Daf 2. Bava Basra Quiz

Q. Is it a good idea to have a wall separating between two neighbors or two partners ?

A. Yes.
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Q. Why ?

A. To avoid visual damage.

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Q. How thick should the wall be ?
A. Follow the local custom.

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Q. How high ?

A. 4 amos.
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Q. What are 2 possible ways to translate the word Mechitza ?

A. A wall or a division.

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Q. Is visual damage considered as regular damage ?

A. That is a question the gemara strives to prove.
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Daf 119. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. What are the 3 opinions of what to do with vegetables that grow between two gardens ?
A. R. Meir - to the upper
R. Yehuda - to the lower.
R. Shimon - whatever the upper can reach to him , the rest to the lower.
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Q. What are the reasons ?
A. R. M. - follow the source.
R. Y. - follow the airspace.
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Q. What is a geza ?

A. Tree trunk.
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Q. What are shoroshim ?

A. Underground roots.

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Q. What is the halacha ?
A. We follow R. Shimon ?

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Q. Why ?

A. Perhaps because it is sort of a compromise.
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Daf 118. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. Can you give someone a gift & insist that he accept it if he refuses ?

A. No.
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Q. Can you insist to pay a worker with merchandise ?
A. No.
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Q. How much time would Beis Din usually give a person to clear away a potential problem ?

A. 30 days.

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Q. If someone would watch a owner less item does it become his ?
A. There is a dispute.
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Daf 117. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. Who was Vastini ?

A. A Sage who was a disciple of Reish Lokish.

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Q. When we say that a person is always responsible as a Muad , how far does it go ?
A. Whether awake or asleep , shogeg or meizid.
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Why should we follow the opinion of R. Nosson ?

A. He was a Judge who would delve into the depths of the issue.

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Q. What does he hold if we need to divide the land between the owner of the upstairs & the owner of the downstairs ?
A. The lower gets 2/3

The upper 1/3.
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Daf 116. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. One may not take a food pot for a mashkon , but what about the food itself ?
A. Tosfos says yes.
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Q. If someone claims that he dosent know what can he swear ?
A. That he dosent know.
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Q. Can we expect a person to live on two levels ?

A. Rav - yes
Shmuel - no.
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Daf 115. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. Being that a mashkon needs to be returned for use whenever necessary what purpose does it serve ?

A. To prevent shmita from cancelling the debt , to prevent a denial of the loan & to cause people to hurry to pay , see Tos.

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Q. When is it permitted to enter a home to take a mashkon ?

A. If someone owes you payment for work you did.
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Q. What type of woman is it forbidden to take a mashkon from ?
A. A widow.
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Q. How great was Avigail ?
A. She was one of 7 prophetses in history.
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Q. Who holds we follow the reasoning of a Torah teaching to make a difference ?

A. Rebbi Shimon.

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Q. Who holds there is no malkus for a lav that is in a general context ?
A. Abayei.
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41 of 613

There are 41 Mitzvos in Parshas Shoftim.
3 of them are
To appoint leaders
To listen to them
To refrain from not listening to them.
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Daf 114. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. If someone pledges to give the eirech value of his hand to hegdesh , how much does he give ?

A. Nothing.

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Q. If someone pledged to give his eirech value but he cannot afford it , what does he do ?

A. If he has one selah that's all he is required to give.

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Q. Where did Raboh bar Avuho happen to meet Eliyohu hanovi ?

A. In a non - Jewish cemetary.
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Q. How much was the sale price of the fragrance with the perfume from Gan Eden ?
A. 12,000 dinar.
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