REVIEW QUESTIONS ON GEMARA AND RASHI
prepared by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler
Kollel Iyun Hadaf, Jerusalem
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Rosh Hashanah 10
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ROSH HASHANAH 2-10 have been sponsored by a generous grant from the Darchey
Noam Foundation.
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1)
From where do we learn that until Tu bi'Sh'vat, the fruit ...
- ... of the third year remains Orlah?
- ... of the fourth year remains Revai?
2)
(a) What does the Torah mean when it writes ...
- ... "Eigel"?
- ... "Ben Bakar"?
- ... "Par"? Does it make any difference if the Torah adds "ben Baker"?
(b) How do we learn (from a Pasuk in Shemini - by means of a Hekesh) that a
ben Bakar refers to a calf in its second year?
(c) According to Rebbi Meir, a ben Bakar becomes a Par after twenty-four
months and one day.
What does Rebbi Elazar say?
(d) On the previous Amud, we learned a Beraisa which considers thirty days
to be a year.
How do we initially establish that Beraisa even according to
Rebbi Meir?
3)
(a) Rava disagrees, due to the Dinim of Nidah (as we shall now see).
What
do we learn from the Pasuk in Shemini "Shiv'as Yamim *Tiheyeh* be'Nidasah"?
(b) If a woman sees blood just before sunset, can she count that day as the
first of her seven days of Nidus?
(c) Will this also apply to the seven clean days of a Zavah (which every
woman is obligated to count nowadays)?
(d) Which common misunderstanding is based on this Gemara?
4)
How does Rava use the above information to formulate a 'Kal va'Chomer' which
he uses to refute the distinction we just made in Rebbi Meir's name (between
the beginning of the year and the end, regarding what is considered a year)?
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5)
(a) In a Mishnah in Shevi'is, the Tana'im dispute the period before Sh'mitah
during which one is permitted to plant, graft or re-plant (the branch of) a
tree.
What time-period does the Tana Kama give?
(b) Rebbi Yehudah gives the time as at least three days.
What do Rebbi
Elazar and Rebbi Shimon say?
(c) What is the basis of their Machlokes?
6)
(a) We currently maintain that the author of the Beraisa (which requires
thirty days before Rosh Hashanah to be considered a year) must be Rebbi
Elazar.
Based on the previous Machlokes Tana'im, what is the problem with
that contention?
(b) We therefore establish the author of that Beraisa as being Rebbi Meir
(and not Rebbi Elazar).
What is now the significance of the thirty day
period? Like which Tana does Rebbi Meir hold?
(c) Seeing as the author is Rebbi Meir, why does the Beraisa not require
thirty-*one* days, thirty for the tree to take root, and one to be
considered a year?
(d) How long is Tosfos Shevi'is according to Rebbi Meir?
7)
(a) Both Rebbi Meir and Rebbi Elazar derive their respective opinions from
the Pasuk in No'ach (which refers to the water of the flood beginning to
subside) "Vayehi be'Achas ve'Sheish Mei'os Shanah be'Echad *la'Chodesh*".
Which month is the Torah referring to here, according to ...
- ... Rebbi Eliezer (in whose opinion the world was created in Tishri)?
- ... Rebbi Yehoshua (who maintains that it was created in Nisan)?
(b) How does Rebbi Meir learn from this Pasuk that one day in the year is
considered a year?
(c) On what (grammatical) grounds does Rebbi Elazar counter Rebbi Meir's
proof?
(d) And how does Rebbi Elazar extrapolate from this Pasuk that thirty days
in the year is considered a year?
8)
(a) According to Rebbi Eliezer, the world was created in Tishri, and the
Avos were born (and died) then.
To which of the Avos is he referring?
(b) When was Yitzchak born?
(c) Which three women did Hashem remember on Rosh Hashanah?
(d) What happened on Rosh Hashanah ...
- ... to Yosef?
- ... to our fathers in Egypt?
9)
Our fathers were redeemed from Egypt in the month of Nisan.
When will the
final redemption take place, according to Rebbi Eliezer?
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