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1 Name Page 1 of 7 ***Place an X if Closed גמרא (if no indication, we ll assume Open חזרה (גמרא of the :דף times Please or fax your completed בחינה using the contact info above by Sunday, April 30, 2017 and we ll send it back marked, 'נ.בל All scores 90 or above will receive a financial incentive in the form of a gift certificate. Any comments, suggestions or corrections would be appreciated. Copies of these tests and answer keys can be obtained by contacting us or by download from our website listed above. Initially, the questions only test will be posted. A few weeks later, we will post the question/answer sheet. Please write clearly and use only black ink..גמרא \רש "י Unless otherwise indicated, all questions are based on This week s bechina starts on 26b, 29 lines from the bottom and ends at the end of 27b. The question being.בעי מיניה )רב( הלל מרבא )מרבה( יש מוקצה לחצי שבת או אין מוקצה לחצי שבת?.1 asked is בין but became usable before,שבת unusable, before,מוקצה a) whether something that was.שבת for the entire מוקצה of Friday night, should be considered השמשות b) whether something that was מוקצה before,שבת but became usable after בין השמשות should.שבת for the entire מוקצה be considered מוקצה on Friday, but became בין השמשות during מוקצה c) regarding something that was not.שבת and then, once again became usable during שבת during c אמר ליה )רבה( יש מוקצה )לחצי שבת ) #1 Version ושוין )רבי שמעון ורבי יהודה( שאם נולד ומום עמו שזה מן earlier, cited ברייתא quotes a גמרא.2 (A Our and יש מוקצה לחצי שבת s רבה position of seem to support or negate ברייתא Does this.המוכן how? This ברייתא seems to negate.רבה During בין השמשות at the beginning of טוב,יום the as yet unborn בכור was considered part of the mother and thus fit for use. Once it was born it was prohibited to shecht. When it gets inspected by a,מומחה it again becomes fit to use. The ברייתא says that all agree that it may be checked by a מומחה and.אין מוקצה לחצי שבת Thus, then used. B) Why does אביי reject this? Perhaps the ברייתא is referring to a case where the מומחה inspected the בכור at birth and thus it never had a time when it was not fit. אמר ליה )רבה( אין מוקצה לחצי שבת Version #2 3. A) According to this version, does the abovementioned ברייתא seem to support or negate s רבה position of אין מוקצה לחצי שבת and how? As mentioned above, the ברייתא seems to indicate that אין מוקצה לחצי שבת and would support this.רבה version of B) Why does the גמרא reject this? As mentioned above, perhaps the ברייתא is referring to a case where the מומחה inspected the בכור at birth and thus it never had a time when it was not fit.

2 Name Page 2 of 7 תא שמע, היה אוכל בענבים והותיר והעלן לגג לעשות מהן צמוקין, בתאנים והותיר והעלן לגג לעשות מהן.4.גרוגרות, לא יאכל מהן עד שיזמין מבעוד יום. וכן אתה מוצא באפרסקין ובחבושין ובשאר כל מיני פירות?יש מוקצה לחצי שבת to prove whether or not we say ברייתא able to use this גמרא A) Was the?ברייתא what is the case of this,גמרא B) According to the conclusion of the The ברייתא is referring to a case where, at the onset of,שבת the fruit were dried out to the extent that some people would eat it while others would not. Only if the person is מזמין the fruit, does he reveal his intention to eat them. 5. Before being cooked, beans and lentils are edible. When they are put up to cook, initially they יום become inedible. Once they finish cooking, they are once again edible and may be eaten on qualify the rules אביי How does.אין מוקצה לחצי שבת suggests that this should prove רב זירא.טוב of מוקצה regarding an object that is unusable during part of שבת and thus negates זירא s רב proof? A person is only מקצה puts out of his mind for using an unusable object if it is not שבת within his control to make it usable. There is no guarantee that fruit on the roof will dry during (he can t dry them himself, it might take longer for the sun to dry them). However, it is within.יום טוב one s control to ensure that the beans and lentils will become edible before the end of?אין מוקצה לחצי שבת ever bring a proof of whether we say גמרא 6. Does the בכור שנפל לבור רבי יהודה אומר ירד מומחה ויראה. אם יש בו מום יעלה וישחוט ואם says משנה )דף כה :( Our לאו לא ישחוט. רבי שמעון אומר כל שאין מומו ניכר מבעוד יום אין זה מן המוכן. בין שנולד בו מום מערב יום טוב ובין which says רב אושעיא brought by ברייתא )דף כו :( a We also quoted שנולד בו מום ביום טוב, חכמים אומרים אין זה מן המוכן 7. A( In general, if there is a מחלוקת between רבי שמעון and יהודה,רבי which opinion do we follow? רבי יהודה משנה suggest that we rule in our רבי זריקא ואיתימא רבי ירמיה B) Based on this, how did?יום טוב on בכור regarding whether one may inspect a As per יהודה,רבי it should be permitted. C) רבי זירא did not have a definitive ruling on our.משנה Which way did he lean and why? Like ון רבי שמע that it is forbidden to inspect a.בכור He leaned this way because the.חכמים s רבי opinion in the name of the שמעון quotes ברייתא

3 Name Page 3 of 7 Our גמרא quotes a משנה in ). בכורות )דף כח that says, השוחט את הבכור ואחר כך הראה את מומו, רבי יהודה מתיר ורבי מאיר אומר הואיל ונשחט שלא על פי מומחה אסור. 8. According to יוסף s רב understanding of קהלא קדישא דבירושלים,שיטת fill in the chart regarding whether the following inspections would be בדיעבד okay after the animal was shechted: (Yes or No) Checking whether a regular טריפה animal is a בכור of a מום Inspecting a Yes Yes רבי יהודה Yes No רבי מאיר רב יוסף 9. According to A) the reason to forbid inspecting a מום on a בכור after it is shechted is because.מומחה on the inspection of a בכור of a היתר based the רבנן a) the b) the רבנן made a קנס to forbid the eating of the בכור if one shechted before inspecting it. B) Therefore, the underlying reasoning of רבי מאיר in the משנה in בכורות is the same as the underlying reasoning of.משנה in our B) Therefore, the underlying reasoning of רבי מאיר in the משנה in בכורות is the same as the.משנה in our רבי שמעון underlying reasoning of C) רב יוסף deduced from the statement of קהלא קדישא דבירושלים that the הלכה in our משנה follows. How? C) רב יוסף deduced from the statement of קהלא קדישא דבירושלים that the הלכה in our משנה follows How?.רבי שמעון Since רבי מאיר holds like שמעון,רבי it is the two of them against יהודה,רבי so we pasken in favor of the two. אביי 10. According to A) the reason to forbid inspecting a מום on a בכור after it is shechted is because.מומחה on the inspection of a בכור of a היתר based the רבנן a) the b) the רבנן made a קנס to forbid the eating of the בכור if one shechted before inspecting it. b

4 Name Page 4 of 7 B) is the underlying reasons for the מחלוקת in the משנה in בכורות the same as the underlying?משנה in our מחלוקת reason of the?משנה would rule in out קהלא קדישא דבירושלים C) can we deduce how?בכורות in משנה based on the wording of the אביי support רב נחמן בר יצחק D) How did ורבי (as opposed to ורבי מאיר אומר הואיל ונשחט שלא על פי מומחה אסור The wording of inspected. for shechting the animal before it was קנס implies that the prohibition is a (מאיר אוסר 11. A) רבי אמי ruled that a מומחה may not inspect מומים of a בכור on טוב.יום Yet is was known that conundrum? resolve this גמרא himself did inspected them. How did the רבי אמי In fact רבי אמי inspected the animal יום טוב.ערב On יום טוב he just verified the circumstances as to how the מום came about, e.g., did the owner either directly or indirectly cause.מום the ואיש כי יקריב זבח שלמים לד' לפלא נדר או לנדבה בבקר או בצאן תמים יהיה לרצון כל מום לא יהיה בו: )ויקרא כב:כא )?כל What do we learn from the word.כל מום B) That one is prohibited to even indirectly cause a בכור to get a,מום e.g., to put dough on its ear to cause a dog to bite it. רבי שמעון אומר מחתכין את הדלועין לפני הבהמה ואת which says משנה ]ברייתא ] a quotes גמרא.12 Our מחלוקת brings a גמרא The.הנבלה לפני הכלבים. רבי יהודה אומר אם לא היתה נבלה מערב שבת אסורה רבי שמעון as to whether מר בריה דרב יוסף משמיה דרבא and מר בר אמימר משמיה דרבא between disagrees with רבי יהודה only in a case where the animal that died on יום טוב had a lifethreatening illness before טוב,יום or whether they even disagree in the case where the animal was perfectly healthy. Based on this,מחלוקת fill in the following chart as to whether the animal that died on יום טוב may be fed to dogs. (Yes or No) An animal which had a life ערב יום טוב threatening disease on An animal that was ערב יום טוב healthy Yes No according to רבי שמעון מר בר אמימר משמיה דרבא Yes Yes according to רבי שמעון מר בריה דרב יוסף משמיה דרבא No No רבי יהודה

5 Name Page 5 of 7 בהמה שמתה לא יזיזנה ממקומה. ומעשה ושאלו את רבי טרפון עליה ועל החלה says, משנה )דף כז :( Our.13.שנטמאת ונכנס לבית המדרש ושאל ואמרו לו לא יזיזם ממקומם Our גמרא initially thought that A) Our משנה follows the opinion of.רבי יהודה (a.רבי שמעון (b 14. A) The גמרא then suggests the possibility that our משנה can also go according to.השמשות if we say that the animal that died in our משנה was 14. A) The גמרא then suggests the possibility that our משנה can also go according to בין during רבי שמעון was משנה if we say that the animal that died in our healthy בין during.השמשות B) This answer is only valid according to מר בר אמימר משמיה דרבא (a מר בריה דרב יוסף משמיה דרבא (b 15. A) The גמרא then suggests the possibility that our משנה can even go according to according to.בהמת was a משנה our if we say that the animal in 15. A) The גמרא then suggests the possibility that our משנה can even go according to if we say that the animal in מר בריה דרב יוסף משמיה דרבא according to רבי שמעון.בהמת קדשים was a משנה our

6 Name Page 6 of 7 B) The גמרא was then מדייק that not only is it possible that our משנה is referring to that type of גמרא did our דיוק animal (#15A), but rather it must be referring to that type of animal. What?משנה make in our Since the משנה bundles the case of בהמה שמתה ביום טוב with שנטמאת,חלה it must be that.קודש so too, the animal must be,קודש is חלה just as 16. A) Once the גמרא established that our משנה must be referring to that type of animal (#15A and.דיוק makes the following גמרא #15B) our The reason you can t move the animal is because the animal is animal was, one would be able to move the animal?, however if the The reason you can t move the animal is because the animal is קודש, however if the animal was חולין, one would be able to move the animal? B) This answer seems to raise a question on מר בר אמימר משמיה דרבא (a מר בריה דרב יוסף משמיה דרבא (b C) To answer this question (#16B) so that our משנה can go according to all opinions it is referring to a בהמת which during בין השמשות was? C) To answer this question (#16B) so that our משנה can go according to all opinions it is? מסוכן was בין השמשות which during בהמת קדשים referring to a.17 (A The next :( משנה )דף כז says, נמנין על הבהמה לכתחילה ביום טוב.אין What does this mean? When selling an animal to someone on יום טוב one cannot set a price to the animal.?נמנין על הבהמה give in place of being גמרא B) What suggestion does our If the seller has an animal which has the same approximate value he may say that the animal in question has the same approximate value as this one. After טוב,יום he may set the price based on this animal. C) When purchasing an animal on טוב,יום may a person say that he wants half of the animal or a third of the animal, a specific size of a cut, or a half of the size of a specific cut? Yes

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