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prepared by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler
Kollel Iyun Hadaf, Jerusalem

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Kidushin 29

KIDUSHIN 24-30 (9-15 Sivan) - This week's study material has been dedicated by Mrs. Rita Grunberger of Queens, N.Y., in loving memory of her husband, Reb Yitzchok Yakov ben Eliyahu Grunberger. Irving Grunberger helped many people quietly in an unassuming manner and is dearly missed by all who knew him. His Yahrzeit is 10 Sivan.

1)

(a) The Beraisa lists all the cases of a Hedyot purchasing from Hekdesh, the first of which is 'Moshcho be'Manah ve'Lo Hispik li'Fedoso ad she'Amad be'Masayim'.
What does the Tana mean by 'li'Fedoso'?

(b) Why does he pay two hundred Zuz ...

  1. ... in this case?
  2. ... in the reverse case, where at the time of the Meshichah the article was worth two hundred Zuz, and the price dropped to a Manah before he managed to pay for it?
(c) How much is he obligated to pay if he redeemed the article for two hundred Zuz, but by the time he made the Meshichah, the price had dropped to a Manah?

(d) In the reverse case, where he redeemed the article for a Manah and the price rose to two hundred Zuz before he managed to make a Meshichah, he only pays a Manah.
Why is that? Why do we not apply the principle 'Lo Yehei Ko'ach Hedyot Chamur me'Hekdesh'?

2)
(a) The Tana of our Mishnah states 'Kol Mitzvos ha'Ben al ha'Av, Anashim Chayavin, ve'Nashim Peturos'.
Why can the Tana not be referring to the Mitzvos of a son towards his father?

(b) Does the Tana comment on the Mitzvos of a son towards his father?

(c) From which Mitzvos Asei is a woman exempt?

(d) From which three Mitzvos Lo Sa'aseh is she also exempt?

3)
(a) From where do we know that a woman is obligated to respect her parents?

(b) According to the Tana Kama of the Beraisa, which three obligations does a father have towards his son, besides the Mitzvos of Milah and Pidyon ha'Ben?

(c) 'Yesh Omrim (Rebbi Nasan), Af Lehasito ba'Mayim'.
Why should Chazal have obligated a father to teach his son to swim?

(d) What does Rebbi Yehudah say about someone who does not teach his son a trade?

4)
(a) What do we learn from the Pasuk ...
  1. ... in Vayeira "Vayamal Avraham es Yitzchok B'no"?
  2. ... in Lech Lecha "Himol Lachem Kol Zachar"?
  3. ... in Vayeira "Ka'asher Tzivah *Oso* Elokim"?
(b) If neither the father nor Beis-Din circumcised him, then he becomes obligated to circumcise himself when he grows up.
What is the difference between their obligation and his?

(c) We know that this set of Halachos was not confined to Avraham Avinu, but applies to all generations from the Lashon "Tzivah", and from Tana de'Bei Rebbi Yishmael.
What does Tana de'Bei Rebbi Yishmael say about the word "Tzav"?

(d) What does he learn from the Pasuk ...

  1. ... in Devarim "ve'Tzav es Yehoshua ve'Chazkeihu ve'Amtzei'hu"?
  2. ... in Sh'lach-Lecha "Min ha'Yom Asher Tzivah Hashem va'Hal'ah le'Doroseichem"?
5)
(a) We learn that a father is obligated to redeem his firstborn son from the Pasuk in Ki Sisa "Kol Bechor Banecha Tifdeh".
What do we learn from ...
  1. ... the Pasuk in Korach "Ach *Padoh Tifdeh* es Bechor ha'Adam"?
  2. ... "Tifdeh" "Tipadeh" (from the fact that "Tifdeh" is written without a 'Yud' [see Rashi 18b. DH 'li'Mesores'])?
  3. ... "Tipadeh" "Tifdeh"?
(b) And from where do we know that a father is not obligated to redeem his daughter?
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6)

(a) According to the Tana Kama of the Beraisa, if a man is faced with the Mitzvah of redeeming both himself and his son, then redeeming himself takes precedence.
What does Rebbi Yehudah say? What reason does he give for this?

(b) Rebbi Yirmiyah qualifies this Machlokes.
In which case does even Rebbi Yehudah concede that the father's redemption takes precedence?

(c) Then how does he establish the Machlokes? What is its basis?

(d) Why , according to ...

  1. ... the Rabbanan, is precedence given to himself?
  2. ... Rebbi Yehudah, is precedence now given to his son?
7)
(a) If someone is confronted with the Mitzvah of redeeming his son and going to Yerushalayim for Yom-Tov (together with his Olas Re'iyah), and he can only afford one of them, the Tana Kama of another Beraisa obligates him to give precedence to redeeming his son.
What does Rebbi Yehudah say? What reason does he give?

(b) How do the Rabbanan counter this?

(c) What do we learn from the Pasuk in Ki Sisa "*Kol* Bechor Banecha Tifdeh"?

(d) Why is this not obvious, bearing in mind that the Torah in Bo refers to Bechor as "Peter Rechem"?

8)
(a) What do we learn from the Pasuk ...
  1. ... in Eikev "ve'Limadtem Osam es Beneichem"?
  2. ... in Va'eschanan "u'Lemadtem Osam, u'Shemartem La'asosam"?
  3. ... "ve'Limadtem" 'u'Lemadtem' (from the fact that the Torah omits a 'Yud')?
(b) And from where do we know that a father is not obligated to learn with his daughter?

(c) The Tana Kama of the Beraisa rules that where both the father and the son wish to learn, and there is only sufficient sustenance to allow one to go, then the father takes precedence.
What does Rebbi Yehudah say?

9)
(a) What happened when Rav Acha B'rei de'Rav Ya'akov sent his son Rav Ya'akov to Abaye's Yeshivah to learn and he returned for Bein ha'Zemanim?
What gave Rav Acha second thoughts?

(b) Why did Abaye instruct the Talmidim not to invite Rav Acha bar Ya'akov?

(c) What happened that night?

(d) What was Rav Acha's reaction to this?

10)
(a) The Sugya discusses the order of priorities between learning Torah and marriage. The Tana of the Beraisa give precedence to Torah study.
How does he himself qualify this?

(b) Rav Yehudah Amar Shmuel gives precedence to marriage.
On what grounds does Rebbi Yochanan seemingly object to Shmuel's ruling?

(c) We conclude however, that they do not argue, because 'Ha Lan, ve'Ha Lehu'.
What does this mean?

11)
(a) What was Rav Huna's response when Rav Chisda boasted to him about Rav Hamnuna's greatness?

(b) Why did Rav Hamnuna not cover his head with a Sudar?

(c) How did Rav Huna react when Rav Hamnuna told him that he was not married? What did he subsequently tell him?

(d) Rav Huna follows his own reasoning.
What does Rav Huna say about someone who reaches the age of twenty and is not yet married?

12)
(a) Rava corroborates this with a statement from Tana de'Bei Rebbi Yishmael.
What does Tana de'Bei Rebbi Yishmael say about someone who reaches the age of twenty and does not marry?

(b) To what did Rav Chisda attribute the fact that he was superior to his colleagues?

(c) What did he mean by that?

(d) What did he say would have happened had he married at fourteen?

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