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(a) We learned in a Beraisa that the Kohen Gadol's Me'il was made entirely of Techeiles (dark blue wool). For the hem however, they brought Techeiles, Argaman (purple wool) and Tola'as Shani (crimson wool). What did they do with it?
(b) What does the Tana mean when he describes the pomegranates as ...
1. ...'Rimonim she'Lo Pischu'?
2. ... ''Kuna'os shel K'nasos she'be'Roshei Tinokos'?
(c) They also suspended seventy-two bells on the hem. What were they made of? What was inside the bells?
(d) How did they combine the pomegranates and the bells?
(e) What does the Torah mean when it writes that they palced the bells "be'Soch ha'Rimonim"?
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11)
(a) How many bells did they suspend on the hem of the Me'il, according to Rebbi Dosa in the name of Rebbi Yehudah?
(b) Likewise, says Rebbi Anani bar Sason, Tana'im argue over the number of sightings of Tzara'as (see Tosfos DH 'ke'Machlokes'). Rebbi Dosa ben Horkinas says thirty-six (like he says here). What do they incorporate?
(c) What does Akavya ben Mahalalel say?
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12)
(a) What does Rebbi Anani bar Sason comment on the juxtaposition of the Parshah of Korbanos (in Parshas Tetzaveh) to that of the Bigdei Kehunah?
(b) What do we learn, on this connection, from the Pasuk ...
1. ... in Vayeishev "Va'yishchat'u Se'ir Izim, Va'yitb'lu es ha'Kutones ba'Dam"?
2. ... in Tetzaveh "Va'asei lahem Michnesei Bad Lechasos B'sar Ervah"?
3. ... (ibid.) "Ve'asisa Choshen Mishpat"?
4. ... in Hoshei'a "Ein Eifod u'Terafim"?
(c) From where does Rebbi Chanina learn that ...
1. ... the Mitznefes (the turban) atones for haughtiness.
2. ... the belt atones for impure thoughts?
3. ... the Me'il atones for Lashon ha'Ra?
(d) And what do we learn from the 'Gezeirah-Shavah' "Vehayah al Metzach Aharon" (in Tetzaveh, in connection with the Tzitz) "u'Metzach Ishah Zonah Hayah Lach" (Yirmiyah).
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13)
(a) What does Rebbi Yehoshua ben Levi say about Shefichas Damim and Lashon ha'Ra? Which unique quality do they both share?
(b) If, according to Rebbi Yehoshua ben Levi, the Eglah Arufah atones for Shefichas Damim, what atones for Lashon ha'Ra?
(c) We learn this latter Halachah from a Beraisa cited by Rebbi Chananya, which quotes the Pasuk in Korach "Vayiten es ha'Ketores Vayechaper al ha'Am". What Lashon ha'Ra did they speak there, that caused the plague in the first place?
(d) On what basis does Ketores atone for Lashon ha'Ra?
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14)
(a) How do we then resolve the discrepancy between Rebbi Anani bar Sason, who learns that ...
1. ... the Kutones atones for Shefichas Damim and Rebbi Yehoshua ben Levi, who ascribes the Kaparah to the Eglah Arufah?
2. ... the Me'il atones for Lashon ha'Ra and Rebbi Yehoshua ben Levi, who ascribes it to the Ketores?
(b) What does the Torah say about a murder that takes place, and the people deliberately fail to bring the murderer to justice?
(c) In that case, how can the Kutones atone for murder where the identity of the murderer is known?
(d) If the Kutones atones for the people, what atones for the murderer?
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