in the middle of bringing his Korbanos when he becomes rich, or vice-versa. What is the difference between the Korban of a Metzora Ashir and a Metzora Ani?

(b)What does R. Shimon mean when he says that the criterion lies in the Chatas?

23)

(a)According to R. Yehudah, the criterion lies in the Asham. What is the major difference between the Asham on the one hand, and the Chatas and the Asham, on the other?

(b)What other reason lies behind R. Yehudah's ruling?

(c)How do they both derive their respective opinions from the same Pasuk (written in connection with the Korban Ani) "Asher Lo Sasig Yado be'Taharaso"?

(d)Like whom is the Halachah?

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24)

(a)What is the difference between a Metzora Ani who brought the Korban of an Ashir and a Metzora Ashir who brought the Korban of an Ani?

(b)Can a woman become a Metzora?

(c)What does the Mishnah say about a wealthy man bringing a Korban Ani on behalf of his son, his daughter, his Eved or his Shifchah who is an Ani?

(d)What are the ramifications of this ruling?

25)

(a)What does R. Yehudah say about a wealthy man bringing the Korbanos on behalf of his wife who is a Metzora ...

1. ... Ashir?

2. ... Ani? Why is that?

(b)And what does he say about bringing other Korbanos on her behalf?

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26)

(a)The Mishnah now discusses a case of two rich Metzora'im whose Korbanos became mixed up, and one set had already been sacrificed, when one of them died. What is the problem? Why can one not simply bring ...

1. ... the other set for the surviving Metzora?

2. ... a new set of Korbanos?

(b)Who presented this She'eilah to R. Yehoshua?

27)

(a)What did R. Yehoshua reply?

(b)Seeing as the surviving Metzora may have already been Yotzei with the first set of Korbanos, the second set incorporates a Safek Chatas. Why is this not a question of bringing Chulin into the Azarah?

(c)Why would this not be a problem, even without that answer, vis-a-vis the Asham?

(d)What would be the problem if the surviving Metzora did not give his property to somebody else? What is the difference between the Chatas and the Asham in this regard?

(e)What is the difference between the Matnos Damim of a Chatas and those of a Shelamim?

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