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8)
(a) On what basis did Rebbi Yochanan beg Rav Kahana's forgiveness?
(b) Why was Rav Kahana reluctant to return with Rebbi Yochanan to his Beis-ha'Medrash?
(c) What else might 've'I Lo, Lo Azilna' mean?
(d) In any event, there and then he settled all Rebbi Yochanan's learning problems. What did Rebbi Yochanan subsequently tell his Talmidim?
(e) How do we know that he did accept Rebbi Yochanan's offer to return with him?
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9)
(a) In a case where a man pointed out Rebbi Aba's silk cloth to the king's men, the Beis-Din (Rebbi Avahu and his colleagues) quoted the Mishnah in Bechoros. What does the Tana say there with regard to 'Dan es ha'Din, Zikah es ha'Chayav, ve'Chiyev es ha'Zakai, Timei es ha'Tahor ve'Tihar es ha'Tamei'?
(b) What did they try to prove, based on that Mishnah?
(c) Rebbi Ila'a however, queried the Beis-Din from Rav. How did Rav establish that Mishnah?
(d) The Dayanim, convinced that the defendant was Chayav, instructed Rebbi Aba to take his case to Rebbi Shimon ben Elyakim and Rebbi Elazar ben P'das. Why specifically them?
(e) The latter did indeed obligate the defendant to pay. On which Mishnah did they base their ruling?
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10)
(a) What did that guardian of a silver cup do when thieves came to rob him?
(b) Why did Abaye object when Rabah exempted him from paying?
(c) So what did Rav Ashi rule?
(d) In a similar case, where the guardian of a purse of Pidyon Shevuyim handed the thieves who came to steal theh purse, how did Rabah justify his lenient ruling?
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11)
(a) When Reuven pushed Shimon's donkey off the ferry into the river and it drowned, why did Abaye think that he ought to be Chayav to pay?
(b) Why did Rabah nevertheless exempt him from paying?
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12)
(a) Rabah's previous ruling is based on another ruling of his. Why does Rabah exempt both Reuven and Shimon from paying, if Reuven is chasing Shimon with intent to kill him, and ...
1. ... he smashes vessels along the way?
2. ... Shimon smashes Reuven's vessels in his efforts to escape?
(b) And on what grounds does he exempt Levi who, in order to save Shimon, is chasing Reuven, from paying for vessels that he broke?
(c) Why should Levi really be Chayav?
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13)
(a) What does our Mishnah say in a case where an overflowing river sweeps away Reuven's donkey which Shimon stole? Where was the donkey?
(b) If the same happens to the field that Shimon stole from Reuven, Rebbi Elazar in a Beraisa obligates Shimon to give Reuven another field. Why do the Chachamim exempt him from paying?
(c) Their Machlokes is based on the Pasuk in Vayikra "ve'Chichesh ba'Amiso ... O mi'Kol Asher Yishava Alav la'Shaker" (in connection with Shevu'as ha'Pikadon). What is the basis of their dispute?
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14)
(a) If Rebbi Elazar Darshens 'Ribuy, Miy'ut and Ribuy' ("ve'Chichesh" ba'Amiso", "be'Pikadon", "O mi'Kol Asher Yishava ... "), what does the Miy'ut come to preclude? What does it come to preclude from?
(b) And if the Rabbanan Darshen 'K'lal u'P'rat u'Ch'lal', which two requirements do we learn from "be'Pikadon" for a Shomer to be Chayav payment or a Shevu'ah?
(c) Karka is not movable, and Sh'taros have no intrinsic value. But why are Avadim exempt?
(d) The Beraisa cites a Machlokes where the Rabbanan argue with Rebbi Elazar over a cow which someone stole and which the river then swept away. Rebbi Elazar obligates the Gazlan to pay, whilst the Rabbanan exempt him. How does Rav Papa establish the case? How does he explain the Machlokes?
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