REVIEW QUESTIONS ON GEMARA AND RASHI
prepared by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler
Kollel Iyun Hadaf, Jerusalem
Previous dafNidah 17
Rebbi Shimon bar Yochai states that Hashem hates anyone who is intimate in
front of any living creature.
(a) Does that mean that one is obligated to chase away the mice from under
(b) Why were certain people intimate in the presence of their slaves - in
spite of the above statement?
(c) What Chumra did some of the Amora'im adopt in this regard?
(a) Under which circumstances is it dangerous to eat peeled garlic, onions
or eggs, and when is it safe to do so?
It is also dangerous to sleep in a cemetery.
(b) What should one avoid drinking under similar circumstances, and what
added condition would be required before it becomes dangerous?
(a) What does one want to achieve by doing this, and why is it dangerous?
(b) Why is it wrong to throw one's cut nails into the street? Is there any
difference whether one cuts them off with scissors or using any other
means, whether one cuts off the finger-nails as well, or only the toenails?
And is there any difference whether he cuts something else afterwards or
(c) What should one do with one's cut nails?
(d) What happens to someone who is Meshamesh after bloodletting, and when
does it not apply?
(a) For which two reasons should one not be Meshamesh by day, and under
which circumstances is it permitted?
The Gemara concludes that Moonbaz' household used to examine the Eidim by
the light of day.
(b) How do we then explain the Beraisa where Beis Shamai say 'O Teshamesh
(c) Then how do we explain the Beraisa which says 'Af al Pi she'Amru
ha'Meshamesh le'Or ha'Ner, Harei Zeh Meguneh'...?
(d) Why should it be Meguneh to examine the Eid by the light of a lamp?
(a) Why might it nevertheless have been praiseworthy, even according to the
original text - that they used to make Tashmish by the light of day?
Initially, snow is considered to be neither a food nor a drink, so it is
not Mekabeil Tum'ah.
(b) What did the Bnei Eretz Yisrael mean when they used to announce every
Friday 'Ma'an Ba'ei Pekuli be'Nahama?'
(c) When is linen good to use as an Eid, and when is it not?
(d) What other material is a good agent for Bedikah?
(a) What will be the Din if one thinks to eat it or drink it?
Normally, if one snowflake in a batch of snowflakes becomes Tamei, the
others do not.
(b) What is the exception to this rule, and why?
Answers to questions
(a) What are the Cheder, the Perozdor and the Aliyah, and what is the Din
of blood found there according to the Mishnah?
Abaye maintains that either both blood at the back of the Lul and at the
front are Safek, or the blood at the back is Vaday Tamei and blood at the
front is Vaday Tahor.
(b) What is the Lul, and how do Rami bar Shmuel and Rav Yitzchak brei d'Rav
Yehudah differentiate between the blood found in the front of the Lul and
blood found in the back - how will that now affect the Peshat in our
(c) Why did Raba bar Rav Huna object to that interpretation and how did Rav
Huna himself (the Rosh Yeshivah) present his opinion?
(a) Does one bring a Korban - according to any opinion - for having
intimacy with a woman who found blood in the front part of the Lul?
(b) Rami bar Shmuel and Rav Yitzchak brei d'Rav Yehudah, who maintain that
blood at the back of the Lul is Safek Tamei, certainly conform with the
opinion of Rav Ketina. But can one reconcile their opinion with that of
Rebbi Chiya, who holds that blood at the back of the Lul is Vaday Tamei?