1)

(a)Our Mishnah knows that 'Zahav' means a golden Dinar and not ...

1. ... an ingot of gold - because, as Rebbi Elazar explains, the Tana is speaking where the Noder specifically mentioned a coin.

2. ... golden P'rutos - because, as Rav Papa explains, one does not tend to manufacture golden coins of such a small denomination.

(b)Rebbi Elazar gives the same answer to explain why 'Kesef' must mean a Dinar Kesef and not a lump of silver, as he just gave with regard to the golden Dinar, whereas Rav Sheishes answers why 'Kesef' does not mean silver P'rutos - by establishing the Mishnah in a place where silver P'rutos are not common.

(c)According to Rebbi Eliezer ben Ya'akov, the minimum Shi'ur of 'Nechoshes' is enough to manufacture a small fork - that is used to trim burnt wicks and to remove the spent wicks from lamps.

2)

(a)Acherim in a Beraisa gives the minimum Shi'ur of 'iron' as enough to manufacture Kalya Oreiv - a series of pointed nails stuck on to the roof of the Heichal to prevent ravens from alighting on it [see also Tosfos DH 'Kalya']).

(b)We ask what is the minimum size that he must donate. Rav Yosef answers - a square Amah.

(c)According to others, the Beraisa gives the Shi'ur of 'iron' as a square Amah - which Rav Yosef then explains can be used to manufacture a piece of Kalya Orev.

3)

(a)The minimum Shi'ur that the Tana Kama of our Mishnah gives regarding ...

1. ... wine is - three Lugin.

2. ... oil is - one Log.

(b)According to Rebbi, the minimum Shi'ur of oil that a Noder S'tam brings is - three Lugin.

(c)The author of the Mishnah must be Rebbi Tarfon (in the previous Perek) - who validates a Nedavah of oil on its own, and not Rebbi Akiva, who doesn't.

4)

(a)We have already discussed the Tana's source for the three Lugin of wine. We learn that wine can be brought independently from the Pasuk in Korach "Ezrach", and that one can bring larger amounts from "Yih'yeh" (Ibid.). We know that ...

1. ... the basic Shi'ur is three Lugin - because that is the smallest amount that is brought together with a Minchah.

2. ... that one cannot donate less than that - because the Torah writes "Kachah" (which always comes Le'akeiv (to restrict).

(b)Given that we learn the basic Din of a Nidvas Shemen from that of Minchas Nedavah (from "Korban", which is written by Minchas Nedavah, as we will see shortly), when the Rabbanan explained in front of Rav Papa that ...

1. ... the Rabbanan in our Mishnah give the Shi'ur of oil as a Log because they hold Don Miynah u'Miynah they meant that - the latter learn both the Din of Nidvas Shemen, and the Shi'ur, from Minchas Nedavah (which requires a Log of oil).

2. ... Rebbi gives the Shi'ur as three Lugin, because he holds Don Miynah, ve'Uki be'Asra they meant that - although he learns the basic Din from a Minchas Nedavah, he learns the Shi'ur from that of Nesachim.

(c)Initially, Rav Papa disagreed with the Rabbanan. When he said that Rebbi learns his opinion from "Ezrach"- he was referring to the same source as that from which the Rabbanan learned Nidvas Yayin (the Parshah of Minchas Nesachim), in which case he too holds Don Miynah u'Miynah.

(d)Rav Huna b'rei de'Rav Yehoshua refutes Rav Papa's explanation however, from a Beraisa, which learns the Din of Nidvas Shemen from "Korban" (and not from "Ezrach"). He is convinced that the author of the Beraisa is Rebbi, and not the Rabbanan - because the Tana there gives the Shi'ur for oil as three Lugin (conforming to the opinion of Rebbi).

5)

(a)When our Mishnah concludes 'Pirashti, ve'Eini Yode'a Mah Pirashti', Yavi ke'Yom Merubeh, it means that - the Noder is obligated to bring the sum total of Nesachim that one brings together with the Korb'nos Tzibur on the first day of Succos that falls on Shabbos ...

(b)... since there is no other day in the year that one brings so many Nesachim.

(c)This entails - bringing the Nesachim of the two lambs of the Tamid and the two lambs of the Musaf of Shabbos; the thirteen bulls, fourteen lambs and two rams of the Musaf of Succos (three Lugin of wine and of oil for each lamb, four Lugin for each ram and six Lugin for each bull (the goat of the Chatas doe not require a Nesech), a total of a hundred and forty Lugin of both wine and oil (Tif'eres Yisrael).

6)

(a)According to the Tana Kama, someone who declares 'Harei alai Olah' must bring a male lamb - which is the smallest Olah that is brought from animals ...

(b)... and an Olah can only be a male.

(c)Rebbi Elazar ben Azaryah - permits him to bring either a pigeon or a young dove (which can also be brought as an Olah).

(d)Should the Noder remember adding ...

1. ... 'an animal from the family of cattle', but cannot recall which one, he must bring - a bull and a calf (we will see why later in the Sugya).

2. ... 'an animal', but cannot recall which one, he is obligated to bring - a bull, a calf, a ram, a goat, a kid and a lamb.

(e)Whereas if he does not even remember mentioning animal - he must add a pigeon or a young dove to the list.

7)

(a)The Tana rules that in a case where the Noder remembers saying 'Harei alai Todah u'Shelamim' - a lamb will suffice.

(b)If he remembers specifying, but cannot recall what he said, he is obligated to bring - a bull, a cow, a male and a female calf, a ram and a ewe, a goat and a she-goat, and a male and a female kid-goat.

(c)Someone who undertakes to bring a bull, brings a bull including its Nesachim, to the value of a Manah (twenty-five Sela'im) ...

1. ... a calf including its Nesachim to the value of - five Sela'im.

2. ... a ram and a lamb including their respective Nesachim - two Sela'im and one Sela, respectively.

(d)The Mishnah also rules that, in a case where the Noder undertakes to bring ...

1. ... 'Shor be'Manah', 'Eigel ba'Chameish', 'Ayil bi'Shetayim' or 'Keves be'Sela' - the animal itself (besides the Nesachim) must be worth the specified amount.

2. ... 'Shor be'Manah', and he brings two worth half a Manah each (or even if each one is worth a Manah minus a Dinar) - he is not Yotzei.

3. ... a black ox, and he brings a white one, or vice-versa - he is not Yotzei, and neither is he Yotzei if he undertakes to bring ...

4. ... a big ox, and he brings a small one.

8)

(a)The Tana Kama validates a large ox that one brings instead of a small one. Rebbi however - invalidates it.

(b)Regarding the Machlokes between the Tana Kama (Yavi Keves) and Rebbi Elazar ben Azaryah (O Tor O ben Yonah) in the Reisha of our Mishnah, we comment that - the Tana'im do not really argue, only each one presented the species that cost less in his area.

(c)The Beraisa rules that someone who declares ...

1. ... 'Harei alai Olah le'Mizbe'ach be'Sela' - must bring a lamb, since that is the only animal that is officially brought on the Mizbe'ach to the value of a Sela (as we just learned).

2. ... 'Pirashti, ve'Eini Yode'a Mah Pirashti' - then he must bring all the kinds that one can purchase for a Sela.

9)

(a)In the case of 'Pirashti min ha'Bakar, ve'Eini Yode'a Mah Pirashti', our Mishnah obligates the Noder to bring a calf as well as a bull - because the author is Rebbi, who holds 'Katan' Veheivi Gadol, Lo Yatza'.

(b)The problem with the continuation of the Mishnah 'Shor be'Manah', ve'Heivi Shenayim be'Manah, Lo Yatza ... 'Shachor', ve'Heivi Lavan ... ;'Katan', Ve'heivi Gadol, Yatza. Rebbi Omer Lo Yatza' is that - it seems odd for the Reisha to go Like Rebbi, the Metzi'asa, like the Chachamim and the Seifa, again like Rebbi.

(c)We solve the problem - by explaining that, after issuing a ruling like Rebbi, the Tana goes on to teach us that this ruling is not unanimous, but the opinion of Rebbi, with whom the Rabbanan argue. In other words, the latter rulings come to qualify the Reisha, and is not an independent one.

10)

(a)Chizkiyah explains that Shishah li'Nedavah (the Mishnah in Shekalim that we cited earlier), corresponds to the six Batei Avos of the Kohanim - with reference to the six groups into which each Beis-Av is divided, each of which serves on one weekday of their week.

(b)Each Beis-Av requires a separate box - to prevent them from quarreling over the skins from the Olos Tzibur purchased from the box, when it transpires that one Beis-Av receives less skins than another (due to the varied sums that were removed each day from the box). Now however, that each Beis-Av had its own box, there was nothing to quarrel about.

11)

(a)According to Rebbi Yochanan, the distribution of the money into six boxes is to prevent the coins from going bad (due to the otherwise excessive weight). According to Ze'iri, they correspond to the six animals from which an Olah can be brought - bulls and calves, rams and lambs, goats and kid-goats.

(b)And what the Mishnah now means is that - someone who want to bring a bull for an Olah, places a Manah in the box marked 'Par'; if he wants to bring a calf, he places five Shekalim in the box marked 'Eigel' ... . On the same day, the Kohanim empty the boxes, purchase the animals with the money, and sacrifice them in the name of their respective donors.

(c)The author of the Mishnah in Shekalim must then be Rebbi - who holds Katan ve'Heivi Gadol, Lo Yatza, because according to the Rabbanan, they can place the money for calves into the box marked 'Parim', and the money for lambs into the box marked 'Eilim', and it will not matter if the Kohanim purchase a bull instead of two calves, or a ram instead of two lambs.

12)

(a)bar Pada attributes the six boxes to 'ha'Parim, ve'ha'Eilim, ve'ha'Kevasim, ve'ha'Se'irim, ve'ha'Mosaros, ve'ha'Ma'ah'. What the first four have in common is the fact that - they all contain the proceeds of a Korban that was lost, and after being found, was sent into the field until it became blemished. Then it was sold, and the proceeds placed into the appropriate box.

(b)'Parim' refers to the bulls of the Par He'elam Davar shel Tzibur - 'Eilim', to the rams of the Asham Gezeilos and Asham Me'ilos, 'Kevasim', to the lambs of the Asham Nazir and Asham Metzora and 'Se'irim' to the Chata'os Tzibur of the Yamim-Tovim.

(c)Even though the Eilim and the Kevasim are both Ashamos, they nevertheless require separate boxes - because whereas the former come to atone, the latter came to prepare the person ... the one, to begin his Nezirus de'Taharah, and the other, to enter the camp.

(d)In the box marked ...

1. ... 'Mosros', they place - money that has been designated for any of the above, where the price dropped after the designation, resulting in money being left over after the animal was purchased.

2. ... 'Ma'ah' - two Shutfim who paid their annual half-Shekel jointly, place the Ma'ah surcharge that is levied on them, to compensate what they gain by paying only one 'Kalbon' (the little extra that one pays Hekdesh over and above the half-Shekel), instead of two.