1)

(a)Agripas - a Roman general, quoting the Pasuk "Ki Hash-m Elokecha Eish Ochlah Hu, Keil Kana", asked Rabban Gamliel how it was possible for a Chacham and a Gibor to be jealous of someone inferior to himself.

(b)Rabban Gamliel answered him with a Mashal about a man who marries a second wife - of whom his wife will be jealous specifically if she is less important than herself, not more (because jealous in this context, really means anger [zealousness] rather than envy).

2)

(a)The problem Zonin (who was a Yisrael [see Agados Maharsha]) had with Avodas-Kochavim (which he knew was worthless) was that - he saw sick people going to visit the idol and coming out cured.

(b)Rabban Gamliel cmpared this to a reliable man to whom everyone deposited without witnesses, except for one man who always deposited by him with witnesses - but who once forgot and deposited without. When the guardian's wife suggested that they take advantage of the depositor's mistake and deny the deposit, he replied that it was not for them to lose their reliability on account of one fool's stupidity.

(c)Likewise, Rabban Gamliel explained - illnesses are sent to their recipients under oath that they will take their leave at a given date and time, and under specific circumstances. When that time arrives, it is not because the fool goes to the Avodah-Zarah, that they will renege on their word.

(d)Rebbi Yochanan learn this from the Pasuk in Ki Savo "va'Chalayim Ra'im ve'Ne'emanim" - implying that the sicknesses are bad when they come, but reliable to take their leave when the time comes, as Rebbi Yochanan specifically explained.

3)

(a)Rava bar Rav Yitzchak asked Rav Yehudah about the idol in his town - which used to appear to the people in times of draught, with instructions to slaughter someone, and in return, he would send rain. And that is precisely what happened.

(b)Based on the Pasuk "Asher Chalak Hash-m Elokecha osam le'Chol ha'Amim", Rav Yehudah replied that - sometimes, Hash-m uses the celestial powers that he designated for the nations of the world to mislead them into believing that it is they (and not He) who runs their affairs.

(c)He interprets the word "Chalak" as 'makes them slip up'.

(d)This is similar to a D'rashah of Resh Lakish, who Darshened from the Pasuk "Im le'Leitzim Hu Yalitz, ve'La'Anavim Yiten Chein" that - Hash-m mocks the mockers, and gives Chein to the humble, meaning that He opens the door for those who want to sin, and helps those who want to be purified.

4)

(a)Our Mishnah permits the purchase of a Gas Be'utah from a Nochri. A 'Gas Be'utah' is - a wine-press that has been trodden, though the wine has not yet flowed into the wine-pit.

(b)There is no problem with the fact that the Nochri takes grapes from out of the wine in the trough and carries them to the pile of grapes that are being pressed - because this Tana holds that it is not called wine until it reaches the wine-pit.

(c)The Tana permits - even drinking the wine (not merely benefiting from it).

(d)If the Nochri touches the wine in the pit - that wine is forbidden, but not the wine that is still outside the pit.

(e)The significance of Bor Sid is the fact that - since the wine-pit is overlaid with lime, no wine becomes absorbed in the walls of the pit.

5)

(a)Our Mishnah permits a Yisrael to 'tread' the wine together with the Nochri. This is not forbidden because of ...

1. ... benefitting from Isurei Hana'ah - since, as long as the wine has not reached the pit, it is not Asur be'Hana'ah (as we just explained).

2. ... causing Eretz Yisrael produce to become Tamei - because as soon as the Nochri treads a little of the wine, it becomes Tamei anyway, and the Yisrael does not make it any worse.

3. ... helping a person to sin - since the Nochri has done nothing wrong.

(b)The Tana nevertheless forbids picking the grapes together with the Nochri - because since the grapes are Tahor when they are picked, and only become Tamei once the wine begins to emerge from them when they are already in the wine-press, he is causing the grapes to become Tamei.

(c)Regarding a Yisrael who is not particular about Tum'ah - even treading the grapes with him is forbidden, because it constitutes assisting someone to sin.

(d)The Tana does however, permit helping him to carry empty barrels to the wine-press, and full barrels from the wine-press - because the wine is already Tamei, and there is no prohibition that forbids placing Tamei wine into barrels.

6)

(a)Our Mishnah - forbids kneading dough and arranging it together with a Jewish baker who is not particular about Tum'ah, because he is assisting someone to sin.

(b)The Tana nevertheless permits - carrying the finished doughs (which are Tamei) to have them baked, seeing as the sin has been performed, and he is not making it any worse by doing so.

7)

(a)Rav Huna rules that once wine has begun to flow into the wine-pit - it is subject to Yayin Nesech.

(b)The problem we have with this from our Mishnah 'Lokchin Gas Be'utah ... ' is that - the Tana obviously permits the wine up to the point that it actually reaches the wine-pit (as we explained in our Mishnah).

(c)Rav Huna therefore establishes ...

1. ... the Reisha of our Mishnah - by a wine-press which is encased, allowing no wine to flow down to the wine-pit (until the cover is removed), and that is how he explains ...

2. ... the continuation of our Mishnah 'Eino Oseh Yayin Nesech Ad she'Yeired le'Bor' - in the same way.

3. ... the Seifa 'Yarad le'Bor, Mah she'be'Bor Asur, ve'ha'Sha'ar Mutar' - like the Mishnah Rishonah (the first Lashon of the Beraisa [as we will now proceed to explain], whereas he holds like the Mishnah Acharonah]).

8)

(a)The Mishnah Rishonah stated 'Bedad' - which is the acronym of Botzrin, Dorchin and Dorchin', which we will now proceed to explain.

(b)What the Tana is then saying is 'Ein Botzrin im ha'Oved-Kochavim be'Gas, ve'Ein Dorchin im Yisrael she'Oseh Peirosav be'Tum'ah' (exactly as we learned in our Mishnah). The second 'Daled' (Dorchin) comes to teach us - 'Dorchin im ha'Oved-Kochavim be'Gas' (because it is not called wine until it actually reaches the wine-pit).

(c)This does not conform - to the opinion of Rav Huna (as we explained).

9)

(a)The Mishnah Acharonah learned 'Debab', which means 'Ein Dorchin im ha'Oved-Kochavim be'Gas, ve'Ein Botzrin im Yisrael she'Oseh Peirosav be'Tum'ah, Aval Botzrin im ha'Oved-Kochavim be'Gas. The Tana holds - that if 'Ein Botzrin im Yisrael be'Gas', how much more so 'Ein Dorchin'.

(b)This Tana argues with the Mishnah Rishonah in two points. He rules ...

1. ... 'Ein Dorchin im ha'Akum be'Gas' - because he holds like Rav Huna (that the wine already has a Din of wine from the moment it begins to flow towards the wine-pit), and it is therefore Asur because of Yayin Nesech.

2. ... 'Aval Botzrin im ha'Akum be Gas' - because he holds 'Mutar Li'gerom Tum'ah le'Chulin she'be'Eretz Yisrael'.

(c)Even though this Tana permits causing Tum'ah to Chulin in Eretz Yisrael, he nevertheless forbids picking the grapes and treading them together with a Yisrael - because when the Yisrael picks them, they are Tavul for Terumah, and it is certainly forbidden to cause Terumah to become Tamei, in which case the Yisrael is performing a sin, and it is forbidden to assist him.