REVIEW QUESTIONS ON GEMARA AND RASHI
prepared by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler
Kollel Iyun Hadaf, Jerusalem
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1)
(a) We learn the reason for the prohibition of shaving and washing one's
clothes on Chol ha'Mo'ed from a similar Din with regard to the men of the
Mishmar and the Ma'amad, who are forbidden to shave or to wash their
clothes. On which day of the week are they nevertheless permitted to do
so?
(b) What reason does Rabah bar bar Chanah give in the name of Rebbi Elazar
for the prohibition of the men of the Mishmar and the Ma'amad shaving or
washing their clothes (and which we now apply to the same prohibition on
Chol ha'Mo'ed)?
2)
(a) Rebbi Zeira asks whether someone who lost a precious article on Erev
Yom-Tov is permitted to shave and to wash his clothes. Considering he is
an Anus, why should he be different than any of the other cases of Anus
which our Mishnah permits?
(b) How does Abaye resolve the She'eilah?
(c) And how do we reconcile Abaye with Rebbi Asi Amar Rebbi Yochanan, who
permits someone who has only one shirt, to wash it on Chol ha'Mo'ed. Why
can we not say there too: 'Everybody's shaped cakes are forbidden, and
Baytus shaped cakes are permitted'?
(d) Rav Ashi poses Rebbi Zeira's She'eilah slightly differently. He asks
whether an expert barber, say, who lost an article on Erev Yom-Tov, may have
a haircut or wash his clothes on Chol ha'Mo'ed. What are the two sides of
the She'eilah? Why should an expert be different than anybody else?
3)
(a) The author of our Mishnah, which permits someone who arrives on Chol
ha'Mo'ed from overseas, to shave and to wash his clothes, cannot be Rebbi
Yehudah. Why not? What does Rebbi Yehudah say?
(b) Rava qualifies their Machlokes. What do they hold by someone who
arrived ...
- ... from a pleasure trip?
- ... from a business-trip for his basic livelihood?
- ... from a business-trip to earn more than he really needs to live on?
(c) What did Rebbi mean when he said 'Nir'in Divrei Rebbi Yehudah
ke'she'Yatza she'Lo bi'Reshus, ve'Divrei Rabbanan ke'she'Yatza bi'Reshus'?
4)
(a) On what grounds does Shmuel permit cutting the hair of a baby born on
Chol ha'Mo'ed?
(b) This implies that if the baby was born *before* Yom-Tov, it would be
forbidden to cut his hair. The Beraisa permits anyone who is permitted to
shave during Aveilus, to shave on Chol ha'Mo'ed. What does Rebbi Pinchas
infer from there that poses a Kashya on Shmuel?
(c) Why does one tear K'ri'ah for a Katan?
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5)
(a) How do we resolve the Kashya that we just asked on Shmuel who (permits
cutting the hair of a baby born on Chol ha'Mo'ed, from the Beraisa which
permits anyone who is permitted to shave on Chol ha'Mo'ed to shave during
Aveilus)?
(b) Rav Shisha B'rei de'Rav Idi quotes Shmuel differently, citing the
Beraisa as a proof (instead of as a Kashya), which is refuted in the same
way as it was previously. How does *he* quote Shmuel?
6)
(a) Why does an Aveil not practice Aveilus on Yom-Tov or on Chol ha'Mo'ed?
Why should the Din of Simchas Yom-Tov override that of Aveilus?
(b) Is there any difference whether the Aveilus began before Yom-Tov or on
Chol ha'Mo'ed?
7)
(a) The Beraisa permits judging matters that involve either the death
sentence, lashes or money-matters, on Chol ha'Mo'ed. Does this concession
extend to Yom-Tov?
(b) What does the Tana then add regarding someone who fails to comply with
the Beis-Din's rulings?
(c) How would this resolve the She'eilah whether a Menudeh is obligated to
practice his Niduy on Yom-Tov or not?
(d) On what grounds does Abaye refute this proof?
8)
(a) Abaye proves his previous point (that one cannot possibly carry out the
death-sentence on Yom-Tov) from a stateAbaye asks Rav Yosef further from
'Me'aneh es Dino'ment of Rebbi Akiva. What does Rebbi Akiva say (based on
the Pasuk in Kedoshim "Lo Sochlu al ha'Dam")?
(b) Abaye asks Rav Yosef further from 'Me'aneh es Dino'. What is his
Kashya? What does 'Me'aneh es Dino' mean?
(c) What does Rav Yosef reply?
(d) Abaye then asks from the Beraisa 'u'Menudeh she'Hitiru Lo Chachamim',
implying that the Beis-Din rescinded every Niduy on Yom-Tov. How does Rava
explain the Beraisa and answer the Kashya?
9)
(a) We then ask whether a Metzora practices his Tzara'as on Yom-Tov. What
are the two ramifications of this She'eilah?
(b) How does Abaye attempt to resolve this She'eilah from our Mishnah, which
includes a Metzora who is in the process of becoming Tahor among those who
are permitted to have a shave and to wash their clothes on Yom-Tov?
(c) We refute his proof however, by saying 'Lo Miba'i ... '. What does he
mean?
(d) How does Rava ...
- ... resolve the She'eilah from a Beraisa, which includes a Kohen Gadol in the Dinim of Tzara'as from the Pasuk in Tazri'a "ve'ha'Tzaru'a"?
- ... prove that a Kohen Gadol the whole year round is like an ordinary person on Yom-Tov?
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