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1)

(a)The Sh'tei ha'Lechem are kneaded individually. What does the Mishnah say about baking them?

(b)The Lechem ha'Panim too are baked independently, since the Torah writes in Emor "Sh'nei Esronim yih'yeh ha'Chalah ha'Echas". What does the Mishnah learn from the Pasuk there "ve'Samta osam" regarding their baking?

(c)In what shape are the Lechem ha'Panim made?

(d)How does the Kohen ensure that they retain their shape?

(e)How many forms does he use from the kneading to taking them out of the oven?

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2)

(a)According to the Tana Kama, both the Sh'tei ha'Lechem and the Lechem ha'Panim are kneaded and shaped outside the Azarah. Where are they baked?

(b)Why is that?

(c)What is the Din with regard to baking them on Shabbos?

3)

(a)Rebbi Yehudah disagrees with the Tana Kama regarding the location of preparation. What does he say?

(b)According to Rebbi Shimon, one should get into the habit of saying (See Tosfos Yom Tov) that they can be prepared either in the Azarah or in Beis Pagi. How does the Rambam describe 'Beis Pagi'?

(c)Like whom is the Halachah?

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4)

(a)Where are the kneading and the shaping of the Chavitei Kohen Gadol performed?

(b)Why is that?

(c)And where are they baked?

(d)Why must they therefore override Shabbos?

5)

(a)What does the Mishnah say about the grinding and sifting of the Chavitei Kohen Gadol overriding Shabbos?

(b)Why is that?

(c)On which principle of Rebbi Akiva is this based?

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6)

(a)What does the Tana rule concerning the Menachos regarding whatever must be performed inside (the Azarah)?

(b)What is the definition of 'K'li'?

(c)What is an example of what is not performed inside that does therefore not require a K'li?

7)

(a)The Mishnah now presents the differences between the Sh'tei ha'Lechem (seven Tefachim long and four Tefachim wide) and the Lechem ha'Panim (ten Tefachim long and five Tefachim wide). What are the K'ranos?

(b)If the K'ranos of the Sh'tei ha'Lechem are four Etzba'os tall, how tall are the K'ranos of the Lechem ha'Panim?

(c)What is the significance of Rebbi Yehudah's sign (as a means not to forget) 'Z'dad' and Y'haz'?

(d)How does ben Zoma learn the K'ranos from the Pasuk in Terumah "ve'Nasata al ha'Shulchan Lechem Panim Lefanai Tamid"?

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8)

(a)According to Rebbi Yehudah, the Shulchan is ten Tefachim long. How wide is it?

(b)How do the Kohanim place the Lechem ha'Panim on the Shulchan?

(c)How do they fit a ten-Tefachim loaf into a five-Tefachim space?

(d)It transpires that the Loaves take up the entire width of the Shulchan. How much space is there between the two rows of Lechem ha'Panim?

9)

(a)According to Rebbi Meir, the Shulchan is twelve Tefachim long. How wide is it?

(b)Their Machlokes is based on how many Tefachim comprise an Amah. If Rebbi Yehudah holds five, what does Rebbi Meir say?

(c)According to Rebbi Meir, they only fold two Tefachim of each loaf at each end. How much space is there between the two rows of Lechem ha'Panim, according to him?

(d)Like whom is the Halachah?

10)

(a)The Tana Kama maintains that the two-Tefachim space according to Rebbi Meir, allows the wind to blow between the rows. What does Aba Shaul say?

(b)How do they query him from the Pasuk in Korach "ve'Nasata al ha'Ma'arachah Levonah Zakah"?

(c)Aba Shaul counters their query with the Pasuk in Bamidbar "ve'Alav Mateh Menasheh". What does he prove from there?

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11)

(a)The Mishnah refers to four boards that support the Lechem ha'Panim above the height of the Shulchan. What are the boards made of?

(b)Two, one on either side of the Shulchan, support one row of Loaves. In order to do so, they cut grooves into each board. What purpose do the grooves serve?

(c)How many grooves did they cut into them?

12)

(a)What are the twenty-eight canes made of?

(b)How are they shaped?

(c)How are the fourteen canes distributed among the six Loaves in each row?

(d)Why are ...

1. ... only two canes placed between the fifth and sixth Loaves and ...

2. ... no canes at all underneath the bottom loaf?

13)

(a)What does the Mishnah say about arranging the canes and removing them on Shabbos?

(b)When do they remove the canes from the Shulchan?

(c)Where do they place them for the duration of Shabbos?

(d)How did they place them?

(e)When do they re-place them?

14)

(a)The Tana requires all the Holy Vessels in the Beis-ha'Mikdash to be placed length-wise. What does 'length-wise' mean?

(b)What is the sole exception to this rule?

(c)What are we told about the staves of the Aron that makes it impossible for the Aron to have been placed length-wise along the length of the Kodesh Kodshim?

(d)Why is that (bearing in mind the tradition that, in the Desert, two Levi'im stood between the two staves in the front and two at the back)?

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15)

(a)Whereabouts in the Ulam (the hall in front of the Heichal) are the two Tables placede?

(b)What are they made of?

(c)What purpose do they serve?

(d)Why specifically in that order?

(e)Where is the Shulchan on which the Lechem ha'Panim stood the entire week situated? Of what is it made?

16)

(a)What are the four Kohanim carrying when they enter the Heichal on their way to the Shulchan?

(b)What is the job of the four Kohanim who precede them?

(c)Where do the former stand? Which direction do they face?

(d)Where do the latter stand? Which direction do they face?

17)

(a)According to the Tana Kama, how do they change the Loaves?

(b)How does he learn this from the Pasuk in Terumah (in connection with the Lechem ha'Panim) "Lefanai Tamid"?

(c)What does Rebbi Yossi comment on this?

(d)How does he explain "Tamid"?

18)

(a)Where do they place the Loaves that they have removed from the Shulchan?

(b)Until when do they remain there?

(c)Among whom are they divided?

(d)What do they do if Yom Kipur falls on Shabbos?

(e)Why can they not wait until Sunday to distribute them?

19)

(a)What is the problem with the goat of Yom Kipur, when Yom Kipur falls on Erev Shabbos? Which goat is the Tana referring to?

(b)What did the Kohanim from Bavel used to do?

(c)Why is that?

(d)If they were not really Bavli'im, who were they?

(e)Then why does the Mishnah refer to them as Bavli'im?

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20)

(a)The Kohanim place the Lechem ha'Panim on the Shulchan on Shabbos. When do they place the Bazichei Levonah?

(b)What if they place the Levonah on Motza'ei Shabbos?

(c)The Mishnah also disqualifies the Lechem ha'Panim if the Levonah is brought on the Mizbe'ach on Shabbos. Why is that?

(d)Why is it not possible to place fresh Levonah after Shabbos and to leave the Loaves on the Shulchan until the following week?

21)

(a)In the current case, what is the Din regarding Pigul, Nosar and Tamei?

(b)Why is that?

(c)What does the Tana rule in a case where, after placing both the Loaves and the Levonah on the Shulchan ...

1. ... on Shabbos, they burn the Levonah on Motza'ei Shabbos?

2. ... after Shabbos, they burn the Bazichin on the following Shabbos?

(d)Why is this case different than the earlier one, where the Loaves became Pasul since the Levonah was brought prematurely?

(e)The Mishnah concludes that even if the Loaves are on the Shulchan for many days, it doesn't matter. On what condition does the Shulchan sanctify them (to render them Pasul be'Linah)?

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22)

(a)What is the Tana Kama referring to when he says that ...

1. ... the minimum number of days after baking that the Sh'tei ha'Lechem (on Shavu'os) can be eaten is two?

2. ... the maximum number of days is three?

(b)By the same token, what does he mean when he says that the minimum number of days after baking that the Lechem ha'Panim can be eaten is nine?

(c)On what condition are they eaten after ...

1. ... ten days?

2. ... eleven days?

23)

(a)On what principle are both of the previous rulings based?

(b)Why do they not override Yom-Tov?

(c)What does Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel in the name of Rebbi Shimon ben ha'Segan say?

(d)In which case does he agree with the Tana Kama with regard to the Lechem ha'Panim?

(e)Like whom is the Halachah?

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