1)

(a)What did Rav Aba bar Kahana say about the removal of Achashverosh's ring?

(b)How many prophets and how many prophetesses does the Beraisa refer to?

(c)Were these the only prophets that Yisrael ever had?

(d)Then why does the Tana not include them?

2)

(a)Most of the forty-eight prophets prophesied in Eretz Yisrael during the time of the Beis Hamikdash, the first of them being Yehoshua. How many of them prophesied before they entered Eretz Yisrael?

(b)Besides Moshe Rabeinu, how many kings were also prophets?

(c)Why can Daniel not be included in the list?

(d)Which prophet prophesied together with Chagai, Zecharyah and Mal'achi?

3)

(a)Which is the only Mitzvah that the Nevi'im added to the Torah of Moshe?

(b)What reason does Rebbi Chiya bar Avin Amar Rebbi Yehoshua ben Korchah give for that?

(c)Why is Hadlakas Ner Chanukah not also counted?

4)

(a)What reason does Rav Yitzchak give for not saying Halel on Purim?

(b)According to Rav Nachman, we do say Halel on Purim. In what form?

(c)Rava is surprised at the very suggestion of saying Halel on Purim. Why is that?

(d)How do Rava and Rav Nachman reconcile their opinions with the Tana of the Beraisa, who says that once they entered Eretz Yisrael, miracles in other lands were no longer subject to Halel?

5)

(a)We have already cited the answer to the Kashya on the Beraisa citing forty-eight prophets from the Pasuk 'Echad mi'Masayim Tzofim'. What do we extrapolate from this Pasuk?

(b)Shmuel ha'Navi is described as "Ish Echad min ha'Ramasayim" (in the plural), according to Rebbi Shmuel bar Nachmeni, because he came from two peaks that 'looked at one another'. What reason does Rebbi Chanin give?

(c)What happened to the sons of Korach after the earth swallowed them up?

6)

(a)Four of the seven prophetesses were Sarah, Miriam, Devorah and Chanah. Who were the other three?

(b)How do we prove that Sarah was a prophetess from her other name, Yiskah?

(c)What else could 'Yiskah' mean?

(d)Where does the Torah explicitly indicate that she was indeed a prophetess?

7)

(a)How does Rav Nachman Amar Rav explain the Pasuk "Miriam ha'Nevi'ah Achos Aharon"?

(b)What did she prophesy?

(c)What happened after she prophesied?

(d)What has this to do with the Pasuk in Shemos "va'Tesatzav Achoso me'Rachok l'De'ah Mah Ye'aseh Lo"?

8)

(a)What did Devorah do to merit prophesy?

(b)When Devorah judged the people she sat under a date-palm, Rebbi Shimon ben Avishalom explains, because its size ruled out any possibility of Yichud (the prohibition of being alone with a man in a confined space). What hint is also contained in a palm-tree?

(c)How do we prove that Chanah was a prophetess from her words (recorded in Shoftim [in Navi]) "Ramah Karni ba'Hashem"? What has this to do with David and Shlomo, Shaul and Yehu ben Nimshi?

(d)What did Chanah mean when she said ...

1. ... "Ein Kadosh ka'Hashem Ki Ein Biltecha", according to Rav Yehudah bar Menashya?

2. ... "v'Ein Tzur k'Elokeinu"?

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9)

(a)Avigail knew full well that a Chacham is not permitted to examine Dam Nidah at night-time, Rabah bar Shmuel explains. So why did she ask David to do so?

(b)He answered that Naval was a Mored b'Malchus, and a Mored b'Malchus may be judged at night-time. On what grounds did Avigail successfully refute that?

(c)David thanked her for having prevented innocent blood from being shed. Why did he use the expression " ... mi'Bo b'Damim" (in the plural) - see Agados Maharsha?

10)

(a)Earlier, David, aroused by the sight of Avigail's calf, had accosted her (see ha'Gahos ha'Gra). Why did she reveal her calf in the first place?

(b)What did she mean when she said to him "v'Lo Tih'yeh Zos Lecha l'Fukah" ("as a weakness" or "to bring you to Gehinom")?

(c)She said to him "v'Hayesah Nefesh Adoni Tzerurah bi'Tzror ha'Chayim" (which presumably, we cite because it constitutes part of Avigail's prophesy) to predict that, in spite of his sin with Bas-Sheva, he would go to Gan Eden). What was she hinting at when she added "v'Heitiv Hash-m la'Adoni, v'Zachart es Amasech"?

(d)This conforms with the adage cited by Rav Nachman: 'Even as a woman talks, she still sews'. Which adage do others cite?

11)

(a)We know that Chuldah was among the prophetesses, because the Pasuk in Melachim specifically relates how Yoshiyahu ha'Melech sent Chilkiyahu ha'Kohen, Chanan and Achbur to her for a prophesy, and even records her response. What is Rav quoted as saying to explain why Chuldah prophesied even though Yirmeyahu was available?

(b)d'Bei Rebbi Shilo ascribe the reason that Yoshiyahu chose to send to her (rather than to Yirmeyahu) to the fact that women are generally softer than men, and he hoped for a merciful prophecy. What does Rebbi Yochanan say?

(c)How do we know for sure that Yirmeyahu succeeded in his mission?

(d)What does ...

1. ... Rebbi Yochanan learn from the episode of Yoshiyah and the Mizbe'ach in Beis-El? What was Yoshiyahu, King of Yehudah, doing in Beis-El, which belonged to the ten tribes? In which year of Yoshiyahu's reign did Yirmeyahu return the ten tribes?

2. ... Rav Nachman learn from the Pasuk in Hoshei'a "Gam Yehudah Shas Katzir Lach b'Shuvi Shvus Ami"?

12)

(a)What do we learn from the Pasuk in Esther "va'Tilbash Esther Malchus"?

(b)What does Rav Nachman learn from the names of the two prophetess Devorah and Chuldah?

(c)How was this manifest in the words of ...

1. ... Devorah?

2. ... Chuldah?

13)

(a)What does Rav Nachman learn from the 'Gezeirah-Shavah' "ben Charchos" (in Melachim, in connection with Chuldah) and "b'Timnas Cheres" (in Yehoshua, in connection with Yehoshua's burial-site)?

(b)Rav Eina Saba queries Rav Nachman from a Beraisa. The Tana Kama discusses Neriyah, Baruch, Sarayah, Machseyah, Chilkiyah, Chanamel and Shalum. Who is the eighth one on the list?

(c)What does he say about them, besides the fact that they were all descended from Rachav?

14)

(a)Rebbi Yehudah disagrees. Based on the 'Gezeirah-Shavah' "ben Tikvah" (Ibid.) and "Tikvas ha'Shani" (Ibid.) whom does he add to the list of descendants of Rachav?

(b)What problem does this create with Rav Nachman's earlier statement?

(c)How do we reconcile Rav Nachman ...

1. ... with Rebbi Yehudah?

2. ... with the Pasuk in Divrei ha'Yamim, which lists Yehoshua's genealogy, but stops at Yehoshua (from which it would appear that he had no children)?

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