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1 Name Page 1 of 5 ***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 Tuesday, July 4, 2017 and we ll send it back marked,.בל'נ 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 דף לו: in the middle of משנה This week s bechina starts at the.לא יזיזנה ממקומה,דף לז: and ends on the last thin line of 1. Why did the רבנן prohibit?יום טוב and שבת climbing up a tree on,עולין באילן A) B) על גבי בהמה,רוכבין ride on an animal (according to the conclusion)? (C על פני המים,שטין swimming?.?לא מטפחין ולא מספקין ולא מרקדין (D E) דנין,לא one may not adjudicate. F) מקדשין,לא one may not marry. ולא חולצין ולא מיבמין (G

2 Name Page 2 of 5 2. Why didn t the גמרא accept the reason for prohibiting riding an animal was out of the fear?תחום that one may leave the 3. Our משנה lists various prohibition that apply on שבת and טוב.יום It distinguishes between actions where no מצוה is involved,(שבות) where there is a trace of a מצוה,(רשות) and where it.מצוה is an outright?מצוה shouldn t it be included in,רשות not adjudicating, included in,לא דנין A) Why is?מצוה shouldn t it be included in,רשות not getting married, included in,ולא מקדשין B) Why is?מצוה shouldn t it be included in,רשות included in ולא חולצין ולא מיבמין C) Why is.4 Our משנה continues, משום מצוה, לא מקדישין ולא מעריכין ולא מחרימין,ואלו one may not consecrate an animal as a sacrifice or donate to המקדש.בית The גמרא explains that these actions are forbidden משום מקח וממכר,גזרה because they are like commerce. What two explanations does?יום טוב and שבת on מקח וממכר give to the underlying prohibition of רש"י.מתקן because it is like יום טוב and שבת on תרומות ומעשרות prohibits to separate משנה 5. Our?משנה A) Is this not obvious, why did this need to be included in our

3 Name Page 3 of 5?יום טוב on תרומות ומעשרות qualify the prohibition of separating גמרא 5. B) How did the 6. As mentioned above (#3), our משנה distinguishes between action which are רשות,שבות and.שבות also be included as מצוה and רשות asks, shouldn t the actions that are גמרא Our.מצות How did רבי יצחק answer? בור 7. It is prohibited to shecht an animal and its offspring on the same day. If the two fell into a on טוב,יום what may one do according to?רבי אליעזר (A?רבי יהושע (B יום is also forbidden on שבת anything that is forbidden on,אין בין יו''ט לשבת... says משנה 8. Our.משילין דרך ארובה ביום טוב אבל לא בשבת which says משנה This seems to contradict our last.טוב A) How did our גמרא attempt to resolve this contradiction? B) What two problems did our גמרא have with this resolution?

4 Name Page 4 of 5 9. May one carry on יום טוב for אוכל נפש- non purposes according to...?בית שמאי (A?בית הלל (B 10. A) How did רב פפא attempt to resolve the abovementioned contradiction (#8)? B) What question does the גמרא have on this resolution? C) How does the גמרא defend פפא s רב answer? הבהמה והכלים כרגלי הבעלים. המוסר בהמתו לבנו או לרועה הרי אלו כרגלי הבעלים says משנה.11 Our next A) Is our משנה referring to a case where the animal was delivered to the shepherd or son?יום טוב or on יום טוב before רבי דוסא that says ברייתא quotes a גמרא B) Our ואמרי לה אבא שאול אומר... והמוסר בהמה לרועה אף This opinion seems to disagree with our.על פי שלא מסרה לו אלא ביום טוב הרי היא כרגלי הרועה?משנה reconcile this opinion with our גמרא How does our.משנה

5 Name Page 5 of 5?משנה bring support to this answer from the wording of our גמרא 11. C) How did our D) According to יוחנן,רבי does the הלכה follow the opinion of our משנה and how do we know this?.12 Our משנה says אשה ששאלה מחברתה תבלין ומים ומלח לעיסתה, הרי אלו כרגלי שתיהן.וכן On what?משנה of our תנא קמא disagree with the רבי יהודה point does 13. If before יום טוב two people borrowed a garment to be shared on טוב,יום and they each made an עירוב in different places.עירובין a) the garment may only be brought to the places common to both.עירוב b) each person may bring the garment to places within his own c) the garment may only be brought to the places where the owner may go. Let s plan to be קונה the מסכת focusing on a simple חזרה of just the שקלא וטריא inside: Were you able to make a few minutes every day for an immediate חזרה of the portion just learned??דף of the חזרה or Sunday to do a שבת Were you able to make time on

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