Name Email or Phone # (needed on 1 st page only) Page 1 of 5?בחינה times 1 st :דף of the חזרה (גמרא (if no indication, we ll assume Open גמרא Place an X if Closed.בל'נ marked, using the contact info above by Monday, January 1, 2018 and we ll send it back בחינה Please email or fax your completed 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 כג: on the bottom of משנה starts at the בחינה This week s.דף : on bottom of משנה and goes up to the עדות החודש come to give עדים 1. A) When multiple sets of a) the עדים that come first are examined first. b) the גדול שבהן are examined first. Answer: a עדים B) When examining each pair of a) the עד that comes in first is examined first. b) the גדול שבהן is examined first. c) both עדים are examined together. Answer: b 2. This diagram shows how the sun and moon set (in the northern hemisphere) when there is a new moon. Both the sun and the moon descend in a north-western direction. The sun is slightly ahead of the moon and, therefore, will set first. Soon after, the moon will set in approximately the same place.
Name Email or Phone # (needed on 1 st page only) Page 2 of 5.2 (A Our משנה says ראית את הלבנה, לפני החמה או לאחר החמה? לצפונה או לדרומה?.כיצד How did the?לפני החמה או לאחר החמה initially understand the question of גמרא a) or b) or Answer: a B) The גמרא switched to the other understanding of the question (#A). Why did it reject its original understanding?.לצפונה או לדרומה Answer: Because that would be the same question as that פסוק learns from this ר ' יוחנן 3. המשל ופחד עמו עשה שלום במרומיו: )איוב כה:ב( A) ראתה חמה פגימתה של לבנה,לא the sun has never seen the concavity (dark side) of the moon. Why? Answer: So not to cause חלישות הדעת to the moon. (Letting the sun see its weaker side) B) פגימתה של קשת,ולא and (the sun) never saw the concavity of a rainbow. The arch of a rainbow always faces upward. Why? Answer: So that people who worship the sun would not be able to say that the sun is aiming its bow to shoot arrows at people who do not worship it. 4. Our משנה says that we ask the עדים whether the moon was לצפונה או לדרומה of the sun. Regarding this, one ברייתא says דבריו קיימין, לדרומה לא אמר כלום.לצפונה A second ברייתא says contradiction? resolve this apparent גמרא How does the.לדרומה דבריו קיימין, לצפונה לא אמר כלום (for the purposes of this test, a lengthy explanation of רש"י is not necessary.) Answer: The first ברייתא is referring to the winter and the second is referring to the summer.
Name Email or Phone # (needed on 1 st page only) Page 3 of 5 5. A מרדעת is an ox goad, a long stick with a point at one end, use to prick and urge on an animal (Artscroll) A) If one witness said that the moon was the length מרדעות of 2 high and the other witness said?עדים high, can we accept these מרדעות that it was 3 Answer: Yes B) If one witness said that the moon מרדעות was 3 high and the other witness said that it was 5?עדים high, can we accept these מרדעות Answer: No?עדים give for the case(s) where we don t accept the גמרא C) What possible remedy does the Answer: If we can find a third עד who agrees with one of the first two, he can be מצטרף with him. ראינוהו במים, ראינוהו בעששית ראינוהו בעבים אין מעידין עליו. says, which ברייתא quotes a גמרא.6 Our.חציו במים, חציו בעבים חציו בעששית אין מעידין עליו?ברייתא ask on the גמרא A) What question did our Answer: Once the ברייתא told us that the עדות is invalid when the עדים saw all of the moon reflected in water, reflected in a lantern, or through clouds, why was it necessary to tell us that the clouds? only saw part of the moon in the water, lantern or עדים is invalid when the עדות B) How did the גמרא answer this question? Answer: When the ברייתא says במים \עששית\עבים,חציו it means that one half the moon was visible as a reflection in the water/lantern/clouds and the second half was visible in the sky. וידבר משה את מעדי ד' אל בני ישראל: )ויקרא כג:מד(.7 (A According to חייא בר גמדא אמר רבי יוסי בן שאול אמר רבי,רבי what did our משנה learn from the?וידבר משה את מועדי ד' words Answer: That the ראש בית דין had to say מקודש when being מקדש the month. דבר אל בני ישראל ואמרת אלהם מועדי ד' אשר תקראו אתם מקראי קדש אלה הם מועדי: )ויקרא כג:ב(?אשר תקראו אותם learn from the words משנה what did our,רב פפא B) According to.מקודש also had to say עם Answer: That the
Name Email or Phone # (needed on 1 st page only) Page 4 of 5 7. C) Fill in the following chart as to when the הלכה of our משנה applies. (Yes/No) שלא נראה בזמנו Declared on the 31 st day נראה בזמנו Declared on the 30 th day Yes Yes תנא קמא )משנה( No Yes רבי אלעזר ברבי צדוק )משנה( Yes No פלימו )ברייתא( No No רבי אלעזר ]ברבי שמעון[ )ברייתא(.דמות צורות לבנה היו לו לרבן גמליאל בטבלא ובכותל בעלייתו... says משנה.8 Our next לא תעשון אתי אלהי כסף ואלהי זהב לא תעשו לכם: )שמות כ:כ( A) The words תעשון אתי,לא teach us that we are not allowed to make the likeness of those who stand,אתי with me. This should include the moon which stands in the heavens. Based on this, the גמרא asked how רבן גמליאל could have made a צורה of the moon. לא יעשה אדם בית תבנית היכל, אכסדרה תבנית אולם, חצר כנגד says, that ברייתא quotes a גמרא Our.עזרה, שלחן כנגד שלחן, מנורה כנגד מנורה... With the support of this,ברייתא how did אביי justify גמליאל צורה s רבן of the moon? Answer: From this ברייתא we only see that creating an exact replica is forbidden. Regarding the moon, this would obviously be impossible. Therefore, it would seem to be permitted to make a moon. of the צורה.לא תעשון אתי, לא תעשון מות שמשיי המשמשין לפני במרום says, that ברייתא quotes a גמרא (B Our s אביי justification on high, would seem to include the moon. This would seem to negate,במרום?רבן גמליאל and thus defend ברייתא limit the scope of this אביי How does.רבן גמליאל of חיות הקדש to be limited to making images of the four headed ברייתא understands this אביי Answer: לא תעשה לך פסל וכל תמונה אשר בשמים ממעל ואשר בארץ מתחת ואשר במים מתחת לארץ : )שמות כ:ד( אשר בשמים, לרבות חמה ולבנה כוכבים ומזלות... says that ברייתא then brought the גמרא (C The רבן גמליאל initially attempt to answer for גמרא which explicitly includes the moon. How did the?ברייתא from this Answer: This only prohibited making a צורה of the moon,לעבדה to worship it. D) Why did the גמרא reject this answer? Answer: It is forbidden to make anything with the intent to worship it. Even a small worm.
Name Email or Phone # (needed on 1 st page only) Page 5 of 5 9. A) The גמרא then said why גמליאל s רבן situation was different. What was different about his?צורת הלבנה Answer: Non-Jews made it for him. B) Why did שמואל make רב יהודה deface the image on his signet ring that non-jews made for him?.עבודה זרה so that people wouldn t think he is serving it as an,משום חשדא Answer: שף ויתיב the statue of the king in the,אנדרטא C) Why wouldn t there be the same issue with the?נהרדעא shul in Answer: Since it was a public place, we are not חושש that people will worship it. D) Why wouldn t there be the same issue (#B) with גמליאל צורה s רבן of the moon? Answer: Since he was the,נשיא people were all around his residence. Therefore, the צורה of the.חשדא moon was considered like it was in a public place and we are not worried about?רבן גמליאל give for גמרא 10. What two other answers did the Answer: 1( גמליאל צורה s רבן of the moon was made in,פרקים sections. 2( It is permitted to make a צורה of the moon for educational purposes. דף from this week s סוגיות or headlines of the הערות questions/answers, Please feel free to add any Utilize our Shoel U meishiv online at http:///discussion-forum 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?דפים of the last 3 חזרה or Sunday to do a שבת Were you able to make time on