REVIEW QUESTIONS ON GEMARA AND RASHI
prepared by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler
Kollel Iyun Hadaf, Jerusalem
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Pesachim 103
1)
(a) Rabah (*Ya*ha*ne*k) puts Yayin first (because of 'Tadir'), and Havdalah
before Kidush (like Shmuel *Ya*ne*ha*k). Why does he (as does Rav
[*Ya*ke*ne*h]) put Ner between Havdalah and Kidush?
(b) Levi (*Ki*ne*ya*h) puts Kidush before Havdalah (like Rav). Why does he
...
- ... move Yayin away from first place to put it third (why not second)?
- ... put Havdalah last?
(c) On what basis does the Rashbam switch the opinions of Rabah and Levi?
2)
(a) The Rabbanan say *Ki*ya*ne*h. They hold like Rav, who puts Kidush before
Havdalah. For which two reasons would they deliberately follow Kidush with
the order *Ya*ne*h?
(b) Why does ...
1. ... Mar Brei de'Revana (*Ne*ki*ya*h), who (like Rav), puts Kidush before
Havdalah and Yayin next to Havdalah (like Rabah and Levi), put Ner before
Kidush?
2. ... Marsa in the name of Rav Yehoshua (*Ne*ya*ha*k), who holds like
Shmuel with regard to Havdalah before Kidush, put Ner before Yayin?
(c) The Tana, Rebbi Yehoshua ben Chananyah (*Ne*ha*Ya*k) gives Havdalah
precedence over Kidush (like Shmuel), and places Ner first - like the two
previous opinions. Why does he put Yayin in between Havdalah and Kidush?
(d) What Mashal does Rebbi Chanina give to explain why Havdalah should
precede Kidush?
3)
Abaye (*Ya*k*ze*ne*h) and Rava (*Ya*k*ne*ha*z) both hold like Rav
(*Ya*k*ne*h), but they argue over Zeman (Shehechiyanu) if the first day of
Yom-Tov follows Shabbos. Why does ...
- ... Abaye put Zeman before Ner?
- ... Rava put Zeman last?
4)
(a) Seeing as, according to the Mishnah in Berachos, both Beis Shamai and
Beis Hillel put Ner before Besamim, why did Rava invert the order and put
Besamim first?
(b) According to Rebbi Yehudah, Beis Shamai and Beis Hillel agree that
Birchas ha'Mazon comes first. Why is that?
(c) They also agree that Havdalah comes last. What then, is their
Machlokes according to Rebbi Yehudah?
(d) What is Rebbi Yochanan's conclusion in this matter?
5)
(a) On what grounds did Rav Ya'akov bar Aba query Rava, when he recited a
Berachah over the Kos shel Berachah?
(b) Why did he concede that that was the right thing to do when eating by
the Resh Gelusa?
(c) Rava insisted that nevertheless, he had done the right thing, because
that is the ruling that was issued to Rav Beruna and Rav Chananel, the
disciples of Rav. What did Rav Yeiva Saba quote Rav as saying - after they
had said 'Hav Lan ve'Nivrich!', and then Hav Lan ve'Nishti!'?
(d) What have we proved from this episode?
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6)
(a) Ameimar, Mar Zutra and Rav Ashi were eating together one weekday. Why
did Ameimar recite a Berachah over each cup that he drank?
(b) Mar Zutra recited a Berachah over the first and the last cups. Like
whom did he hold?
(c) What did Rav Ashi do?
(d) Why did he beg to differ with Mar Zutra? What proof did he bring from
Rav's opinion (*Ya*k*ne*h) regarding Yom-Tov that falls after Shabbos?
7)
(a) When Rava's servant lit a torch for Havdalah, Rava explained to Rav
Ya'akov bar Aba that he had acted on his own initiative. What was Rav
Ya'akov bar Aba's objection to that?
(b) What was the *real* reason that the servent kindled a torch, even though
there was a light already burning?
(c) What was the text of Rebbi Yehudah ha'Nasi's Havdalah?
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