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REVIEW QUESTIONS ON GEMARA AND RASHI

prepared by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler
Kollel Iyun Hadaf, Jerusalem

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Moed Katan 15

MOED KATAN 14, 15 - anonymously dedicated my an Ohev Torah and Marbitz Torah in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel.

1)

(a) What do we infer from the Pasuk in Shemini "Rosheichem Al Tifromu"?

(b) May a Menudeh and a Metzora cut their hair (or wash their clothes)?

(c) According to the Tana Kama, when a Menudeh dies, they stone his grave. How does Rebbi Yehudah qualify this?

2)
(a) What do we learn from the Pasuk in Yechezkel "ve'Lo Sa'ateh al Safah'?

(b) Rav Yosef learns from a Beraisa in Ta'anis (regarding a fast for rain) 've'Hein Mis'atfin ve'Yoshvin ki'Menudin ... ' that Menudin are also obligated to cover their heads.
How does Abaye refute Rav Yosef's proof?

(c) What do we learn from the Pasuk in Tazri'a "ve'al Safam Ya'ateh"?

3)
(a) What do we infer from the Pasuk in Yechezkel "Pe'ercha Chavush Alecha"?

(b) Is a Menudeh Chayav to wear Tefilin?

4)
(a) What does Rebbi Eliezer in the Beraisa learn from ...
  1. ... "ve'ha'Tzaru'a"?
  2. ... "Begadav Yihyu Ferumim"?
  3. ... "ve'Rosho Yihyeh Faru'a"?
(b) What does Rebbi Akiva learn from the 'Gezeirah-Shavah' "Havayah (i.e. "Yihyeh [Faru'a]") "Havayah" from Tzara'as ha'Beged"?

(c) We do not know whether a Menudeh is permitted to wear Tefilin or not. How do we try to resolve the She'eilah by Metzora from this Derashah?

(d) On what grounds does Rav Papa reject this proof? What else might 'Davar she'Chutz mi'Gufo' refer to?

5)
(a) What do we learn from the Pasuk in Yechezkel "Ha'anek Dom"?

(b) Why is there no proof from the Beraisa in Ta'anis 'u'vi'She'eilas Shalom she'Bein Adam la'Chaveiro, ki'B'nei Adam ha'Nezufin la'Makom' that a Menudeh too, is forbidden to greet?

(c) What do we learn from the Beraisa which derives from the Pasuk in Tazri'a "ve'al *Safam* Ya'ateh", 'she'Yehei ki'Menudeh u'che'Aveil ve'Asur bi'She'eilas Shalom'?

(d) Why is there then no proof from here that a Menudeh too, is Asur to greet?

6)
(a) What do we learn from the Pasuk in Yechezkel "Ha'anek *Dom*"?

(b) What is the difference between a Menudeh and a Muchram?

(c) A Menudeh may teach and others may teach him, he may hire and he may be hired.
What is the equivalent Halachah by a Muchram?

(d) May a Muchram ...

  1. ... study Torah?
  2. ... who is a store-keeper sell his products?
  3. ... sell water?
7)
(a) We ask whether a Metzora is permitted to study Torah. How do we resolve this She'eilah from a Beraisa, which bases itself on the Pasuk in Va'eschanan "ve'Hoda'tam le'Vanecha ve'li'V'nei Vanecha, Yom Asher Amadta Lifnei Hashem Elokecha be'Choreiv"? How does the Tana interpret that Pasuk?

(b) Why should there be a difference between a Ba'al Keri and other forms of Tum'ah?

(c) How do we learn from the woman from Teko'ah that an Aveil is forbidden to wash clothes?

(d) May A Menudeh and a Metzora wash clothes?

8)
(a) What do we learn from the Pasuk in Shemini "Lo Sifromu"?

(b) The She'eilah whether a Menudeh is obligated to rent his garments or not remains unresolved.
What do we learn from the Pasuk in Tazri'a "Begadav Yihyu Ferumim"?

(c) Why is an Aveil obligated to overturn his bed?

(d) Does this obligation extends to a Menudeh and a Metzora?

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9)

(a) What do we learn from the Pasuk in Amos "ve'Hafachti Chageichem le'Aveil"?

(b) We reject Rav Yosef's proof from a Beraisa in Ta'anis ('ve'Chein Atah Motzei bi'Menudeh u've'Aveil') that a Menudeh too, is forbidden to do work. If the Beraisa does not refer to the prohibition of work, then what does it refer to?

(c) The She'eilah whether a *Metzora* is permitted to work remains unresolved. We do however, resolve the She'eilah with regard to a *Menudeh* from a Beraisa (which we already quoted on Amud 'Aleph').
What does the Beraisa say in this regard?

10)
(a) We learn from the Pasuk in Shmuel (with regard to Aveilus) "ve'Al Tasuchi Shemen" that an Aveil is forbidden to wash.
What does washing have to do with anointing?

(b) We again reject Rav Yosef's proof (regarding a Menudeh) from the same Beraisa in Ta'anis as he brought earlier, in the same way as we did there. Does the prohibition of washing in fact, extend to a Menudeh and to a Metzora?

(c) We learn from the Pasuk in Yechezkel "u'Ne'alecha Tasim be'Raglecha" that an Aveil is forbidden to wear shoes.
How does the Beraisa qualify this prohibition?

(d) May a Menudeh and a Metzora wear shoes?

11)
(a) What do we learn from the Pasuk in Shmuel 2 "va'Yanchem David es Bas-Sheva Ishto, va'Yavo Eleha"?

(b) Why is there no proof from the Dor ha'Midbar, who lived normally with their wives during the thirty-eight years that they were Menudin, that Tashmish ha'Mitah is permitted to a Menudeh?

(c) But did we not say earlier that a Menudeh la'Shamayim is *worse* than a Menudeh le'Beis-Din?

12)
(a) What do we learn from the Pasuk in Tazri'a "ve'Yashav mi'Chutz le'Ohalo ... "? How do we learn it from there?

(b) What is the source for the saying 'Ein Ohalo Ela Ishto'?

(c) The Beraisa which quotes that Pasuk adds 'she'Yehei ki'Menudeh ke'Menudeh u'k'Aveil'.
Why is there no proof from there that Tashmish ha'Mitah is forbidden to a Menudeh, too?

13)
(a) How does Rebbi Shimon in a Beraisa learn from the word "Sh'lamim" that an Aveil is forbidden to send his Korban through a Sh'li'ach?

(b) Why is there no proof from the Dor ha'Midbar (who sent their Korbanos as usual even during the thirty-eight years that they were Menudin), that a Menudeh is permitted to send his Korbanos?

(c) The Pasuk in Yechezkel, informing us when a Tamei Kohen may re-enter the Beis Hamikdash, writes "ve'Acharei Taharaso Shiv'as Yamim Yisperu Lo ... ". The basic Pasuk refers to the eighth day after he became Tamei Meis.
What do we learn from ...

  1. ... "Yisperu Lo"?
  2. ... "Yakriv Chataso", (Divrei Rebbi Yehudah)? Which Korban does this refer to?
(d) What ...
  1. ... do we learn from this last Derashah?
  2. ... does Rebbi Shimon learn from the (same) Pasuk "be'Vo'o Yakriv"?
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