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1)

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

(b)The case involves one row of five vines. Where are the vines planted?

(c)At what distance does the Tana Kama permit planting vegetables on the other side of the wall or the ditch?

(d)What is the significance of this ruling? What does it have to do with Beis Hillel in a Mishnah in the fourth Perek?

(e)Beis Shamai measures the four Amos from the vines. What do Beis Hillel say?

2)

(a)R. Yochanan ben Nuri disagrees with the Tana Kama. What does he say about the above case?

(b)According to him, in which case was the Din of four Amos (in connection with one row of vines) said?

(c)What does he rule in the event that there is a distance of four Amos between the vines and the wall?

(d)In fact, he concurs with the opinion of R. Yossi (in connection with a single vine that is planted in a wine-press, cited in the previous Perek). What does R. Yossi say?

3)

(a)The Tana (see Tiferes Yisrael) nevertheless requires Avodas Gefen Yechidis, which is six Tefachim, according to the Tana Kama. What does R. Akiva say?

(b)Like whom is the Halachah in this point?

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4)

(a)Now the Tana discusses a trellis that protrudes from a Madreigah. What is 'a Madreigah'?

(b)What is the case?

(c)On what condition does R. Eliezer ben Ya'akov forbid planting within four Amos of the trellis?

(d)What will be the Din with regard to rendering the grapes forbidden?

5)

(a)What will be the Din if one is unable to reach the grapes on the trellis?

(b)What if the edge of the trellis is less than four Amos from the vines?

6)

(a)R. Eliezer now discusses two rows of vines that are growing on two different levels. To which major Halachah is R. Eliezer referring?

(b)What is the connection with the previous cases?

(c)What does he actually say?

(d)Like whom is the Halachah?

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7)

(a)The Tana now discusses someone who places long branches of a vine on part of Apifrayos. What are 'Apifrayos'?

(b)What does the Tana say about it?

(c)What is` the Din with regard to rendering the other species forbidden?

(d)On what condition will they become forbidden?

(e)And what does the Tana say about long branches that are laying across some of the branches of a non-fruit-bearing tree?

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8)

(a)In what way will the Din differ if the branches of the vine are lying across a fruit-tree?

(b)Why is that?

(c)What must one do if the branches grow over the area where he has planted the vegetables (see Tos. Yom-Tov)?

9)

(a)When R. Yehoshua went to visit R. Yishmael in K'far Aziz, what did the latter ...

1. ... show him?

2. ... ask him?

(b)What did R. Yehoshua reply?

10)

(a)R. Yishmael then took R. Yehoshua to Beis Hamaganya, where he asked him about other vines. Where were the branches of the other vines lying?

(b)What did R. Yehoshua rule there?

(c)Why was that?

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11)

(a)The Tana Kama defines 'Ilan S'rak' in this regard (like everywhere else) as a tree that does not grow fruit). According to R. Meir, most trees fall under the category of Ilan S'rak in this regard. What are the two exceptions?

(b)What is R. Meir's reason?

(c)What does R. Yossi say?

(d)Like whom is the Halachah?

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12)

(a)The Mishnah gives the Shi'ur of Piskei Aris as eight Amos plus. How much is plus?

(b)'Piskei Aris' is a breach in the trellis on which the vines are lying. How many vines must remain on either side of the breach to be considered Piskei Aris?

(c)The Tana rules that one leaves K'dei Avodaso and plants the rest. What is the Shi'ur of K'dei Avodaso, according to ...

1. ... R. Yochanan ben Nuri (in Mishnah 1)?

2. ... the Chachamim?

(d)How much is one then permitted to plant according to ...

1. ... R. Yochanan ben Nuri?

2. ... the Chachamim?

13)

(a)According to the Chachamim, if the Aris was considered a full-fledged Kerem, what Shi'ur would one be required to leave if one wanted to plant other species in the middle (like Karachas ha'Kerem)?

(b)In which other regard is it evident that Aris is not a full-fledged Kerem?

(c)In which way is the Shi'ur of Piskei Aris unique among the Shi'urim of a Kerem?

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14)

(a)The Mishnah now discusses 'Aris she'Hu Yotzei min ha'Kosel mi'Toch ha'Keren ve'Kalah'. What is the case?

(b)How much is one permitted to plant according to the Tana Kama,?

(c)What if the middle section of wall measures less than four Amos?

15)

(a)What does R. Yossi say in the current case?

(b)Having already taught us this Din...

1. ... with regard to a vine in a wine-press or a hole in the ground (in the previous Perek), why does he need to repeat it here?

2. ... here, why did he need to repeat it with regard to a vine in a wine-press or a hole in the ground?

(c)Like whom is the Halachah?

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16)

(a)On what condition does the Tana permit planting other species underneath the canes of an Aris?

(b)And on what condition does he forbid planting underneath those very same canes?

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17)

(a)The Mishnah now discusses the Perach that protrudes from the Aris. What is 'Perach'?

(b)What does the Tana say about it? What is a 'Metuteles'?

(c)How far must it actually protrude in order to plant immediately beyond the Metuteles?

18)

(a)And the Tana concludes 've'Chein be'Dalis'. What does he mean?

(b)How far must the branches have grown beyond the poles?

19)

(a)What is the Din regarding the branch of a vine that stretches from one tree to another?

(b)What if the branch does not reach the second tree and one needs to attach it by means of a piece of string or a reed?

(c)On what condition will planting underneath the latter become forbidden?

Hadran alach 'Eizehu Aris'