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1)

(a)Besides a Meis, Eiver min ha'Meis, k'Zayis (Basar) min ha'Meis and Eiver min (ha'Chai u'min) ha'Meis which includes a k'Zayis Basar (all of which we already learned above), the Mishnah lists other parts of a Meis that are Metamei be'Ohel, beginning with k'Zayis Natzal and M'lo Tarvad Rekev. What is ...

1. ... k'Zayis Natzal?

2. ... M'lo Tarvad Rekev?

(b)The Tana continues with ha'Shedrah (the spinal cord) ve'ha'Gulgoles (the skull) and Rova Atzamos me'Rov ha'Binyan O me'Rov ha'Minyan. Seeing as the first two are merely limbs, why does the Tana insert them separately?

(c)What exactly is Rova Atzamos me'Rov ha'Binyan O me'Rov ha'Minyan?

2)

(a)What constitutes ...

1. ... Rov Binyan?

2. ... Rov Minyan?

(b)How many limbs does that comprise?

(c)What if they make up Rov Binyan or Rov Minyan, but do not constitute Rova ha'Kav?

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3)

(a)What is Dam Tevusah? What is its status regarding Tum'ah?

(b)What do we learn from the Pasuk in Chukas "ha'Nogei'a be'Meis be'Nefesh"?

(c)According to the Tana Kama, only a Revi'is of blood from one Meis is Metamei, but not from two Meisim. What does R. Akiva say?

(d)How do they both derive their respective opinions from the same word "Nafshos" (in the Pasuk "ve'Al Kol Nafshos Meis Lo Yavo")?

4)

(a)According to R. Akiva, if all the blood is drained from a Katan she'Meis, it is Metamei, even if it amounts to less than a Revi'is. How does he learn this from the bones of a Meis?

(b)On what basis do the Chachamim (who require a Revi'is) dispute his proof?

(c)What do the Chachamim learn from the Pasuk in Iyov "Af ki Enosh Rimah"?

(d)What does R. Eliezer say, in spite of the Pasuk in Iyov?

5)

(a)What volume of ashes of a burned Meis does R. Eliezer require for it to be Metamei?

(b)On what condition will it not be Metamei, even according to him?

(c)What do the Chachamim say?

6)

(a)A M'lo Tarvad ve'Od (a large spoonful plus) of Afar Kevaros is Metamei, according to the Tana Kama. What does Afar Kevaros incorporate?

(b)What is the reason for the plus?

(c)What does R'Shimon say?

(d)What are the ramifications of the ruling that, even according to the Tana Kama, if one mixed a M'lo Tarvad plus of Afar he'Meis with water, it is not considered joined?

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7)

(a)In what regard does the Mishnah lists a bone the size of a barley grain, Eretz ha'Amim and Beis ha'Peras. What do they all have in common?

(b)How does the Tana learn this Din (with regard to the bone) from the Pesukim "ve'Al ha'Nogei'a Ba'Etzem O be'Chalal ... " on the one hand and "Adam ki Yamus ba'Ohel" and "be'Etzem Adam" on the other?

(c)What does the Tana mean by ...

1. ... Eretz ha'Amim?

2. ... Beis ha'Peras?

(d)Why is it called Beis ha'Peras (What does P'ras mean)?

8)

(a)What is the basic difference between a human bone the size of a barley-grain on the one hand, and Eretz ha'Amim and Beis ha'Peras, on the other?

(b)What if someone goes from Eretz Yisrael to Eretz ha'Amim riding a horse, without actually touching the ground?

9)

(a)The Mishnah adds four more items to the current list. Two of them are Eiver min ha'Meis and Eiver min ha'Chai, which are not Metamei be'Ohel. On what condition are they not Metamei be'Ohel?

(b)What are the last two items on the list?

(c)According to Beis Shamai, an incomplete spinal cord is one that is missing two vertebrae, whereas an incomplete skull is one that has a hole that is large enough to have been made by an awl. What Shi'ur does Beis Hillel give with regard to ...

1. ... an incomplete spinal cord?

2. ... an incomplete skull?

10)

(a)According to R. Meir, the awl (referred to by Beis Shamai) refers to a small doctor's awl. What do the Chachamim say?

(b)What is the actual size of the latter?

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11)

(a)In what connection does the Mishnah list Golel and a Dofek? In what way do they differ from the items in the previous list?

(b)If Golel is the horizontal tomb-stone, what is Dofek?

(c)What does the Pasuk "ve'Chol asher Yiga al-P'nei ha'Sadeh" come to include?

(d)What do we then learn from the Pasuk ...

1. ... "ve'al ha'Nogei'a ... O ba'Meis O va'Kaver"?

2. ... "ve'Chol asher Yiga"?

12)

(a)R. Eliezer disagrees with the current ruling. What does he say?

(b)What compromise does R. Yehoshua make?

(c)Like whom is the Halachah?

(d)Although we learned earlier that Dofek is Tamei be'Maga and be'Ohel, Dofek Dofkin says the Tana, is Tahor. What is Dofek Dofkin?

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13)

(a)What does the Mishnah now say about k'Zayis min ha'Meis, k'Zayis Netzel, M'lo Tarvad Rakav and Revi'is Dam? What do they all have in common?

(b)Even though the Shi'urim are Halachah le'Moshe mi'Sinai (see Tos. Yom-Tov), what is the logic behind the Shi'ur of k'Zayis min ha'Meis and Revi'is Dam?

(c)The Tana includes in this list Revi'is Dam and Eiver min ha'Chai she'Chasar Atzmo. What does Eiver min ha'Chai she'Chasar Atzmo mean?

14)

(a)How much Basar must be missing for Eiver min ha'Chai to be Tahor?

(b)With regard to a complete Eiver min ha'Meis, how much ...

1. ... Basar needs to separate from it in order to be Tamei?

2. ... Etzem needs to separate from it in order to be Tamei?

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15)

(a)What does R. Akiva rule with regard to a complete ...

1. ... Shedrah or Gulgoles, a Revi'is Dam, a Rova of bones or a complete Eiver min ha'Meis that is formed from two corpses?

2. ... Eiver min ha'Chai made up from two people?

(b)What do the Chachamim say?

(c)What exactly, does Metaharin mean?

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16)

(a)What does R. Akiva rule regarding a bone the size of a barley that has split into two?

(b)What does R. Yochanan ben Nuri say? How does he learn it from 'Etzem ki'Se'orah'?

17)

(a)R. Shimon declares Tahor a Rova Atzamos that have been crushed to the point that each individual bone is not the size of a barley-grain. Which area of Tum'ah is he referring to?

(b)What do the Chachamim say?

(c)Like whom is the Halachah?

18)

(a)The Tana Kama declares Tahor Eiver min ha'Chai that has split into two. What will be the Din if they are subsequently expertly reconnected?

(b)What does R. Yossi say?

(c)In which case will R. Yossi concede that they are Tahor?

(d)Like whom is the Halachah?

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