Daf 9. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. Who says that giving Charity is equal to all of the other Mitzvos ?

A. Rav Asi.

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Q. Does that mean it is greater than Torah study also. ?

A. No. By Torah study it says it is greater than all. Here it says equal to all Mitzvos.
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Q. How is Tzedaka compared a suit of armor ?
A. Every small contribution combines to a great force of protection.

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Q. What can be greater than the prayers of Moshe Rabeinu ?

A. Giving charity in a secret manner
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Q. How many blessings does one gain for giving money to charity & how much more for adding kind words ?

A. 6 & 11. A total of 17.

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Daf 8. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. What type of 3 transgressions apply to one who charges Sages tax ?

A. From the Torah , the Prophets & Kesuvim.
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Q. Which group of people are the cause of misfortune to the world ?

A. Unlearned ones.

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Q. What are the 3 mitzvos for which one may even sell a Sefer Torah ?

A. To study Torah , to get married & to redeem a captive. Tosfos.
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Q. Which type of charity is called the great Mitzva ?

A. Pidyon Shevuyim.

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Q. Why did R. Shmuel bar Shilas stay away from his garden for 13 years ?

A. Because of his devotion to teaching his disciples.
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Daf 7. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. What is an ispelida ?

A. 4 answers -

Rashi - a fancy home
Tosfos / Aruch - a cave
Ri - an open porch
R. Gershom - a room.

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Q. If a person wants a favor from another whereby he will benefit without causing any loss , can we insist that it be done ?
A. Yes. To avoid Midas Sedom.
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Q. What were the names of R. Chidas 2 sons ?
A. Mar yenuka & Mar Keshisha
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Q. Where did Shmuel & R. Chama live ?

A. In Nehardoeh

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Q. What may be a reason why Eliyohu Hanovi would stop coming to visit someone ?
A. If he blocks the poor from listening to their needs.

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Q. Which group of people are exempt from chipping in for security for the city ?

A. Torah scholars.

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Q. What does - I am like a wall - refer to ?
A. The Torah
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Daf 6. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. If someone admits to owing money but then denies the whole thing does he have to pay ?

A. Yes.
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Q. How is a rachava the opposite of a front yard ?

A. It is a back yard.
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Q. If someone allowed his neighbor some use of his property for Sukos may he also extend that use for during the year ?
A. Not unless he gets specific permission.
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Q. When should a fence be
4 amos high ?
10 tefochim high ?
3 tefochim ?

A. 4 - to block vision

10 - to stop from stealing
3 - to stop animals.
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Daf 5. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. When Revina went to a din Torah with another Jew who did they go to ?

A. Rava.
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Q. If the wall of a yard fell down do we force them to rebuild ?

A. Yes.
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Q. Do people ever pay their debts early ?
A. There is a dispute.
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Q. What is the halacha ?

A. Like Reish Lokish that people do not generally pay early.
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Q. What can a person do if he does want to pay early ?
A. Use witnesses.
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Daf 4. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. If someone cursed a Jew what is the punishment ?

A. For a regular Jew - once Malkus.
For a Judge - twice
Nosi. - three times.
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Q. Is a person allowed to give good advice to a wicked person ?

A. No.
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Q. What are 2 metaphors which describe the Beis Hamigdosh ?

A. The light of the world & the Eye of the world.
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Q. What was unique about the building that Hurdos built ?

A. It resembled the waves of the ocean.

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Q. If someone put up a fence all around a persons field , how much do they need to chip in ?

A. R. Huna - half of all the expenses.
Chiya - half of a cheap fence.
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Daf 3. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. Does the opinion that holds that visual damage is considered damage also hold that looking at something hefker is a form of acquisition ??

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Q. What is it that we never allow to split ?

A. A holy Sefer.

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Q. What is the meaning of traksin ?

A. Tosfos explains - the wall which blocked off the Luchos which were from Sinai.
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Q. Is it permissible to demolish a Shul when we to build a new one ?

A. No. The new one has to be built first.
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Q. When can there be an exception ?

A. If the old one is falling down.

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Q. Why did Hurdos spare the Sage Bava ben Buta ?

A. To serve as his advisor.
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74 of 613

Parshas Ki Seitzei has the most Mitzvos in one Sedra - 74.

It begins with going to battle because that is the plan of this world we need to battle the evil inclination to serve Hashem.
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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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Daf 113. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. If one cannot pay a debt may the lender come & take something for security ?

A. Not without Beis Din.
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Q. Is the agent of Beis Din permitted to enter the house to take a Mashkon ?
A. That is a dispute.
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Q. What are the 2 meanings Rashi gives for Mesadrin for one who owea money ?

A. - to evaluate his belongings in order to leave him what he needs for living.
- or it means to leave over.
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Q. How many ailments was Shmuel unable to cure ?

A. Only 3.

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Q. How many Sages always applied the principle - every Jew is considered as a king ?
A. 4.
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Daf 112. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. What are the 2 ways that wit holding a workers salary is considered as murder ?
A. Of the victim & of the doer.

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Q. What are 3 cases where one is exempt from paying a worker on time ?
A. If the employee did not ask for his salary ,
If the boss has no funds ,
If he sent him to someone else to get paid.
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Q. Why is a boss less likely to know the facts whether or not he paid his worker ?

A. Because he has more tirdos.
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Daf 111. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. By when do you need to pay a part - time , daytime worker ?

A. Until sundown.
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Q. If one misses the payment deadline how many transgressions does he violate ?

A. 4 lavin & 1 aseih.
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Q. What is oishek ?

A. One pshat is refusing to return that which belongs or should belong to others.

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Q. Who should he pay first a rich worker or a poor one ?

A. A poor one.
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Daf 110. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. Which chazoka is stronger , that of the field owner or that of the produce user ?
A. It is a dispute.

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Q. What is the word for tax ?
A taska.
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Q. What is an apotiki ?
A. An acronym for poi tehai koi - this is where you will collect from.
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Q. By when does one need to pay a daytime employee ?
A. Before morning.

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Q. What about a nightime worker ?
A. Before the day is over.
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Q. What is the rule for when one needs to start paying a worker ?

A. At the end of the work.
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