1)

(a)How does Rebbi Ami qualify Rebbi Meir's statement, that the River Yarden is considered a division regarding Ma'aser Beheimah?

(b)What can we extrapolate from Rebbi Ami with regard to Rebbi Meir's reason?

(c)We reject Rebbi Ami's reasoning however, from a Beraisa. What does the Tana say after stating Rebbi Meir's Din (that a river or the fact that the lambs are in two different provinces divides the two flocks)?

(d)How does this Beraisa pose a Kashya on Rebbi Ami?

2)

(a)What does Rebbi Chiya bar Aba Amar Rebbi Yochanan mean when he answers the Kashya by citing the Pasuk in Yehoshua '"ve'ha'Yarden Yigbol oso li'Fe'as Keidmah ... '?

(b)How do we query that from the Pesukim in Yehoshua "ve'Sa'ar ha'Gevul" ... "ve'Alah ha'Gevul"?

(c)And how does the Pasuk in Mas'ei "Zos Tih'yeh lachem ha'Aretz li'Gevulosehah Saviv" answer the Kashya?

(d)How does this prompt us to query Rebbi Chiya bar Aba's previous answer?

3)

(a)Why is this Kashya answered according to Rebbi Chiya bar Aba?

(b)What Kashya does it leave us with on Rebbi Ami?

(c)What is the conclusion?

4)

(a)The Beraisa cites a Machlokes Tana'im in connection with the Pasuk in Mas'ei " ... ki Atem Ovrim es ha'Yarden el Eretz Cana'an ... ". What does Rebbi ...

1. ... Yehudah ben Beseira extrapolate from the words "el Eretz Cana'an"?

2. ... Rebbi Shimon bar Yochai extrapolate from the phrase there "me'Eiver le'Yarden Yericho Keidmah Mizrachah"?

(b)On whom does this pose a Kashya?

5)

(a)On what basis does Rabah bar bar Chanah Amar Rebbi Yochanan say that the River Yarden only begins from Yericho?

(b)We suggest that the ramifications of this statement are with regard to a Neder. What does this mean?

(c)On what grounds do we reject this suggestion?

(d)Then what are the ramifications of Rabah bar bar Chanah's statement?

6)

(a)How do we know that our interpretation of Rabah bar bar Chanah's statement is correct?

(b)What else does the Beraisa say about the River Yarden? From which cave does it begin to flow?

(c)Two of the three seas through which it flows are that of Sivchi and of Teverya. What is the third?

(d)Into which sea does it finally flow?

7)

(a)According to Rabah bar bar Chanah Amar Rebbi Yochanan what is 'Yarden' the acronym of?

(b)Rebbi Aba told Rav Ashi that, if in Bavel they learned it from the name 'Yarden', in Eretz Yisrael they learned it from the Pasuk in Yehoshua " ... Vayikr'u le'Leshem Dan ke'Shem Dan Avihem", from the word "Leshem", based on a statement of Rebbi Yitzchak. What did Rebbi Yitzchak say?

(c)Which Beraisa did he cite to complete the proof?

8)

(a)What did Rav Kahana mean when he stated 'Zachrusa ...

1. ... de'Yard'na Me'aras Pamayas'?

2. ... de'Dama Kavda'?

3. ... de'Maya Pras'?

(b)What are the Halachic ramifications of the statement Zachrusa ...

1. ... de'Yard'na Me'aras Pamayas?

2. ... de'Dama Kavda, based on a statement of Rebbi Yitzchak? What did Rebbi Yitzchak say?

3. ... de'Maya Pras, based on a statement of Rav Yehudah Amar Rav? What did Rav Yehudah Amar Rav say?

(c)Why can the current ruling not be speaking where the Noder declared that he will not drink from the water of P'ras?

(d)Then how is it speaking?

9)

(a)This ruling is based on another statement of Rav Yehudah Amar Rav, who said that all the rivers are below the three rivers. Which three rivers?

(b)What did he then add regarding the River P'ras?

(c)We query this from Insa (the fountains) de'Midalya. What is the problem?

(d)In light of the above, how does Rav Mesharshaya account for the water that flows from the mountains, which is definitely higher than the River P'ras?

(e)And how does Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak (or Rav Acha bar Ya'akov) explain the Pasuk in Bereishis "ve'ha'Nahar ha'Revi'i Hu Pras", which seems to place the River P'ras on a par with the other three rivers?

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10)

(a)What does Rebbi Meir learn (in connection with the River Pras) from the Pasuk in Yirmiyah "Vehayah ke'Eitz Shasul al Mayim, ve'al Yuval Yeshalach Sharashav"?

(b)Then what does P'ras mean?

(c)This supports the opinion of Shmuel. What did Shmuel mean when he said (in connection with the Rivefr P'ras) 'Nahara mi'Kipei Mivrich'?

11)

(a)Rav Ami in the name of Rav disagrees with Shmuel. What did he mean when he said 'Mitra be'Ma'arava Sahada Rabah li'P'ras'?

(b)What did Shmuel's father do for his daughters that supported Rav's opinion?

(c)Why did he ...

1. ... do that?

2. ... make mats for them in the Tishri season?

12)

(a)Shmuel's earlier ruling contradicts another ruling that he issued. What did he say about Toveling in ...

1. ... a flowing river?

2. ... the river P'ras?

(b)What is the reason for ...

1. ... the former ruling?

2. ... the latter ruling?

(c)How does this contradict his earlier ruling?

(d)Alternatively, it is Shmuel's father who argues with Shmuel's latter statement. How did Shmuel's father preparing a Mikvah for his daughters (specifically) in the days of Nisan differ from Shmuel's latter ruling?

13)

(a)What does our Mishnah say about animals that are purchased or received as a gift?

(b)How do we learn this from the Pasuk in Mishpatim "B'chor Banecha Titen Li; Kein Ta'aseh le'Shorcha le'Tzonecha"?

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