1)

(a)

Rava now queries Rav Huna (who holds that the receptacles of the purchaser will acquire for him in the seller's domain) from a Beraisa which states that, if the purchaser pulled his ass-drivers or laborers into his house carrying the goods that he intends to purchase, unless both 'Medidah' (measuring and placing in the purchaser's domain) and 'Pisuk' (fixing the price) have been performed, he does not acquire the goods, and both parties are entitled to retract. Why can they retract even if ...

1.

... Pisuk was performed but not Medidah?

2.

... Medidah was performed but not Pisuk?

(b)

If either the purchaser or the seller unload the vessels that contain the goods and bring them into the purchaser's domain, on what condition will the sale be valid?

(c)

Will it make any difference whether they fixed the price before the goods have been unloaded or afterwards?

(d)

On what grounds does he acquire them (which kind of Kinyan takes effect)?

2)

(a)

Some commentaries explain that the purchaser acquires the goods once the price has been fixed as we explained (not because of Kinyan Chatzer, but) because of Kinyan Meshichah, assuming the purchaser pulled the goods into his domain after he fixed the price with the seller. How will the case then differ? When must the Pisuk have taken place?

(b)

On what grounds do we reject this explanation?

3)

(a)

What do we now learn from the Beraisa regarding the purchaser acquiring in his domain goods that are still in the sacks belonging to the seller?

(b)

What can we extrapolate from there regarding his acquiring them in the seller's domain if they are placed into his vessels?

(c)

How does this pose a Kashya on Rav Huna?

4)

(a)

Why did Rava object, when, to answer the Kashya, Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak interpreted 'Pirkan' to mean that the seller unloaded his sacks before emptying them on to the purchaser's domain?

(b)

How does Mar bar Rav Ashi answer the Kashya, by establishing the Beraisa by bundles of garlic?

(c)

How did Ravina explain to Huna b'rei de'Mar Zutra the need to fix the price, despite the fact that the seller has already unloaded them and placed them on the ground for the purchaser to acquire?

(d)

Ravina asked Rav Ashi about an apparent discrepancy between Rav Huna's ruling and a statement of Rav and Shmuel, who rule 'Keilav shel Adam Koneh lo be'Chol Makom' (which can only come to include even the domain of the seller). What did Rav Ashi reply?

5)

(a)

According to the Mishnah in Kidushin, how does one acquire ...

1.

... Karka?

2.

... Metaltelin?

(b)

How does Rav Chisda (according to the text in Sura, and Rav Kahana or Rava, as recorded in Pumbedisa) qualify the latter ruling? In which case will one not acquire the Metaltelin, according to him?

6)

(a)

If Reuven picks up Shimon's purse on Shabbos and walks out into the street with it, he is liable to pay. What does the Beraisa say in a case where he draggs the purse into the street?

(b)

Why the difference?

(c)

How can he acquire with Meshichah in the R'shus ha'Rabim?

(d)

How does Rav Ada bar Ahavah query Rav Chisda from this Beraisa?

7)

(a)

On what grounds did Rav Ada bar Ahavah object when Abaye answered that the Tana is speaking where the Ganav is pulling the purse by a string?

(b)

So what did Abaye really mean?

(c)

How does Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak explain the Beraisa that we discussed earlier, which specifically states 'bi'Reshus Mocher Lo Kanah ad she'Yagbihenah O ad she'Yotzi'enah me'Reshuso', implying that an object that can be acquired with Hagbahah, can also be acquired with Meshichah?

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8)

(a)

We learned in our Mishnah 'ha'Mocher Peiros la'Chavero, Mashach ve'Lo Madad, Kani'. How do we reconcile this ruling with Rav Chisda?

(b)

Why does the Seifa say about somebody who purchases flax? How does he acquire it?

(c)

How do we initially explain the difference between the Reisha and the Seifa?

(d)

Why might even Rav, who validates a minimal Meshichah by a ship, concede in this case that flax will need to be moved its full length in order to acquire it?

9)

(a)

How do we explain the difference between the Reisha and the Seifa, after establishing the Reisha by large (heavy) bundles, in order to conform with Rav Chisda? Why is this not possible by flax?

(b)

How does Rabeinu Chananel explain 'Sha'ani Pishtan, de'Mishtamit'? What makes the flax slip?

(c)

According to the Mishnah in Kidushin, a large animal is acquired through Mesirah, and a small one, in the opinion of Rebbi Meir and Rebbi Shimon ben Elazar, through Hagbahah. What do the Chachamim say about acquiring a small animal?

(d)

How will Rav Chisda explain the Chachamim's opinion, seeing as it is possible to acquire a small animal with Hagbahah?

(e)

How does Rabeinu Chananel interpret 'Sha'ani Beheimah de'Sarcha'

10)

(a)

Rav and Shmuel both rule that if Reuven sells Shimon a Kur of wheat for thirty Sela, Shimon can retract right up to the time that the last grain has been measured. What if the wheat is being measured in Shimon's receptacles and in his field, and he already made a Meshichah on twenty-nine Sa'ah?

(b)

Then how will we establish our Mishnah 'Mashach ve'Lo Madad, Kanah'?

(c)

Under which circumstances do Rav and Shmuel specifically state that Shimon cannot retract? What would Reuven have had to add to his contract to achieve that?

11)

(a)

We learned earlier in the Beraisa 'Im Haysah ha'Midah shel Achad meihen, Rishon Rishon Kanah'. How do we know that the Tana is speaking even if the current measure is not full?

(b)

What is then the Kashya on Rav and Shmuel? Why is there even more reason to acquire in the first of their two cases than there is in the case in the Beraisa?

12)

(a)

We answer the Kashya by quoting Rav Kahana. What did Rav Kahana say about the Hin measure in the Beis Hamikdash?

(b)

What did the markings signify?

(c)

If the Beraisa too, speaks where the Kur measure had thirty markings on it, determining the sale of each Sa'ah in the Seifa (where the measure belongs to the seller or the purchaser), then why does the purchaser not also acquire the number of Sa'in indicated by the markings, in the Reisha (where the measure is a borrowed one)?

13)

(a)

Why can the Kashya on Rav and Shmuel not be from the Seifa de'Seifa 'bi'Reshus Loke'ach Keivan she'Kibel alav Mocher, Kanah Loke'ach', as some commentaries suggest?

(b)

Why would the answer not fit either?