הלכה
the tikun for dropping a ספר תורה is to fast true or false?
true. even if it is still in its מאנטל.
is a poor man who collects money from house to house, also חייב to learn torah?
yes
what does the -head of beis din- do after the עדים are accepted?
the head of beis din says it is מקודש and everyone answers after him מקודש מקודש.
It is sanctified (as ראש חודש).
whats the problom of selling shmita?
its not yours, it is הפקר.
When specifically should I make time to learn?
After davening.
if i inhereted a sefer torah do i still need to write one for myself?
yes
what did רבן גמליאל have hanging on his wall? and why?
Rabban Gamliel had a diagram of the different forms of the moon drawn on a tablet that hung on the wall of his attic, which he would show to people who came to testify but were unable to describe what they had seen.
what did beis din institute after the כותים started tricking people?
they started sending shluchim to inform when is
ראש חודש.
“Therefore … comes before … in the passuk, because the torah of .. was bzchus…”?
Zevulun before yisachar, yisachars torah was in zevuluns zchus.
how high (off the bench) does my sefer need to be, if i want to sit on a bench?
at least a טפח
what did the man with the torch do at the last location?
(called בית בלתין)
they would not move to light torches in any other places, rather he would wave the torch back and forth and up and down, until he would see the people outside ארץ ישראל also lighting torchs. (until it looked like a bonfire.
if the עדים are כשר, what does בית דין do with the rest of the pairs of witnesses? and why?
they ask them general things.
so they wont feel as if they came for nothing and wont come again.
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.
why am i allowed to block the sun (when it shines on my sefer) with another sefer?
because i am not doing it for my הנאה .
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.
when / at which prices do i buy or not buy seforim from a גוי?
(3 details)
1. more expencive dont buy.
2. right price, buy them or bring down to the right price.
3.dont ask for more cheap, he might get upset and destroy them.
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.
what does רבי אלעזר ברבי צדוק hold about בית דין sanctifing ראש חודש late? and why?
If the new moon was not seen at its anticipated time, the ב"ד does not sanctify the New Moon on the following day, because it is already מקודש from automatically.
a month cannot be more themn 30 days.