1)

(a)The Beraisa rules that one may and (must) stop learning Torah in order to accompany a dead person and for the Mitzvah of Hachnasas Kalah. What constitutes the Mitzvah of Hachnasas Kalah?

(b)When is one not obligated (or even permitted) to stop learning in order to accompany a dead person?

(c)One of the interpretations of 'Kol Tzorcho' offered by Rav Shmuel bar Inaya Amar Rav is if there are twelve thousand men plus six thousand Shofar blowers. What is the other?

(d)Ula defines it as sufficient people to fill the space from the gates of the town until the grave. What does Rav Sheshes say?

2)

(a)The above applies to someone who learned Torah (see Tosfos DH 'Hani Mili'). What is the minimum Shi'ur for someone who taught it?

(b)What does Rebbi Shimon bar Yochai learn from the Pasuk ...

1. ... in Shmuel 1 "ha'Nigloh Nigleisi l'Veis Avicha bi'Heyosam b'Mitzrayim"?

2. ... in Yeshayah "Lema'ancha Shulachti Bavelah"?

3. ... in Devarim "v'Shav Hash-m Elokecha es Shevuscha"?

(c)What did the Shul in Hutzal (in Bavel) and the Shul of Shaf v'Yasiv in Neherda'a have in common?

(d)Who built the latter? With what did they build it?

3)

(a)How far would Abaye walk in order to Daven in the Shul of Shaf v'Yasiv?

(b)Shmuel's father and Levi would leave the Shul when they heard the Shechinah about to enter. Why did Rav Sheshes decline to do so?

(c)Why did the Shechinah instruct the angels not to punish him for that?

(d)According to Rebbi Yitzchak, the Pasuk in Yechezkel "va'Ehi Lahem l'Mikdash Me'at" refers to the Shuls and Batei Medrash of Bavel. What does it refer to, according to Rebbi Elazar?

(e)Rava applied the Pasuk in Tehilim "Hash-m Ma'on Atah Hayisa Lanu" to the Shuls and the Batei Medrash in Bavel. How did the Pasuk (also in Tehilim) "Hash-m Ahavti Ma'on Beiseicha" affect Abaye?

4)

(a)What 'Kal va'Chomer' did Rebbi Elazar ha'Kapar learn from Mount Tavor and Mount Karmel?

(b)What does Bar Kapara learn from the Pasuk in Tehilim "Lamah Teratzdun Harim Gavnunim"?

(c)We learned in our Mishnah that one may not use a Shul as a Kapandriya(a short cut). What is 'Kapandriya' the acronym of?

(d)Someone who entered the Shul intending to retrace his steps, is permitted to leave by the other entrance (in the form of a short cut) should he change his mind. Under which circumstances may one do so even if he intended to do so originally?

5)

(a)We learned in our Mishnah that one is forbidden to cut grass that is growing in the ruins of a Shul. How do we amend that statement in order to conform with a Beraisa?

(b)Which three things does the Beraisa forbid in a Beis ha'Kevaros because of lightheadedness?

(c)What should one do with the grass in the event that someone did cut the grass there?

(d)What is the underlying reason for these prohibitions?

6)

(a)Our Mishnah now discusses the four Parshiyos. When does one Lein Parshas Shekalim when Rosh Chodesh Adar falls ...

1. ... on Shabbos?

2. ... during the week?

(b)On the second Shabbos we Lein Parshas Zachor, on the third Shabbos, Parshas Parah and on the fourth, Parshas ha'Chodesh. Why would one have expected the third and the fourth Parshiyos to be inverted?

(c)Then why does Parshas Parah come first?

(d)During the week, one breaks with the regular Leining on every occasion, on Rosh Chodesh, Chanukah, Purim, Ta'aniyos, Ma'amados and Yom Kippur. What is Yom Kippur doing in this list (see Tosfos DH 'la'Kol')?

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7)

(a)We learned in a Mishnah in Shekalim that on the first of Adar, Beis-Din would issue an announcement with regards to both Shekalim and Kil'ayim. What announcement did they make regarding Kil'ayim? Why specifically then?

(b)They announced the Shekalim specifically then because of what Rav Tavi said in the name Rebbi Yashiyah. What did Rav Tavi say (based on the Pasuk in Pinchas "Zos Olas Chodesh b'Chodsho")?

(c)This seems to suggest that the author of our Mishnah is the Rabanan of the Beraisa, who hold that one asks She'eilos and Darshens thirty days before each Yom Tov. What does Raban Shimon ben Gamliel say?

(d)How is it nevertheless possible to reconcile Raban Shimon ben Gamliel with our Mishnah?

8)

(a)The bankers began setting up their centers in various spots throughout the land on the fifteenth of Adar. When did they set them up in the Beis Hamikdash?

(b)What was the latter a sign of? What did the Beis-Din then begin to do?

9)

(a)Rav maintains that Parshas Shekalim comprises the Parashah in Pinchas "Tzav es Bnei Yisrael". What does Shmuel say?

(b)The Parashah of Ki Sisa deals specifically with the half-Shekalim, but what does "Tzav es Bnei Yisrael" have to do with the Shekalim?

(c)The Parashah in Ki Sisa may well deal with the half-Shekalim that they donated in the desert, but that particular money was melted down and used for the silver sockets that served as the base of the Mishkan (and not for the purchase of the Korbanos - which the annual donation currently under discussion was used for). What does that have to do with the half-Shekel that was donated for the Korbanos?

(d)According to Rav, we explain, this Rosh Chodesh Adar differs from every other Rosh Chodesh, on which one also Reads the Parashah of "Tzav es Bnei Yisrael", inasmuch as now that constitutes the entire reading, whereas on other Roshei Chodashim, it constitutes only Shevi'i. How will those who maintain that the four Parshiyos comprise only the Maftir, differentiate between the two?

10)

(a)The Haftarah of Parshas Shekalim is the one which deals with Yehoyada ha'Kohen (in Melachim 2). What is the connection between that and the Parashah of "Tzav es Bnei Yisrael" (according to Rav)?

(b)We learn in a Beraisa that if Parshas Shekalim falls the week before or the week after the Parashah in which it is written, then it is Leined twice consecutively. According to Rav, how is it possible for Parshas Pinchas (which contains "Tzav es Bnei Yisrael") to fall due in Adar?

(c)We cite a Beraisa in support of Shmuel. What does the Tana say?

11)

(a)Rebbi Yitzchak Nafcha cites two occasions on which one takes out three Sifrei-Torah. What are they?

(b)Why would it not have sufficed to state this just in the case of Shabbos, Rosh Chodesh Teves? Why might we have then thought that one takes out only two Sefarim on Shabbos, Rosh Chodesh Adar?

(c)Then why did he not just state the Din in the case of Shabbos, Rosh Chodesh Adar, and we would have known automatically that the same applies to Shabbos, Rosh Chodesh Teves?

12)

(a)According to Rebbi Yitzchak Nafcha, when Rosh Chodesh Teves falls during the week, one calls up three people for Rosh Chodesh and one for Chanukah. Why is that?

(b)On what basis does Rav Dimi from Haifa then argue with him (and hold the reverse)?

(c)Rabah supports Rebbi Yitzchak Nafcha and Rav Yosef, Rav Dimi from Haifa. What is the final ruling?

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