REVIEW QUESTIONS - BAVA METZIA 22

REVIEW QUESTIONS ON GEMARA AND RASHI

Prepared by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler
of Kollel Iyun Hadaf, Yerushalayim
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1)
(a) What does the Beraisa say about a case where a river swept away Reuven's beams, wood and bricks and deposited them in Shimon's field?
(b) What do we extrapolate from there? Why is this a Kashya on Rava?
(c) What is the answer? What is the equivalent of being able to save the objects, by other Metzi'os?
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2)
(a) What does the Seifa of the Beraisa say? In which case is Shimon obligated to return the objects?
(b) If Reuven is able to save his objects at any time, why should there be a difference between whether he is making efforts to save them or not? How must we therefore re-establish the Beraisa?
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3)
(a) Another Beraisa discusses a case where Reuven separates Terumah from Shimon's crops without permission. On what condition will his Ma'aser take effect?
(b) We establish the case where Shimon arrives on the scene and tells Reuven to 'go to the better ones'. How does this clarify the issue?
(c) When will the Terumah take effect even if there are no better crops to be found?
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4)
(a) As the case stands, where Shimon does not know about the Terumah until after it has been separated, it seems that the Tana holds 'Yi'ush she'Lo mi'Da'as Havi Yi'ush'. How does Rava establish the Beraisa according to Abaye?
(b) If Shimon appointed Reuven a Shali'ach, then why might his Terumah not be valid?
(c) How do we prove that in any event, this must be the case? Why could the Tana not be speaking where Reuven Ma'asered Shimon's crops without his prior consent?
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5)
(a) What did the Aris (sharecropper) of Mari bar Isak bring Ameimar, Mar Zutra and Rav Ashi when he found them in Mari's orchard?
(b) Did they eat what he gave them?
(c) What did Mari bar Isak say when he saw what his Aris had done?
(d) On what grounds did Mar Zutra still refuse to eat?
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6)
(a) What does the Beraisa say about someone who is pleased with the dew ...
1. ... that he finds on his fruit which is drying on the roof?
2. ... that he discovers had previously been on the now dry fruit?
(b) How does the Seifa pose a Kashya on Rava?
(c) To answer the Kashya, we cite Rav Papa. How does Rav Papa explain the fact that the word "Yutan" (in the Pasuk "ve'Chi Yutan Mayim al Zera" is spelt without a 'Vav' (to read "Yiten").
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7)
(a) What does Rebbi Yochanan quoting Rebbi Shimon ben Yehotzadak learn from the Pasuk in Ki Seitzei "ve'Chein Ta'aseh le'Simlaso ... Asher Tovad Mimenu u'Metzasah"? Does it make any difference whether the owner knows about it at the time or not?
(b) What do we extrapolate from here that finally disproves Rava?
(c) In how many other cases in Shas do we rule like Abaye against Rava?
(d) What did Rav Acha Brei de'Rava ask Rav Ashi about dates that have been blown off the palm-tree by the wind, now that Rava has been disproved?
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8)
(a) Why, in reality, could Rav Acha bar Rava have asked the same question even if Rava had not been disproved?
(b) What was Rav Ashi's reply?
(c) What will be the Din if the palm-trees belong to young orphans? Would we also forbid eating the dates from any date-palm, due to the possibility that the owner is a Yasom Katan?
(d) Rav Ashi also forbids the dates in the case of 'Karsh'sa'. What is 'Karsh'sa'?
(e) On what grounds does he forbid it?
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9)
(a) Rabah establishes 'small sheaves in the Reshus ha'Rabim' (which our Mishnah permits the finder to keep) even when they have a Si'man. What does Rava say?
(b) What is the basis of their Machlokes?
(c) How do others present the Machlokes?
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10)
(a) We extrapolate from 'K'richos bi'Reshus ha'Rabim', that in a Reshus ha'Yachid, the finder would be obligated to return them. Why is this a Kashya on Rava?
(b) What does Rava reply? Why might one be obligated to return sheaves that one finds in a Reshus ha'Yachid, even if they have no Si'man?
(c) Then why is Makom not a Si'man in the Reisha?
(d) What does Rabah say about that?
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11)
(a) We just learned that our Mishnah draws a distinction between whether one finds small sheaves in a Reshus ha'Rabim or in a Reshus ha'Yachid. What does the Beraisa add with regard to large sheaves.
(b) Bearing in mind that a Siman that is going to be trodden on (Rabah) or that is going to get kicked around (Rava) is not considered a Si'man, why may the finder not keep large sheaves that he finds in a Reshus ha'Yachid, according to ...
1. ... Rabah?
2. ... Rava?
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