Mishnah 1
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1)

(a)The first items on the Mishnah's list of all the different types of blood that are subject to Kareis/Chatas are the blood of the Shechitah of a Beheimah, Chayah and Of. What if the animal is of a non-Kasher species?

(b)The Tana continues with Dam Nechirah and Dam Ikur. What is 'Dam ...

1. ... Nechirah'?

2. ... Ikur'?

(c)The final item on the Tana's list is Dam Hakazah she'ha'Nefesh Yotz'ah bo (See Tosfos Yom Tov). What is 'Dam Hakazah'?

(d)Initially, the blood emerges without spurting, then it spurts and finally it ends in a trickle. Which of these stages is considered 'Dam she'ha'Nefesh Yotz'ah bo'?

2)

(a)The first three items on the Mishnah's next list are Dam ha'Techol (See Tosfos Yom Tov), Dam ha'Leiv and Dam Beitzim. What is the T'chol?

(b)On what condition is blood that is found in the heart subject to Kareis?

(c)How much blood does one need to drink in order to be Chayav?

(d)Some commentaries translate Dam Beitzim as blood of the Beitzim of a male animal. How do others translate it?

3)

(a)What does the Mishnah say about someone who drinks the blood of fish or of locusts?

(b)The final item on the current list is Dam ha'Tamtzis, according to the Tana Kama. What is 'Dam ha'Tamtzis'?

(c)What does the Tana Kama learn from the Pasuk in Acharei-Mos "Ki Nefesh Kol Basar Damo be'Nafsho hu, Kol Ochlav Yikareis"?

(d)What does Rebbi Yehudah say?

(e)What is the Halachah regarding the blood ...

1. ... spot that one finds in an egg?

2. ... of Sheratzim?

3. ... of fish and locusts?

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4)

(a)Rebbi Akiva obligates someone who transgresses a Safek Me'ilos to bring an Asham Taluy. What is a 'Safek Me'ilos'?

(b)What do the Chachamim say?

(c)How do they learn it from the Gezeirah-Shavah "Mitzvos" (by Chatas) "Mitzvos" (by Asham Me'ilos).

(d)What does Rebbi Akiva concede with regard to paying the Me'ilah-money?

(e)What does he then bring together with it?

5)

(a)What objection does Rebbi Tarfon raise to the previous ruling?

(b)When does he therefore ...

1. ... pay his Me'ilah-money (plus a fifth)?

2. ... bring his Asham Me'ilos?

(c)And what does he stipulate after he has paid the Me'ilah-money?

(d)On what basis can he be Yotzei the Asham Vaday and the Asham Taluy with the same animal?

(e)Like whom is the Halachah?

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6)

(a)In the current Machlokes between Rebbi Tarfon and Rebbi Akiva, what did the latter comment to the former with regard to the size of the Me'ilah and a large one?

(b)What does he rule in a case of a small Me'ilah?

7)

(a)The Mishnah now discusses the case of a woman who gives birth to a Safek V'lad. Which two Korbanos is a Yoledes obligated to bring?

(b)In the case of Safek, what does the woman who do concerning ...

1. ... the lamb for an Oleh?

2. ... the bird for her Chatas?

(c)Why is she not required to stipulate on the latter?

8)

(a)At which point does the Safek Chatas become a Vaday should the Yoledes discover that the baby was a V'lad?

(b)On what grounds is this possible?

(c)What are the ramifications of the switch to a Vaday?

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9)

(a)Which Korban does Rebbi Akiva obligate someone to bring if he eats one of two pieces of meat that are placed in front of him, one Chulin, the other, Kodesh, and he doesn't know which one he ate?

(b)On which principle of his is this ruling based?

(c)What does he say in a case where ....

1. ... the same person eats the second piece as well?

2. ... someone else eats the second piece?

(d)What do the Chachamim say about the latter case?

10)

(a)According to Rebbi Shimon, the two people in the latter case bring one Korban between them. What must they stipulate?

(b)On what grounds does Rebbi Yossi disagree with Rebbi Shimon?

(c)Like whom is the Halachah?

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11)

(a)Now the Mishnah discusses a case where someone eats one of two pieces of meat that are placed in front of him, one Chulin (Shuman), the other, Cheilev and he doesn't know which one he ate. What does the Tana obligate him to bring ...

1. ... if he does not eat the second piece?

2. ... if he does?

(b)In a case where someone else eats the second piece, what does ...

1. ... Rebbi Akiva say?

2. ... Rebbi Shimon say?

(c)What can we extrapolate from Rebbi Yossi, who disagrees with Rebbi Shimon?

(d)Seeing as this is synonymous with the opinion of the Tana Kama, why does the Mishnah see fit to mention Rebbi Yossi?

(e)Like whom is the Halachah?

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12)

(a)The Mishnah now deals with a similar case but where one of the pieces was Cheilav and the other, Kodesh. Why will even the Rabbanan, who exempt a person from an Asham Taluy in the case of Safek Asham Me'ilos (in Mishnah 2) concede here that he brings an Asham Taluy?

(b)What will be the Din in the event that ...

1. ... the same person eats the second piece?

2. ... somebody else eats the second piece?

13)

(a)What does Rebbi Shimon say?

(b)What does each one stipulate?

(c)What does Rebbi Yossi say?

(d)His opinion is synonymous with that of the Tana Kama (as we explained earlier. Like whom is the Halachah?

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14)

(a)What does the Tana Kama obligate a person to bring if the pieces, one of which he eats, are Cheilev of Chulin and Cheilev of Kodesh?

(b)Which additional Korban does Rebbi Akiva obligate him to bring?

(c)Why is that?

(d)Like whom is the Halachah?

15)

(a)What does the Tana say in the event that he eats the second one as well?

(b)Why a Chatas and an Asham?

(c)On what condition does he bring two Chata'os?

16)

(a)According to the Tana Kama, if somebody else eats the second piece, each one must bring a Chatas. What does Rebbi Akiva say?

(b)What does Rebbi Shimon say about the Asham Taluy?

(c)What does Rebbi Yossi hold?

(d)With which Tana does he concur?

(e)Like whom is the Halachah?

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17)

(a)The Tana now discusses a similar case to the previous one, but where the second piece was not just Kodesh, but Nosar as well. What is the difference between someone who eats Kodesh and someone who eats Nosar, be'Shogeg?

(b)What does the Mishnah therefore rule in a case where he ate one of the two pieces?

(c)On what grounds does the Isur of Nosar take effect on that of Cheilev?

(d)What if he then eats the second piece, assuming there was ...

1. ... a Yedi'ah in between?

2. ... no Yedi'ah?

(e)Why does the Tana not add an Asham Vaday (like in the previous Mishnah)?

18)

(a)What does the Tana Kama obligate them to bring should a second person eats the second piece?

(b)Rebbi Shimon agrees that each one brings a Chatas. What about the Asham Taluy?

19)

(a)On what grounds does Rebbi Yossi disagree with Rebbi Shimon?

(b)Which Chatas does he preclude when he says 'Kol Chatas she'Ba'ah al Chet'? Which Chatas does not come because of a sin?

(c)What will he therefore say in a case where one of two Yoldos need to bring a Chatas and we don't know which one?

(d)What is the Halachah?

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