REVIEW QUESTIONS ON GEMARA AND RASHI
prepared by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler
Kollel Iyun Hadaf, Jerusalem
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Nedarim 81
NEDARIM 81 - dedicated by Mrs. G. Turkel (Rabbi Kornfeld's grandmother), an
exceptional woman who accepted all of Hashem's Gezeiros with love and who
loved and respected the study of Torah. Tehei Nafshah Tzerurah bi'Tzror
ha'Chaim.
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1)
(a) Shmuel teaches us that unwashed clothes lead to insanity. What will be
the result of ...
- ... uncombed hair?
- ... an unwashed body?
(b) What makes insanity worse than the other two?
(c) They sent from Eretz Yisrael that one should beware of the above, and
that one should study Torah in a group. Based on the Pasuk in Balak "Yizal
Mayim mi'Dalyav", what other warning did they issue?
(d) Why can expect more success teaching a poor person Torah that a rich
one?
2)
(a) According to Rav Yosef, it is common for the sons of Talmidei-Chachamim
not to follow in their fathers' footsteps, so that people should not believe
that Torah is an inheritance; according to Rav Shisha Brei de'Rav Idi, it is
to prevent them from possibly becoming conceited. Which similar reason
does Mar Zutra give?
(b) Rav Ashi attributed it to the fact that the Talmidei-Chachamim used to
call others donkeys. What final reason does Ravina give?
(c) Ravina bases his explanation on a statement by Rav Yehudah Amar Rav.
Based on the Pasuk in Yirmiyah "Mi ha'Ish he'Chacham Veyaven es Zos", what
is it that neither the sages nor the prophets nor even the angels were able
to explain?
(d) How did Rav Yehudah Amar Rav extrapolate the solution to the problem
from the Pasuk "Vayomer, Al Azvam es Torasi ... "? What does "ve'Lo Halchu
Bah" come to add to "Lo Sham'u be'Koli"?
3)
(a) Why can we not explain the Pasuk "Al Azvam es Torasi" literally?
(b) What is the significance of the fact that Yisrael did not recite a
B'rachah before studying Torah? Why should an ordinary Asei have the power
to cause Yisrael's downfall?
4)
(a) Why did Isi bar Yehudah not attend Rebbi Yossi's Shiurim for three days?
(b) Vardimus, Rebbi Yossi's son, cited a source from a Pasuk for his
father's ruling. With regard to the cities of the Levi'im, the Pasuk in
Masei writes "u'Migresheihem Yihyu li'Vehemtam ... u'le'Chol Chayasam".
Why can "u'le'Chol Chayasam" not refer to ...
- ... undomesticated animals?
- ... regular livelihood?
(c) Then to what *does* it refer?
(d) How does this now bear out Rebbi Yossi?
5)
(a) The Rambam rules like Rebbi Yossi, due a statement by Rav Huna. Which
statement?
(b) We prefer to rule like the Chachamim however. What does this ruling
constitute?
(c) We rule this way for one of two reasons. One of them is because of the
principle 'Halachah ke'Rabim'. What is the other?
(6)
(a) 'Amar Rebbi Yossi, Ein Eilu Nidrei Inuy Nefesh'. What leads us to
believe that Rebbi Yossi concedes that Rechitzah and Kishut are considered
Beino le'Veinah?
(b) How might we explain Rebbi Yossi, even assuming that they are not?
(c) According to Rav Ada bar Ahavah, Rebbi Yossi does indeed concede that
Rechitzah and Kishut constitute Beino le'Veinah. On what grounds does Rav
Huna disagree why this? Why might a husband not be fussy about his wife not
taking a bath (see Rosh)?
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7)
(a) We have learned in a Beraisa that a husband can annul Nidrei Inuy Nefesh
irrespective of whether they are Beino le'Veinah, or Beinah le'Vein
Acheirim. 'Konem Peiros Alai' is an example of Nidrei Inuy Nefesh which is
not Beino le'Veinah. What is an example of Nedarim which are not Inuy
Nefesh, and which are ...
- ... Beinah le'Vein Acheirim (and which he cannot annul)?
- ... Beino le'Veinah (and which he can annul)?
(b) Why did the Tana switch the order to first explain Nedarim Beinah
le'Vein Acheirim and then those which are Beino le'Veinah?
(c) Why is 'she'Lo Eten Teven Lifnei Behemtecha ... ' not considered Beino
le'Veinah?
8)
(a) In the list of Devarim she'Beino le'Veinah, the Tana lists three things
which require Hafarah; two of them are 'she'Lo Ekachel, ve'she'Lo Efarches'.
What is the third?
(b) In what way are the following three Nedarim different than the previous
ones: not to make his bed, not to pour out her husband's wine, and not to
wash his hands, face and feet?
(c) Raban Gamliel Omer, Yafer. she'Ne'emar "Lo Yachel Devaro". What does
this mean? Is the obligation to annul the Neder mi'd'Oraysa or
mi'de'Rabbanan?
(d) Alternatively, Raban Gamliel Darshens from "Lo Yachel Devaro" that a
Chacham cannot annul his own Nedarim. Seeing as Raban Gamliel (in the
previous D'rashah) did not learn anything from "Lo Yachel Devaro", how can
we use the term 'alternatively' ('Davar Acher')?
9)
We cited this Beraisa in order to resolve our She'eilah whether Rebbi Yossi
permits a husband to annul the Nedarim of Rechitzah and Kishut because of
Devarim she'Beino le'Veinah or not. How do we achieve this from 'she'Lo
Ekachel, ve'she'Lo Efarches ... Yafer Mishum Devarim she'Beino le'Veinah'?
10)
(a) We learned in the Beraisa 've'she'Lo Ashamesh Mitasi, Yafer Mishum
Devarim she'Beino le'Veinah'. Why can this not speak when she said
'Hana'as Tashmishi Alecha'?
(b) So it must be speaking when she said 'Hana'as Tashmishcha Alai', and it
requires Hafarah, like Rav Kahana. What does Rav Kahana say?
(c) Who is the author of the Beraisa which prohibits permitting a
prohibition to people who have undertaken it, because of "Lo Yachel Devaro",
even though they did undertake it in the form of a Neder?
(d) On the assumption that the Halachah is like Raban Gamliel, how will this
affect a case where someone undertakes not to eat meat or drink wine during
a certain time-period each year, and then one year, he is invited to a
Simchah where meat and wine are served?
11)
(a) The Tana Kama of a Mishnah in Nega'im says ...
- ... 'Kol ha'Nega'im Adam Ro'eh Chutz mi'Nidrei Atzmo'.
What does Rebbi Yehudah say?
- ... 'Kol ha'Nedarim Adam Matir Chutz mi'Negi'ei Atzmo'.
What does Rebbi Yehudah say?
(b) Why does the Ramban rule like Rebbi Yehudah in the latter case?
(c) The Yerushalmi rules that if someone forbids the residents of a certain
town to have benefit from him, the Neder cannot be revoked by a Chacham who
resides in that town. Would the same apply if he forbade benefit from the
residents upon himself? Why should there be a difference between the two
cases?
12)
(a) Rava asked Rav Nachman whether Tashmish, according to the Rabbanan,
falls under the category of Inuy Nefesh or Beino le'Veinah. What
difference does it make under which category it falls?
(b) On what grounds do we reject the proof from the Mishnah which says
(regarding the Neder of a woman 'Netulah Ani min ha'Yehudim'), 'Yafer Chelko
u'Meshamsaso', that it must be Inuy Nefesh?
(c) The She'eilah whether Tashmish is considered Inuy Nefesh or Devarim
she'Beino le'Veinah remains unresolved. What is the Halachah?
(d) Why can we not resolve the She'eilah from Shmuel, who says a little
later 'Aval Hana'as P'loni Alai, Meifer'.
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