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(a) Why did Antoninus send Rebbi ...
1. ... a plant called Gargira, and why did Rebbi send him back Kusbarta (coriander)?
2. ... Karsi (leek) and why did Rebbi send him back Chasa (lettuce)?
(b) When Antoninus sent Rebbi a leather sack full of gold every day, how did he ensure that it was not discovered?
(c) What was his response, when Rebbi claimed that he did not need them because he was a wealthy man?
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8)
(a) Antoninus visit Rebbi secretly each day. How did he keep his visit secret?
(b) What was the purpose of his visit?
(c) What would he do with the two guards that he posted, one at the entrance and one at the exit?
(d) What was Rebbi's response when Antoninus discovered Rebbi Chanina bar Chama there, despite his instructions that Rebbi was to have no man with him when he arrived?
(e) How did Antoninus put Rebbi Chanina to the test?
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9)
(a) What was ...
1. ... Rebbi Chanina's quandry when he found that the man was dead?
2. ... Antoninus reaction when Rebbi Chanina returned with the guard?
(b) Who took over from Rebbi Chanina as Rebbe's Shamash?
(c) What would Antoninus do when Rebbi wished to go and lie down?
(d) What did he retort when Rebbi told that it was undignified for a king to behave like that?
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10)
(a) What did Rebbi reply when Antoninus asked him whether he would receive a portion in the World to Come?
(b) And what did he reply when he quoted him the Pasuk ...
1. ... in Ovadyah "Lo Yih'yeh Sarid le'Veis Eisav"?
2. ... in Yechezkel (in connection with Gehinom) "Shamah Edom Melachehah ve'Chol Nesi'ehah"?
(c) What did Rebbi also extrapolate from "Kol Nesi'ehah"?
(d) To which important dignitary does an independant Beraisa attach this D'rashah?
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11)
(a) What was the Roman Emperor (not Anotininus) referring to when he asked the dignitaries of Rome when he asked what one does with a painful growth on one's leg (whether one learns to live with it or remove it)?
(b) When did they reply?
(c) What did Keti'a bar Shalom have in mind when he quoted the Pasuk in Zecharyah (in connection with Yisrael) "Ki ke'Arba Ruchos ha'Shamayim Perasti Eschem"?
(d) How did he describe a nation that is devoid of Jews?
(e) Why did he not want to explain the Pasuk to mean that Hash-m scattered Yisrael to all the four corners of the earth?
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12)
(a) What was the Emperor's reaction to Keti'a bar Shalom's statement?
(b) What did that important Roman matron mean when she announced 'Woe to the pot that does not have a lid!', as Keti'a bar Shalom was being led to his death?
(c) How did he react to that?
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13)
(a) How did Rebbi Akiva interpret Keti'a's announcement bequeathing his property to 'Rebbi Akiva and his colleagues'?
(b) He based this ruling on Chazal's interpretation of the Pasuk "Va'hayah le'Aharon u'le'Vanav". What is the Pasuk talking about?
(c) What are the ramifications of this D'rashah regarding ...
1. ... the Lechem ha'Panim?
2. ... the Sh'tei ha'Lechem on Shavu'os?
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14)
(a) What dis Rebbi hear after Keti'a bar Shalom's death, that caused Rebbi to cry?
(b) Why did he cry?
(c) What did Rebbi mean when, after Antoninus death, he declared 'Nispardah ha'Chavilah (the bundle has fallen apart)!'?
(d) Why did Rav issue the same declaration after Adr'chan, a Nochri dignitary died?
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