SANHEDRIN 82 (9 Adar I 5785) - Dedicated l'Iluy Nishmas Sarah bas Zishe Ehrmann, by her grandson Zev Rosenbaum (of Yerushalayim), in honor of her Yahrzeit
1)
(a)

What was Rav's initial response, when Rav Kahana asked him what punishment was due to someone who is intimate with a Nochris in public who was not killed by a zealous person?

(b)

He remembered, following a dream that Rav Kahana related to him, based on a Pasuk in Mal'achi. "Bagdah Yehudah" he said, referred to Avodah-Zarah. How did he interpret ...

1.

... "ve'So'evah Ne'es'sah be'Yisrael ... "?

2.

... "Ki Chilel Yehudah es K'dosh Hash-m"?

3.

... "u'Ba'al Bas Keil Neichar"?

(c)

And the Pasuk concludes "Yachris Hash-m la'Ish Asher Ya'asenah ... ". How did Rav interpret the words ...

1.

... "Er ve'Onah be'Ohalei Ya'akov"?

2.

... "u'Magish Minchah la'Hashem Tzevakos"?

2)
(a)

What does Rebbi Chiya bar Avuyah ...

1.

... extrapolate from the Pasuk "u'Ba'al bas Eil Neichar"?

2.

... say was written about the skull of Yehoyakim? Where was it lying and what was written on it?

(b)

What happened when Rebbi P'reida's grandfather once came across a skull and twice tried to bury it?

(c)

What did he therefore conclude?

(d)

What prompted ...

1.

... him to wrap it in silks and place it in a box?

2.

... his wife to burn it?

(e)

Why were Rebbi P'reida's grandfather's final words on the subject?

3)
(a)

When Rav Dimi arrived from Eretz Yisrael, he stated that it was the Beis-Din of the Chashmona'im who decreed on 'Nashga'. What is 'Nashga' the acronym of?

(b)

How, in this context, must we interpret ...

1.

... 'Nidah"?

2.

... 'Shifchah'?

3.

... 'Eishes Ish'?

(c)

When Ravin arrived (from Eretz Yisrael), he presented it as 'Nashgaz'. What does the 'Zayin' stand for?

(d)

Why did ...

1.

... Ravin reject Rav Dimi's version?

2.

... Rav Dimi reject Ravin's?

4)
(a)

What does Rav Chisda say about someone who asks a Rav whether he may go ahead and kill a Bo'el Aramis?

(b)

Rabah bar bar Chanah Amar Rebbi Yochanan says the same as Rav Chisda. What does he also say might have been if Zimri ...

1.

... had separated from Kozbi?

2.

... had turned round and killed Pinchas?

(c)

What prompted Zimri to do what he did?

(d)

So how did he respond?

5)
(a)

How did Kozbi react when Zimri accosted her?

(b)

And what was Zimri's response to Kozbi's comment?

(c)

What did he then do?

(d)

How did Moshe and the men who were with him react?

(e)

Why did he not do what Pinchas did?

6)
(a)

How does Rav explain the Pasuk "va'Yar Pinchas ben Elazar?

(b)

What did he remind Moshe that he had taught them when he came down from Har Sinai?

(c)

Whom did he mean when he referred to his grandfather's brother?

(d)

And what did Moshe reply?

7)
(a)

What does Shmuel mean when, to explain "va'Yar Pinchas", he quotes the dictum 'Ein Chochmah, ve'Ein Tevunah ve'Eitzah Neged Hashem'? How does that explain his subsequent actions?

(b)

According to Rebbi Yitzchak Amar Rebbi Elazar, he saw an angel. What was the angel doing, and what did he about it? Why did he then remove the metal from the tip of his wooden spear?

(c)

What do we learn from the words "va'Yikach Romach be'Yado"?

(d)

What did he say to the B'nei Shimon to gain entry into the tent where Zimri and Kozbi were?

(e)

What was the B'nei Shimon's response?

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8)
(a)

How many miracles did Pinchas experience?

(b)

The first miracle was that Zimri did not separate from Kozbi (which would have forbidden Pinchas to take any action). What else might Zimri have done, but miraculously did not?

(c)

If the third miracle was that Pinchas (who was not an experienced swordsman) pierced Zimri and Kozbi in exactly the right spot, which fourth miracle happened as he then picked them up with his sword?

(d)

Which miracle occurred ...

1.

... as he carried them through the tent entrance?

2.

... after that? Why did the B'nei Shimon not kill him for having killed their Nasi?

9)
(a)

What did Pinchas say as he deposited them in front of Hash-m?

(b)

Why, according to Rebbi Elazar, does the Pasuk in Tehilim write "va'Ya'amod Pinchas va'Yefalel", and not va'Yispalel"?

(c)

How, as a result of his prayers, did ...

1.

... Hash-m answer the Angels, who wanted to kill him for his brazenness?

2.

... the Torah answer the tribes, who accused him of acting brashly because he was the son of a daughter of 'Puti'? Who was 'Puti'? What did the tribes mean?

(d)

Which reward did Pinchas receive for having atoned for K'lal Yisrael, besides a covenant of peace?

10)
(a)

How does Rav Nachman Amar Rav explain the significance of the four hundred and twenty four Be'ilos that Zimri made with Kozbi? What does this have to do with the Pasuk in Mishlei "Zarzir Mosnayim O Tayash"?

(b)

And what does the continuation "u'Melech Alkom Imo" mean?

(c)

The Beraisa disagrees with Rav Nachman Amar Rav. How many Be'ilos does the Tana ascribe to Zimri and Kozbi?

(d)

What does the Tana mean when he says 'Ad she'Na'aseh ke'Beitzah ha'Muzeres'?

(e)

How else does he describe him?

11)
(a)

Rav Kahana describes the place where they lay as being sixty Amos. According to Rav Yosef quoting a Beraisa, what was the size of her womb?

(b)

If, as Rav Sheishes says, Kozbi's real name was Sh'vilna'i bas Tzur, why does the Torah call her Kozbi?

(c)

Others say that Kozbi is the acronym of 'Kus bi Am Zeh'. What does that mean?

(d)

And what is the meaning of ...

1.

... the saying 'What is Sh'vilna'i doing between the canes and the willows', or 'among the canes'?

2.

... 'Gafsah le'Imah'?

12)
(a)

Zimri actually had five names. We have already explained that his real name was 'Sh'lumiel ... ' and that he was called 'Zimri' because 'she'Na'aseh ke'Beitzah ha'Muzeres'. Why was he called 'ben Salu'?

(b)

His fourth name was 'Shaul', because he lent himself out for sin. Why was he called 'ben ha'Cana'anis'?

13)
(a)

What did Rav Sheishes reply, when Rav Acha bar Huna asked him whether a Kohen who served be'Tum'ah is Chayav Misah or not? How did the former resolve the She'eilah from our Mishnah?

(b)

How do we counter this argument?

(c)

What problem do we have with this from the various Mishnahs that we just learned, beginning with 'Mi sha'Lakah ve'Shanah ... ' (even though they all seem to have transgressed no more than a La'av)?

(d)

How do we nevertheless reconcile the theory with our Mishnah which rules ...

1.

... 'Mi she'Lakah ve'Shanah, Beis-Din Machnisin Oso le'Kipah' (even though no Chiyuv Misah is mentioned there)?

2.

... 'Gonev es ha'Kisva'?

3.

... 'ha'Mekalel es ha'Kosem'?

4.

... 'Bo'el es ha'Kutis'?