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Moed Katan 22

MOED KATAN 22 & 23 (19-20 Cheshvan) - dedicated in memory of Chaim Mordechai ben Harav Yisrael Azriel (Feldman) of Milwaukee by his family.

1)

(a) We ask what the Din will be if the oldest Aveil arrived at the house of the Aveilim in the middle of the Shiv'ah from the Beis-Olam. What is the She'eilah? Why might the Din be different here than if he arrived from his house?

(b) We resolve this She'eilah from a statement by Rebbi Chiya bar Aba Amar Rebbi Yochanan.
What does he say?

(c) How do we reconcile this with the Beraisa, which says that he proceeds to sit Shiv'ah on his own?

(d) When does Aveilus begin for the Aveilim who accompany the Meis ...

  1. ... all the way to the graveyard?
  2. ... only part of the way? What did Rava tell the people of Mechuza?
2)
(a) According to Rebbi Shimon, even if an Aveil arrived on the seventh day, he joins the Aveilim for however much of the Shiv'ah remains.
How does Rebbi Yosi bar Shaul Amar qualify Rebbi Shimon's ruling?

(b) Rav Anan asks what the Din will be if the Aveil arrived as the visitors were getting up to leave.
Is this She'eilah resolved?

(c) Like whom is Rebbi Yochanan quoted as ruling, Rebbi Shimon or the Chachamim?

3)
(a) Rebbi Yochanan also rules like Raban Shimon ben Gamliel regarding T'reifus.
What does Raban Shimon ben Gamliel say?

(b) What does 'Leichah' mean?

(c) Someone went to Eretz Yisrael to hear these rulings direct from Rebbi Aba B'rei de'Rebbi Chiya bar Aba or Rebbi Zeira, the author of both rulings. What did Rebbi Aba reply, when he asked him whether he had really heard that ...

  1. ... Halachah ke'Raban Shimon ben Gamliel?
  2. ... Halachah ke'Rebbi Shimon be'Aveil?
(d) Rav Nachman rules neither like Raban Shimon ben Gamliel by T'reifus, nor like Rebbi Shimon by Aveilus.
On what grounds do we concur with Rav Chisda and Rebbi Yochanan, who rule like Rebbi Shimon by Aveilus?
4)
(a) The Beraisa in S'machos praises someone who hastens the burial of a Meis.
What is the exception?

(b) It is praiseworthy to hasten even the burial of one's parents on Erev Shabbos or Erev Yom-Tov.
Under which other circumstances should one do so?

(c) An Aveil has the option of minimizing work or of not minimizing work (see Tosfos quoted in Gilyon ha'Shas) for other relatives.
What does the Tana say about an Aveil for his parents?

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5)

(a) For all other relatives, an Aveil has the option of uncovering his shoulders or of not doing so.
What does the Tana say about an Aveil for his parents?

(b) Why did that Gadol ha'Dor refrain from uncovering his shoulders when his father died?

(c) Some say that the Aveil in the previous case was Rebbi and the second Gadol ha'Dor was Rebbi Ya'akov bar Acha.
What do others say?

(d) What is the (unresolved) problem with the first Lashon?

6)
(a) An Aveil for all other relatives may have a haircut after thirty days. What is the Din regarding an Aveil for his father and mother?

(b) An Aveil for all other relatives may attend a Simchah after thirty days. Which kind of Simchah is the Tana talking about, according to Rabah bar bar Chanah? What is the Din by a regular Simchah, such as that of a wedding?

(c) What (unresolved) problem do we have with Rabah bar bar Chanah's distinction?

7) In the second Lashon, Rabah bar bar Chanah permits a Simchas Merei'us immediately. We again ask from the Beraisa which equates a Simchas Merei'us with that of a wedding.
How do we resolve this Kashya?

8)

(a) When an Aveil for all other relatives tears Keri'ah, he tears one Tefach.
What is the Din regarding an Aveil for his father or mother?

(b) What do we learn from the Pasuk in Shmuel 2 "*va'Yechazek* David bi'Vegadav va'Yikra'eim"?

(c) What is the difference between the number of garments that an Aveil for other relatives tears and the number of garments that an Aveil for one's father or mother tears?

(d) Which garment does the latter nevertheless not need to tear?

9)
(a) The Tana Kama obligates a woman to tear Keria'h just like a man. What does Rebbi Shimon ben Elazar say?

(b) The Tana Kama of the Beraisa says 'Ratzah Mavdil Kamei Safah, Ratzah Eino Mavdil'.
What does this mean?

(c) Does this apply to all Aveilim?

(d) What does Rebbi Yehudah learn from the Pasuk in Melachim 2 "va'Yechazeik bi'Vegadav va'Yikra'em *li'Sh'nayim* Kera'im"?

10)
(a) An Aveil for his father or mother may baste (stitch loosely) the garment after the Sh'loshim.
What is the Din by ...
  1. ... an Aveil for other relatives?
  2. ... a woman who is an Aveil in this regard?
(b) Rebbi Yochanan says that an Aveil for his father or mother is obligated to tear K'riyah with his hands.
What is the Din by an Aveil for other relatives?

(c) According to Rebbi Chiya bar Aba Amar Rebbi Yochanan, what is the diference between the location that an Aveil for one's father or mother tears Keri'ah, and that where an Aveil for other relatives tear Keri'ah?

(d) Who else has the same Din as a father and mother in this regard?

11)
(a) In which sole regard (of the Dinim mentioned above) ...
  1. ... do a Rebbe, an Av Beis-Din, and others mentioned in the forthcoming Beraisa who die, resemble parents?
  2. ... does a Nasi differ from the others mentioned there?
(b) What did Rav Chisda instruct Rav Nachman bar Ami to do when the Nasi died?

(c) When a Chacham died, they would uncover the right shoulder.
What did they do for ...

  1. ... the Av Beis-Din?
  2. ... the Nasi?
(d) When a Chacham died, his Beis-Hamedrash would close.
What would happen upon the demise of ...
  1. ... the Av Beis-Din?
  2. ... the Nasi?
12)
(a) The Tana, discussing the latter case, says that the people go to Shul, call up seven, and leave.
What does Rebbi Yehoshua ben Korchah comment on the words 'and leave'?

(b) It was said that Rebbi Chananyah ben Gamliel would Halachos and Agados in the house of an Aveil.
What does the Tana Kama say?

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