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1)

(a)What does the Tana Kama say about a field in which a 'quarter' of a certain species has been planted in a field per Sa'ah of a second species?

(b)What is it a quarter of?

(c)What fraction is this of a Sa'ah?

(d)What is the area in which one sows a Sa'ah of wheat (see next Mishnah)?

2)

(a)R. Yossi says 'Yavor'. What does this mean?

(b)What is his reason?

(c)In which case will he concede to the Tana Kama that less than a Rova per Sa'ah is permitted?

(d)What will be the Din, according to R. Yossi, if two other species combined to make up a Rova per Sa'ah of a third species?

(e)Like whom is the Halachah?

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3)

(a)The previous ruling is confined to two species of Tevu'ah (the five species of grain) in Tevu'ah, or Kitnis (legumes) in Kitnis. What is the Din regarding Tevu'ah in Kitnis or Kitnis in Tevu'ah?

(b)By which combination of species is the Din far more stringent than the previous one?

(c)What makes garden-seeds different than other seeds?

4)

(a)With regard to garden seeds the Tana rules 'me'Esrim ve'Arba be'Nofel (see Tos. Yom-Tov) le'Beis Sa'ah'. What does that mean?

(b)What Shi'ur of garden-seeds does one plant in a Beis Sa'ah?

(c)What is a twenty-fourth of one and half Kabin?

(d)What is the significance of the opening words of his statement 'be'Emes Amru'?

5)

(a)R. Shimon maintains that just as they issued the previous ruling Lehachmir, so too, did they issue a similar ruling Lehakel. To which two species is he referring?

(b)What makes flax-seeds different than other seeds?

(c)What will be the Shi'ur there that requires minimising?

(d)Like whom is the Halachah?

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6)

(a)In which case is a person who sows wheat and then decides that he wants to switch to barley, obligated to wait before plowing his field to prepare for the planting?

(b)How long is he required to wait?

(c)What is he not allowed to say (see Tiferes Yisrael) even if the wheat has already sprouted (see Tos. Yom-Tov)?

(d)The Tana Kama obligates him to plow 'ke'Talmei ha'Revi'ah'. What does this mean?

7)

(a)What does Aba Shaul say?

(b)Like whom is the Halachah?

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8)

(a)The Tana now discusses a field that is sown and one wants to plant trees in it or vice-versa. What does he rule in the first case where the owner wants to ...

1. ... plant first and up-root the seeds afterwards?

2. ... sow first and uproot the trees afterwards?

(b)What must he in fact, do?

(c)What option does the owner have, assuming that he is in a hurry to sow?

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9)

(a)Still in connection with the previous Mishnah, what is the Din regarding a field in which hemp (see Tos. Yom-Tov) or Luf (a species of onion) is growing, in which the owner now wants to plant trees?

(b)What makes hemp and Luf different than other seeds (see Tiferes Yisrael)?

10)

(a)The owner is not obligated to uproot S'fichei Istis that is growing among Tevu'ah, various species that are growing in a granary or a variety of plants that are growing among fenugrec. What is Istis?

(b)Besides seeds that re-grow after having been cut, what might S'fichim be?

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

(d)On what condition does the Tana obligate the removal of them all except for one species?

(e)Why is that?

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11)

(a)Beis Shamai permits planting one's field 'Meishar Meishar' provided he leaves three rows 'shel Pasi'ach'. What is the meaning of ...

1. ... 'Meishar Meishar'?

2. ... 'Pasi'ach'?

(b)Beis Hillel requires a space of 'Ol ha'Sharoni'. What is 'Ol ha'Sharoni'?

(c)What does the Mishnah comment on the Machlokes?

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12)

(a)What does the Tana mean when he talks about a 'Rosh Tor' of wheat entering into a row of barley?

(b)On what grounds does he permit it?

(c)And what does he say about a case where Reuven has wheat growing in his field, whereas Shimon his neighbor has barley?

(d)Why is that?

13)

(a)What does the Tana then rule regarding a case where both Reuven and Shimon have wheat growing in their fields and one of them wants to plant a row of flax-seeds at the edge of his field?

(b)Why is that?

(c)What will be the Din if he wants to plant another species with the same intention?

(d)Why the difference?

14)

(a)R. Shimon does not differentiate between flax and other kinds. What does R. Yossi say?

(b)In what way is he more lenient than the Tana Kama?

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15)

(a)The Tana now discusses mustard-seeds and Charia. What is 'Chari'a'?

(b)On what grounds does he forbid Reuven to plant mustard-seeds and Chari'a next to Shimon's field of Tevu'ah (see Tiferes Yisrael)?

(c)What does he say about planting them next to Shimon's field of vegetables?

(d)Why is that?

16)

(a)What does the Mishnah mean when it permits planting something next to a fallow patch or a furrow? What is the case?

(b)What are the minimum dimensions of the fallow patch or the furrow for them to be permitted?

17)

(a)The same ruling will apply to a Gafah, a road or a Geder that separates the two. What is the difference between a Gafah and a Geder?

(b)What kind of road is the Tana talking about?

(c)How tall must the Geder be?

(d)The same ruling applies to a ditch. What Chumra does the ditch have over the Gafah?

18)

(a)The Tana concludes the list with Ilan ha'Meisach al ha'Aretz and a rock. What is the significance of 'Ilan ha'Meisach al ha'Aretz'?

(b)What is then the Halachah?

(c)What are the required dimensions of a rock that enables two different seeds to be planted one on either side of it?

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19)

(a)R. Meir now permits planting twenty-four Korachos (each with its own species) in a Beis-Sa'ah. What is a ...

1. ... 'Korachas'? Why is it called by that name?

2. ... 'Beis Sa'ah'?

(b)What will then be the area of each patch?

(c)Why is that?

(d)Why does R. Meir not require even the slightest gap between the patches?

(e)He also permits planting one or two patches of mustard-seeds in a field containing other plants. Why not three?

20)

(a)How many patches do the Chachamim permit one to plant in a Beis Sa'ah?

(b)Why is that?

(c)Into how many rows and patches will this entail arranging the field?

(d)Which patches does he then leave empty?

21)

(a)R. Eliezer ben Ya'akov, who is the most stringent of all, speaks about field a that measures even a Beis Kur. How much is a Beis Kur (measured in Sa'in)?

(b)What does he say?

(c)What is his reason?

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22)

(a)What does the Tana mean when he says that whatever is within the Beis Rova is counted as part of the Beis Rova?

(b)And he lists Achilas ha'Gefen, a grave and a stone wall. What does 'Achilas ha'Gefen' mean?

(c)What size rock is he talking about?

23)

(a)What distance does the Tana require between ...

1. ... wheat and barley?

2. ... one vegetable and another?

3. ... wheat or barley that one plants next to vegetables?

(b)On what condition will the above Shi'ur not suffice with regard to wheat and barley?

(c)According to the Tana Kama, the same will apply if one plants vegetables next to wheat or barley, provided the vegetables are planted in a square. What will be the Din if they are planted in a row? What constitutes a row?

(d)What does R. Eliezer say?

(e)Like whom is the Halachah?

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24)

(a)What does the Mishnah say in a case where one plants any of the above two species next to one another leaving the appropriate gap, only their prolific growth later causes them to overlap?

(b)What is the sole exception according to the Tana Kama?

(c)What is the reason for ...

1. ... the basic ruling?

2. ... the exception?

25)

(a)R. Meir lists two additional species to those of the Tana Kama. One of them is cucumbers. What is the other?

(b)On what grounds does he nevertheless concede that the Chachamim are right?

(c)Like whom is the Halachah?

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