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8)
(a) Our Mishnah now discusses the order of the proceedings, once the Yavam and the Yevamah arrive in Beis-Din. Based on the Pasuk "v'Kar'u lo Ziknei Iro v'Dibru Elav", what might the Dayanim say to them?
(b) The Yevamah then says 'Me'ein Yevami Lehakim l'Achiv Shem b'Yisrael, Lo Avah Yabmi'. What does the Yavam respond?
(c) If the Yavam or the Yevamah do not understand Lashon ha'Kodesh, are they permitted to speak in a foreign language?
(d) The Yevamah then approaches the Yavam, pulls off his right shoe and spits towards him. What specification do these three acts share?
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9)
(a) What does the Yevamah then call out?
(b) What Minhag did Rebbi Hurkanus introduce under the oak-tree in Kfar Itam?
(c) According to the Tana Kama, it is only the Dayanim who call out 'Beis Chalutz ha'Na'al' at the conclusion of the ceremony. What does Rebbi Yehudah say?
(d) Rav Yehudah teaches that the Mitzvah of Chalitzah comprises her reading, his reading, removing the shoe, spitting and her reading. Why did he find it necessary to repeat the order that appears clearly in our Mishnah? To which two aspects of the Chalitzah ceremony did Rav Yehudah refer?
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10)
(a) What did Abaye say about the wording in the Get Chalitzah ...
1. ... 'Lo Avah Yabmi'?
2. ... 'Lo Chafatzti l'Kachtah'?
(b) On what grounds does Rava disagree with Abaye?
(c) What did Rav Ashi once tell Rav Kahana, when he found him struggling to get a Yevamah to read 'Lo Avah Yabmi' without pausing in the middle?
(d) What was Rav Kahana's reaction to that?
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11)
(a) They used to write in the Get Chalitzah that they made her read from 'Me'ein Yevami' until 'Yavmi', that they made him read from 'Lo' until 'Lekachtah', and her again from 'Kachah' until 'Chalotz ha'Na'al'. Why did they not write the full quotes?
(b) Then how could Mar Zutra do so?
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12)
(a) On what basis did Mar bar Idi query Mar Zutra?
(b) How do we nevertheless justify Mar Zutra's action? In which way is writing a Get Chalitzah different than writing a Parashah for children to learn?
(c) Like whom is the Halachah?
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13)
(a) On what grounds does Abaye invalidate the Chalitzah of a Yevamah, if the wind dispersed her spit before it reached the area in front of the Yavam?
(b) In which case will such a Chalitzah nevertheless be valid?
(c) In the event that the Yevamah is tall and the Yavam is short, up to which point must the spit reach for the Chalitzah to be valid?
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14)
(a) On what grounds does Rava invalidate the Chalitzah of a woman who spat after eating garlic or earth?
(b) What does Rava learn from the Pasuk "v'Yarkah l'Einei ha'Z'keinim"?
(c) Rebbi Yehudah requires everyone present to announce 'Chalutz ha'Na'al'. From whom did he learn this?
(d) How many times would they announce it?
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