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1)

(a)The Mishnah begins with 'ha'Kol Ma'arichin ve'Ne'erachin'. 'ha'Kol Ma'arichin' comes to include a Mufla ha'Samuch le'Ish. What is a 'Mufla ha'Samuch le'Ish'?

(b)Why is he called by that name?

(c)If Reuven is Ma'arich Shimon, he declares 'Erech Shimon alai'. What does he say if he is Ma'arich himself?

(d)How does one assess the amount that the Ma'arich is obligated to pay Hekdesh?

2)

(a)'ha'Kol Ne'erachin' comes to include a Menuval and a Mukeh Sh'chin. Why would we otherwise have thought that they are not subject to Erech?

(b)What is the source for this contention?

3)

(a)'ha'Kol' also pertains to 'Nodrin ve'Nidarin'. How does one determine the amount that a Noder is obligated to pay Hekdesh?

(b)If, when Reuven makes a Neder to pay Shimon's value, he declares 'D'mei Shimon alai', what does he declare when making a Neder to pay his own value?

(c)Why does the Tana insert 'Nodrin' in 'ha'Kol"?

(d)And why does he insert Nidarin'?

(e)Why would we otherwise have thought that a baby who is less than a month old is precluded from Nidarin?

4)

(a)The Mishnah opens its list of 'ha'Kol ... ' with Kohanim, Levi'im ve'Yisre'elim'. What is the Pasuk there "ve'He'emido lifnei ha'Kohen, ve'He'erich oso ha'Kohen" talking about?

(b)What do the Chachamim Darshen from that Pasuk?

(c)Why would we therefore have thought that a Kohen is not included in Erchin?

(d)Then why is he included?

(e)Why does the Tana then mention Levi'im and Yisre'elim?

5)

(a)The list continues with 'Nashim va'Avadim'. Why would we have thought that they are not subject to Ma'arichin and Nodrin?

(b)Then why are they nevertheless included?

(c)The Mishnah's list continues with Tumtum and Androginus. There is no reason as to why they should not be included in Nodrin. Why is it also obvious why they are subject to Nidarin?

(d)There is also no reason as to why they should not be included in Ma'arichin. On what grounds are they precluded from Ne'erachin?

6)

(a)A 'Chashu' is included in the Din of Nidarin and Ne'erachin. What is a 'Chashu'?

(b)On what grounds is he precluded from Nodrin and Ma'arichin?

(c)From which of the above four cases is a baby less than a month old precluded?

(d)Why is that?

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7)

(a)According to Rebbi Meir, a Nochri is subject to Ne'erachin but not to Ma'arichin. What does Rebbi Yehudah say?

(b)What do both Tana'im agree with regard to the two Pesukim (in connection with Erchin) "B'nei Yisrael" & "Ish ki Yafli"?

(c)Then what is the basis of their Machlokes?

(d)On what grounds does Rebbi ...

1. ... Meir include a Nochri in Ne'erachin rather than in Ma'arichin?

2. ... Yehudah include a Nochri in Ma'arichin Ne'erachin rather than in Ne'erachin?

(e)Like whom is the Halachah?

8)

(a)Based on the previous ruling, what will be the Din in a case where ...

1. ... a Nochri is Ma'arich a Yisrael?

2. ... a Yisrael is Ma'arich a Nochri?

(b)What do both Tana'im say about Nodrin and Nidarin?

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9)

(a)Besides the fact that a Goseis (a person on his death-bed [See also Tosfos Yom Tov]) and a Yotzei Lehareg (someone whose death-sentence is being carried out) are not Nidarin, what else do they have in common, according to the Tana Kama?

(b)If a Goseis is not subject to Nidarin because he has no intrinsic value, why is he not subject to Ne'erachin?

(c)What does the Tana Kama learn from the Pasuk in Bechukosai (in connection with a Yotzei Lehareg) "Kol Cherem asher Yocharam min ha'Adam Lo Yipadeh"?

(d)On what condition is a Yotzei Lehareg Ne'erach?

(e)What if it has been imposed by Malchus Yisrael?

10)

(a)With which of the above cases does Rebbi Chanina ben Akavya disagree?

(b)On what grounds does he differentiate between Ne'erach and Nidar?

(c)What about the Pasuk "Kol Cherem asher Yocharam ... "?

11)

(a)With regard to Goseis and Yotzei Lehareg, Rebbi Yossi says - 'Noder, u'Ma'arich u'Makdish'. Like whom does he hold regarding Nidar and Ne'erach?

(b)What does he add with regard to either of the two who cause damage?

(c)What is the basis of his ruling?

12)

(a)Regarding the current case, on what grounds does the Tana Kama hold that they are Patur?

(b)Like whom is the Halachah?

(c)Why, nowadays, do Beis-Din nevertheless claim damages from the Yesomim's property?

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13)

(a)What does the Mishnah say about a pregnant woman whose death-sentence is being carried out?

(b)How does the Tana learn it from the Pasuk in Ki Seitzei (in connection with a man who commits adultery with a married woman) "u'Meisu Gam Sh'neihem"?

(c)Based on the Pasuk in Mishpatim (in connection with a man who strikes a pregnant woman and kills her baby) "Ka'asher Yashis alav Ba'al ha'Ishah", what would we otherwise have thought?

(d)On what condition do Beis-Din wait until she has given birth before putting her to death?

(e)Why is that?

14)

(a)What is the Tana referring to when he says that one is permitted to benefit from the hair of a woman who has died?

(b)Why can he not be referring to her natural hair?

(c)On what condition is the Sheitel permitted?

(d)Why is that?

15)

(a)What does the Mishnah finally say about benefiting from an animal that is killed at the hand of Beis-Din?

(b)How about the hair?

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