הלכה
Who is חייב (obligated) to learn torah?
Every single jew. By day and by night.
is a poor man who collects money from house to house, also חייב to learn torah?
yes
when is ראש השנה לאילנות?
לבֵיתׁ שַמַאי בְאֶחָד בִשְבָט רֹאׁש הַשָנָה לָאִילָן, לבֵית הִלֵל בַחֲמִשָה עָשר בֹו:
which 2 months are we מחלל שבת to say עדות?
nissan - pesach
tishrei - y"k and sukkos.
When specifically should I make time to learn?
After davening.
what is mentioned in this סימן that a ירא שמים should do?
to join the שיעור in his shul after davening.
explain the message רבי גמליאל sent to רבי עקיבא?
יתכן שלהבא רק הם יראו את הלבנה וימנעו מללכת ולהעיד! שיאמרו מן הסתם כבר העידו אחרים. ולא יתקדש החודש.
What is judged on sukkos?
Rainfall of the coming year.
“Therefore … comes before … in the passuk, because the torah of .. was bzchus…”?
Zevulun before yisachar, yisachars torah was in zevuluns zchus.
finish the sentence: "the more a person learns...?
the more ברכות he receives from hashem".
what are the 2 opinoins about saying עדות on a clear friday night?
tana kamma: whether a clear night or not, you should be מחלל שבת and go.
r yosi: not clear, go. clear, do not go.
what is ראש חודש ניסן the ראש השנה for?
מלכים ולרגלים
What should I do if there is something very important I need to do during the time that I usually learn?
Learn one פסוק or הלכה, go do what you need to do, and afterword make up what you missed.
what is the other example of brothers who one learnt and the other supported him? all details
shimon was called together with his brother עזריה name, because עזריה supported him...
when the beis hamikdash stands we are מחלל שבת for the 6 months that we mentioned before, because those months have speciel karbanos. true or false?
false. we are מחלל שבת for all the months because they each have the קרבן מוסף on ראש חודש.
should a father and son go to be מעיד (witness)? and why? (2 details)
1. tana kamma: yes. altough they are not one group of עדים, if one of them is פסול the other will take over.
2. רבי שמעון: yes. כל הקרובים כשרים לקידוש החודש.
Someone who cannot spend his whole day learning torah and sets a bit of time to learn,
What should he learn then? (2 details)
1. Halachos that come up frequently and everyone must know.
2. מדרשים and ספרי מוסר which help to fight the יצר הרע.
r' yosi tells a story of טוביה הרופא. what is the story and what are we learning from it? (ברטנורא)
שרָאָה אֶת הַחֹדֶׁש בִירּוׁשָלַיִם, הּוא ובְנֹו וְעַבְדֹו
מְשֻחְרָר, וְקִבְלּו הַכֹהֲנִים אֹותֹו וְאֶת בְנֹו,ופָסְלּו אֶת עַבְדֹו.
ּוכְשֶבָאּו לִפְנֵי בֵית דִין, קִ בְלּו אֹותֹו וְאֶת עַבְדֹו,
ּופָסְלּו אֶת בְנֹו.
Name 5 of the 6 months the shluchim of beis din went out to let people know when is ראש חודש and why?
nissan to know when is פסח. av, for תשעה באב. elul for ראש השנה. tishrei for the (the exact day) of yom tov. kislev for chanukah.