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YEVAMOS 47

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1)
(a) What does Rebbi Chiya bar Aba Amar Rebbi Yochanan learn from the Pasuk in Shelach Lecha "Mishpat Echad Yiheyeh Lachem v'la'Ger ... "?
(b) What does Rebbi Yehudah in the Beraisa learn from the Pasuk in Kedoshim ...
1. ... "v'Chi Yagur Itcha Ger ..."?
2. ... "v'Chi Yagur Itcha be'Artzechem " - that if he comes with two witnesses, we do.
3. ... "Itcha" (even though we just learned something else from there)?
(c) Then why does the Torah need to mention "be'Artzechem"?
(d) What is the reason for this distinction?
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2)
(a) How does Rav Sheshes justify the need for a Derashah to teach us that if the Ger brings witnesses, they are believed to say that he converted properly? Is this not obvious?
(b) How can the Tana learn from "Itcha", 'b'Chol Makom she'Itcha', when he has already used it to teach us that the Ger is not believed without witnesses?
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3)
(a) What do the Chachamim say about the latter ruling?
(b) What do they then learn from the word "b'Artzechem"?
(c) How about nowadays, when the Berachah of "Chalav u'Dvash" is not in effect?
(d) Bearing in mind the principle 'Yachid v'Rabim, Halachah k'Rabim', why did Rebbi Chiya bar Aba Amar Rebbi Yochanan see fit to rule that a Ger is obligated to bring a proof that he Toveled, even in Eretz Yisrael, seeing as that is the opinion of the Chachamim?
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4)
(a) What does Rebbi Yehudah in a Beraisa, learn from the Pasuk in Devarim "u'Shfat'tem Tzedek Bein Ish u'Vein Achiv u'Vein Gero"?
(b) What did he tell that man who came before him claiming that he had converted without a Beis-Din, and that he had no witnesses (though it is unclear what difference it would have made if he had), but that he had sons?
(c) We query this however, from Rebbi Yehudah himself. What does Rebbi Yehudah elsewhere learn from the Pasuk in Ki Setzei "Yakir" (written in connection with a Bechor)?
(d) What do the Chachamim say?
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5)
(a) How does Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak reconcile Rebbi Yehudah's previous statement with his earlier one (refuting his testimony vis-a-vis the man's sons)?
(b) Ravina disagrees with Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak. In his opinion, Rebbi Yehudah in the previous case, believed the man with regard to his sons (conforming with his explanation of "Yakir"). Then in which regard did he not believe the man?
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(c) And we support Ravina's explanation with a Beraisa, where Rebbi Yehudah rules that a person is believed vis-a-vis his small son, but not vis-a-vis his big one. What does Rebbi Chiya bar Aba Amar Rebbi Yochanan comment on this?
(d) How do we reconcile the fact that we rule like Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak with Rebbi Chiya bar Aba Amar Rebbi Yochanan?

6)
(a) A long Beraisa discusses all the details of Gerus nowadays. What do we say to a Nochri who wants to convert nowadays?
(b) If he replies 'Eini K'dai', we accept him. What does 'Eini Kedai' mean?
(c) Besides some of the less stringent Mitzvos and some of the more stringent ones, which specific Mitzvos do we warn him about?
(d) In which regard do we mention eating Chelev and breaking Shabbos?
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7)
(a) What do we tell him about ...
1. ... the Mitzvos?
2. ... Olam ha'Ba?
(b) We tell him that Yisrael can take neither too much good, nor too much punishment. What is the reason for the first part of this statement?
(c) How far do we go to discourage him from going through with the conversion?
(d) How long do we wait before finally accepting him?
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8)
(a) How long after the Milah do they perform the Tevilah? Why is that?
(b) Which Mitzvos do the 'two' Talmidei-Chachamim who attend to the Tevilah teach the Ger whilst he is Toveling?
(c) Why do they do that?
(d) In which way does the Tevilas Gerus of a woman differ from that of a man?
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9)
(a) A Nidah Tovels in a Mikvah of forty Sa'ah of water
What about a Ger and an Eved Meshuchrar?
(b) What does the Tana say about a Chatzitzah (something interrupting between the body and the water) regarding a Nidah a Ger and an Eved Meshuchrar? What sort of Tevilas Nidah is the Tana referring to?
(c) Why might we have thought otherwise?
(d) Initially, we tell a Ger a cross-section of Mitzvos to try and dissuade him from converting. The reason for this is hinted in the Pasuk in Yeshayah "v'Nilvah ha'Ger Aleihem v'Nispechu al Beis Yisrael". What do we learn from this Pasuk?
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10)
(a) On what basis is a ben Noach sentenced to death for stealing?
(b) From where do we know that he does not have the option of returning the stolen article and avoiding the death-sentence?
(c) We inform them of the sin of Matnos Aniyim (Leket, Shichechah ... ), says Rebbi Chiya bar Aba Amar Rebbi Yochanan, because a Ben Noach is killed even for less than a Shaveh-Perutah and does not have the option of returning the article. What does Rebbi Yochanan mean by that?
(d) Why can he not have meant that if we do not teach him these Mitzvos, he may kill any poor man who enters his property to take Matnos Aniyim?
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11)
(a) What do we learn from the Pasuk in Megilas Rus (in connection with Naomi and Rus) "va'Tere Ki Mis'ametzes va'Techdal l'Daber Eilehah"?
(b) What had Naomi previously said to Rus for the latter to reply ...
1. ... "ba'Asher Teilchi Eilech"?
2. ... "ba'Asher Talini Alin"?
3. ... "Ameich Ami"?
4. ... "Elokayich Elokai"?
(c) And to which statement of Naomi's did Rus reply ...
1. ... ba'Asher Tamusi Amus"?
2. ... v'Sham Ekaver"?
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12)
(a) The Beraisa above taught us that if, after the Milah, strands that retard the Mitzvah of Milah remain, the Mitzvah must be re-done. According to the Mishnah in Shabbos, this refers to the row of flesh that covers the majority of the crown (the top part of the Milah). How does Rav Yirmeyahu bar Aba Amar Rav explain this?
(b) Which other area of Halachah is cited in our Sugya as being affected by this deficiency?
(c) Why do we not Tovel the Ger before the wound from his Milah has cured?
(d) How does Rebbi Yochanan reconcile the Beraisa that requires only two Talmidei-Chachamim to stand by the Ger when he Tovels, with Rebbi Chiya bar Aba Amar Rebbi Yochanan, who learned above that Gerus requires three?
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13)
(a) Once the Ger has Toveled, writes the Tana, he is a Jew in all respects. Why does the Tana need to tell us this? What are the ramifications of this statement?
(b) The Tana also states that a Ger and an Eved Meshuchrar have the same Din. What is the problem with explaining this to mean that both need to accept the yoke of Mitzvos?
(c) Why should an Eved Meshuchrar not need to accept the yoke of Mitzvos when he goes free?
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14)
(a) We answer that the author of our Beraisa is the Rabanan, whereas the author of the latter Beraisa, is Rebbi Shimon ben Elazar. What do the Rabanan say about an Eishes Yefas To'ar, who cries for her father and mother for a month? When is this not necessary?
(b) According to Rebbi Shimon ben Elazar, he may Tovel her as a Shifchah immediately, even against her will. When is he then permitted to live with her?
(c) What is now the Machlokes between Rebbi Shimon ben Elazar and the Rabanan?
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