12th CYCLE DEDICATION
SOTAH 26-28 - A week of study material has been dedicated by Mrs. Rita Grunberger of Queens, N.Y., in loving memory of her husband, Reb Yitzchok Yakov (Irving) ben Eliyahu Grunberger. Irving Grunberger helped many people quietly in an unassuming manner and is dearly missed by all who knew him. His Yahrzeit is 10 Sivan.

1)

(a)When Rebbi Akiva in our Mishnah says k'Shem sheha'Mayim Bodkin Osah, Kach ha'Mayim Bodkim Oso', why can he not be referring to the husband?

(b)Then why does he say 'Oso' and not 'Bo'el', like he does in the Seifa ('k'Shem she'Asurah l'Ba'al, Kach Asurah l'Bo'el')?

2)

(a)We ask whether Rebbi Akiva learns his Derashah from the double expression of "u'Va'u" "u'Va'u", or from the 'Vav' in "u'Vau". The answer lies in the second case of "v'Nitma'ah" "Venitma'ah". How do we learn from there that Rebbi Akiva Darshens from the 'Vav'?

(b)In that case, Rebbi Akiva contends with six Pesukim (three times the word "u'Va'u" and the three 'Vavin', and Rebbi with three). The purpose of the three initial Pesukim is for the 'Yedi'ah', for the 'Tzava'ah' and for the 'Asi'ah'. What does he learn from the Pasuk ...

1. ... "u'Va'u ha'Mayim ha'Me'arerim ha'Eleh b'Me'ayich La'tz'bos Beten Ve'lanpil Yarech"?

2. ... "Ve'hishkah Es ha'Ishah Es Mei ha'Me'arerim, u'Va'u Vah ha'Mayim"?

3. ... "Ve'Hishkah Es ha'Mayim, Ve'haysah Im Nitme'ah ... u'Va'u ... "?

(c)What does Rebbi learn from the Pasuk ...

1. ... "Ve'tzavsah Bitnah Ve'naflah Yereichah"?

2. ... "La'tz'bos Beten Ve'lanpil Yarech"?

(d)From where does Rebbi then learn ...

1. ... the Yedi'ah (to inform her that the water will first effect her stomach, and then her thighs [which Rebbi Akiva learns from the previous Pasuk])?

2. ... that the Pasuk also comes for the Tza'avah? Maybe it comes only to teach us the punishment of the Bo'el?

3)

(a)We already learned in our Mishnah that Rebbi Akiva Darshens the three times "v'Nitma'ah" to teach us that she is forbidden to the husband, to the Bo'el and to eat Terumah. Based on the Isur Terumah, what does Rebbi Yishmael learn from a 'Kal va'Chomer' from a Gerushah?

(b)What problem do we have with the two Pesukim "v'Kinei Es Ishto v'Hi Nitma'ah" and "O Avar Alav ... v'Hi Lo Nitma'ah"?

(c)How do we solve this problem?

(d)What major ruling now emerges from this explanation?

28b----------------------------------------28b

4)

(a)What 'Kal va'Chomer do we derive from Safek Sotah with regard to Safek Tum'as Sheretz?

(b)From where do we learn that 'Safek Tum'ah Tamei' is confined to Safek Tum'ah in a Reshus ha'Yachid?

(c)Which other qualification do we learn from Safek Sotah?

5)

(a)Rebbi Yishmael extrapolates from a 'Kal va'Chomer that if the Sotah is Asur to eat Terumah, then she is certainly Asur to marry a Kohen. What initial problem do we have with Rebbi Yishmael's statement?

(b)Why can we not answer that Rebbi Akiva forbids a Sotah to marry a Kohen because she is a Safek Zonah?