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1)

(a)According to the Tana Kama, what do a Nochri and someone who does not believe in the Dinim of Eiruv have in common (with regard to carrying in the Chatzer)?

(b)What is a standard example of someone who does not believe in the Dinim of Eiruv?

(c)What does Rebbi Eliezer ben Ya'akov say?

2)

(a)Why do both the Tana Kama and Rebbi Eliezer ben Ya'akov agree that, strictly speaking, a Nochri living in the Chatzaer ought not to forbid the residents to carry there?

(b)On what basis did the Chachamim ...

1. ... nevertheless rule that it is forbidden?

2. ... forbid being alone with a Nochri?

(c)Then why do they consider it necessary to even discuss a Nochri living in the same Chatzer as a Yisrael?

(d)What is the only way of gaining permission to carry in a Chatzer in which a Nochri resides?

3)

(a)Why did the Chachamim negate the possibility of Eiruv and Bitul R'shus without renting from him?

(b)Why will the Nochri be unwilling to rent out his Chatzer to a Yisrael?

(c)If Rebbi Eliezer ben Ya'akov concedes to the Rabbanan when there are two Yisre'eilim living in the Chatzer, on what basis does he disagree with them when there is only one?

(d)Like whom is the Halachah?

4)

(a)What is the Halachah regarding renting from the Nochri ...

1. ... for less than a P'rutah?

2. ... from him on Shabbos itself?

(b)What must Re'uven, who made an Eiruv, say to Shimon who did not, if he wishes to be Mevatel his R'shus to him?

(c)What are then their respective Dinim regarding carrying in the Chatzer?

(d)What if, after Shimon has finished what he needs to do in the Chatzer, he wishes to be Mevatel R'shus back to Re'uven?

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5)

(a)We add to the words of our Mishnah 'Tzedoki, Harei Hu ke'Nochri'. What does Raban Gamliel say?

(b)In the episode that the Mishnah brings to substantiate Raban Gamliel's opinion, what did Raban Gamliel quote his father (Raban Shimon ben Gamliel) as having advised the residents of the Mavoy in Yerushalayim. in which a Tzedoki lived, to quickly do?

(c)What would have happened had the Tzedoki taken his Keilim into the Mavoy first?

(d)How could he do that, bearing in mind that he had already negated his rights in the Chatzer to the other residents of the Chatzer?

(e)How does this prove that a Tzedoki does not have the Din of a Nochri? What would have been the Din if he had been?

6)

(a)Rebbi Yehudah presents a different version of what Raban Gamliel advised the residents. According to him, what does Raban Gamliel hold regarding the status of a Tzedoki?

(b)So what did he then quote his father as having told the residents of the Mavoy?

(c)How do we amend the words 'ad she'Lo Yotzi (ve'Ye'esor Aleichem)', bearing in mind that they had not rented his R'shus in the Chatzer?

7)

(a)What is the Halachah? On which one of two conditions does a Yisrael have the Din of a Nochri.

(b)What are the two ramifications of this ruling?

(c)What is the definition of a 'modern-day' Tzedoki?

(d)In what way does the Din concerning him differ from the previous case?

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8)

(a)Our Mishnah now discusses a case of one resident (Reuven) of a Chatzer who forgot to participate in the Eiruv. What does the Tana say about he and they ...

1. ... carrying into his house or from it into the Chatzer?

2. ... carrying into one of their houses or from it?

(b)On what is the latter ruling based?

(c)Then why are they not also permitted to carry to or from his house?

(d)On what principle is this pair of Halachos based?

9)

(a)If the other residents are permitted to carry from their houses to the Chatzer because their house and the Chatzer is considered one domain, on what grounds is Reuven permitted to do so (seeing as he did not participate in the Eiruv)?

(b)What does the Mishnah rule in the Seifa where the other residents are Mevatel their R'shus in the Chatzer to Reuven?

(c)Why are they not permitted to carry to and from his house as his guests, just as he is permitted to carry from theirs in the Reisha?

10)

(a)What will be the Din if two residents forgot to participate in the Eiruv, and the other residents are Mevatel their R'shus to them?

(b)Why is that?

(c)Why, if one of them is Mevatel his R'shus to the other one, wil it not be effective?

(d)What if the two are subsequently Mevatel their R'shus to the others residents of the Chatzer?

(e)Why the difference?

11)

(a)If, in the previous case, the Bitul R'shus of the two residents who did not participate in the Eiruv helps to permit all the other residents to carry in the Chatzer, why does it not help to permit each other?

(b)What must somebody be careful to announce when he is Mevatel his R'shus to the other residents of the Chatzer?

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12)

(a)Beis Shamai require Bitul R'shus to take place before Shabbos enters. Why is that?

(b)Why do Beis Hillel then allow Bitul R'shus to take place even on Shabbos?

(c)How does this make the Din of Bitul R'shus unique, according to Beis Hillel?

13)

(a)What does Rebbi Meir say about someone who is Mevatel R'shus and who then takes his things into the Chatzer?

(b)With which point does Rebbi Yehudah disagree?

(c)Why in fact, is Rebbi Meir strict even be'Shogeg?

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14)

(a)What does the Mishnah say about someone who is a joint owner in wine with each of his neighbors in a Mavoy?

(b)Does it make a difference as to whether the wine is in one barrel or more?

(c)What will be the Din if he is a partner with some of them in wine, and with others, in oil?

15)

(a)What does Rebbi Shimon say about this?

(b)Like whom is the Halachah?

(c)Why is this Din confined to Shitufei Mavo'os, but not to Eiruvei Chatzeiros?

16)

(a)If wine is valid with regard to Shitufei Mavo'os ...

1. ... what about using bread?

2. ... why does Eiruvei Chatzeiros require specifically bread?

(b)If they made Shitufei Mavo'os with wine or even with bread, can the members of the individual Chatzeiros rely on it to exempt them from making an Eiruv Chatzeiros?

(c)Why is that?

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17)

(a)The Mishnah discusses a Traklin that is divided into five separate apartments, each one inhabited by a different group. What is a 'Traklin'.

(b)On what condition do Beis Shamai require each group to participate in the Eiruv Chatzeiros independently?

(c)What does this entail?

18)

(a)What do Beis Hillel say?

(b)In which case, dependent upon the size of the walls, will Beis Hillel concede that each group must participate independently?

(c)On which other condition do they agree that one Eiruv will not suffice for all the residents?

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19)

(a)The Mishnah now discusses brothers who are partners ('ha'Achin ha'Shutfin') who all eat at their father's table, but who sleep in their own homes. How do we explain 'ha'Achin ha'Shutfin'?

(b)And how do we explain ...

1. ... 'ha'Achin ha'Ochlin al Shulchan Echad'?

2. ... 'ha'Shutfin ha'Ochlin al Shulchan Echad'

(c)Where do the brothers and the Shutfin actually live?

(d)What does the Tana now rule? How many loaves of bread do they need to participate?

20)

(a)What must one of them do if he forgot to participate in the Eiruv?

(b)On what condition will the brothers or partners not be required to participate in the Eiruv independently?

(c)Why is that?

21)

(a)What will be the Din if there are no other residents but them living in the Chatzer?

(b)Why is that?

(c)And what will the Din be if the brothers actually eat at their father's table?

(d)Why is that?

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22)

(a)What does the Mishnah say about five Chatzeros that open both into one another and into the Mavoy, if they made ...

1. ... Eruvei Chatzeros but not a Shituf Mavo'os?

2. ... a Shituf Mavoy as well?

(b)On what grounds do we drop from the text the words 'that open into one another'?

(c)How many houses must open into a Chatzer to require an Eiruv Chateros?

23)

(a)What does the Tana say in a case where they made both Eruvei Chatzeros and a Shituf Mavo'os, but where one resident forgot to participate in the Eiruv?

(b)Why is that?

(c)And what does he say in the reverse case (where one of the residents forgot to participate in the Shituf Mavo'os, but not in the Eiruv Chatzeros?

(d)Why is that?

(e)Why might we have thought otherwise?

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24)

(a)The Mishnah now discusses two Chatzeros one inside, the other outside, one of which made an Eiruv, the other, did not. Why does the Tana refer to them as 'inside' and 'outside'?

(b)What the Tana Kama rule in a case where the residents of ...

1. ... the inner Chatzer made an Eiruv, but not those of outer one?

2. ... the outer Chatzer made an Eiruv, but not those of those the inner one?

3. ... each Chatzer made its own Eiruv?

(c)What is the basic difference between the residents of the inner Chatzer and those of the outer one?

(d)What is therefore the reason for the middle ruling?

25)

(a)What does Rebbi Akiva say about the latter case?

(b)Why is that?

(c)The Chachamim are even more lenient even than the Tana Kama. What do they say?

(d)Like whom is the Halachah?

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26)

(a)Based on what we just learned, what distinction does the Mishnah draw between where one resident of the outer Chatzer forgot to participate in the Eiruv and where one resident of the inner Chatzer forgot to do so?

(b)What does the Tana now mean when he talks about the two Chatzeros combining and placing their Eiruv in one location? Which location is he referring to?

(c)Why does he refer to it as 'one location'?

(d)What does he now rule in a case where one resident of either Chatzer forgot to participate in the Eiruv?

(e)Seeing as it was a resident of the outer Chatzer who forgot to participate, why are the residents of the inner Chatzer forbidden to carry in their Chatzer? Why can they not simply separate from the outer Chatzer and act independently?

27)

(a)Had they placed the combined Eiruv in the inner Chatzer, what would the Din be if the person who forgot to participate was a resident of ...

1. ... the inner Chatzer?

2. ... the outer Chatzer?

(b)What is reason for the latter ruling?

(c)What if only one person lives in both the inner Chatzer and the outer one?

(d)Why is that?

(e)Like which of the three opinions in the Reisha of the Mishnah does this Tana hold?

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