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(a) The Beraisa refers to the case of someone who purchases objects from a store to take to his in-laws. What does he stipulate with the store-keeper?
(b) What is the Tovas Hana'ah in this case?
(c) Why is he obligated to pay, should an Ones occur on his outward journey? What do we prove from here with regard to Shmuel's previous Halachah (regarding someone who receives an object for inspection)?
(d) What sort of Din does he have on the return journey? Would he be Patur, come what may?
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8)
(a) If someone forbids Hana'ah on himself from 'Arelim' (or forbids them to have Hana'ah from him), whom does he include and whom does he exclude?
(b) What do we learn from the Pasuk in Yirmeyahu "Ki Chol ha'Goyim Arelim, v'Chol Beis Yisrael Arlei Lev"?
(c) Why do we then need to quote the Pasuk in Shmuel ...
1. ... "v'Hayah ha'Pelishti ha'Arel ha'Zeh" to teach us the same thing? What is wrong with the previous Pasuk?
2. ... "Pen Tismachnah Bnos ha'Pelishtim, Pen Ta'aloznah Bnos ha'Arelim, to teach us the same thing yet a third time?
(d) From which of these Pesukim does Rebbi Elazar ben Azaryah extrapolate the Torah's disgust of the Orlah?
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9)
(a) The Mishnah continues to list the various praises and advantages of Bris Milah. According to Rebbi Yishmael, it is praiseworthy due to the many covenants that Hash-m made on account of it. How many covenants does the Torah mention in Parshas Lech Lecha?
(b) What do we learn from the Pasuk in Tazri'a "u'va'Yom ha'Shemini Yimol Besar Orlaso", from which Rebbi Yosi extrapolates the praise of Milah?
(c) Rebbi Yehoshua ben Korchah cites the fact that Moshe almost lost his life the moment he delayed circumcising his son. How does ...
1. ... Rebbi Nechemyah derive it from the Pasuk in Tazri'a " ... Yimol Besar Orlaso"? What does this Pasuk come to teach us?
2. ... Rebbi (or Rebbi Meir) derives it from the Pasuk in Vayera "His'halech Lefanai v'Heyei Samim"? What does this Pasuk teach us?
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10)
(a) The final praise listed in our Mishnah ('Davar Acher') cites the Pasuk in Yirmeyahu "Koh Amar Hash-m, Im Lo Brisi, Yomam va'Laylah Chukos Shamayim va'Aretz Lo Samti". How do we learn the greatness of Milah from there?
(b) Some add an additional source "Hinei Dam ha'Bris" (mentioned at Matan Torah). What do we learn from there?
(c) How can we connect Bris Milah to that Pasuk, seeing as it refers to the blood of the Korban that they sacrificed at Har Sinai, and not to the Bris Milah at all?
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11)
(a) Rebbi Yosi disagrees with Rebbi Yehoshua ben Korchah in our Mishnah. According to him, Moshe was not lax regarding the Milah at all. In fact, his delay in delaying it was perfectly justifiable. In what way was it justifiable? What was Moshe's reasoning?
(b) Why can we not learn from the Pasuk in Vayishlach "Vayehi ba'Yom ha'Shelishi bi'Heyosam Ko'avim ... " that the pain on the third day after the Bris Milah is more intense than on the other two days?
(c) If Moshe was not lax in delaying the Bris per se, then why did the angel almost kill him?
(d) How would he have been able to complete his journey to Egypt as Hash-m had commanded him had he performed the Bris Milah in the hotel?
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12)
(a) According to Raban Shimon ben Gamliel, the angel did not threaten Moshe at all. Then what is the Parshah talking about?
(b) How does he prove this from Tziporah's statement "Ki Chasan Damim Atah Li"?
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