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1) [line 1] CHADYAV - Hadyeiv, Adiabena, a district of Assyria between the rivers Lycus and Caprus

2) [line 1] GINZAK - Gazaka, a city in the north of Media Atropatene, near the Caspian Sea

3) [line 1] CHAMADAN - present day Hamadan in Iran, southwest of the Caspian sea, previously Ekbatana, capital of Media

4) [line 2] NIHAR - Nahavand, a Median town south of Ecbatana
5) [line 3] CHAVROSEHA MAN? - Which are the towns in the vicinity of Nihar where the Ten Tribes were settled?

6) [line 3] MOSHCHEI CHIDKEI V'DOMKAYA - Kerach Moshki, in Media; Chidki, in Assyria; the Fort of *Rumki* (Kidushin 72a), in Media

7) [line 10] ITZTERUYEI ITZTERU - their wombs split and from then on they were not able to give birth

8) [line 18] ICHPULEI HU D'MICHPAL - the city was rebuilt (lit. doubled) in the area adjacent to where it was destroyed

9) [line 21] V'KA HAVI BI'SHEMA'ATA - and Rav Hamnuna was asking excellent questions during their Torah learning

10) [line 22] MAH GAVRA U'MAH (GAVRA) [GUVREI]! - (lit. what a great man; what strength!) how great is Rav Hamnuna!

11) [line 22] IY LAV D'HARPANYA MASEI - if not for the fact that he comes from the city of Harpanya (whose inhabitants are of questionable lineage)

12) [line 23] ICHSIF - he (Rav Hamnuna) was humiliated
13) [line 23] KESEF GALGALTA - head-tax
14) [line 24] L'FUM NAHARA - [I pay my taxes] to [the government of] Pum Nahara
15) [line 31] MEISHON - Meishan, Mesene, the island formed by the Euphrates, the Tigris and the Royal Canal (which connects the two rivers)

16) [line 33] KAVA RABA V'KAVA ZUTA - a large measure and a small measure, i.e. a great flaw in lineage and a small taint in lineage

17) [line 34] MIGANDER V'AZIL - rolls down

18) [line 42] MA'AMAR - the equivalent of Kidushin with respect to Yibum
19) [line 44] LO MISHTABESH - does not make a mistake, does not blunder

20) [line 9] MEYUCHADIM B'NACHALAH - distinctively designated in inheritance (which follows the male lineage of the family

21) [line 16] ZU HI SHIVAH, ZU HI VI'AH (NIG'EI BATIM - Tzara'as that infects houses)
(a) The marks of Tzara'as for houses consist of intense green or intense red streaks or spots that are at least the size of two Gerisin (a Gris is a Cilician bean, approximately the size of a dime) (Nega'im 12:3). If Tzara'as is found on the walls of a house, it is put into quarantine by a Kohen for a week. Before the Kohen puts the house into quarantine, he commands that the house be emptied of its contents to prevent its utensils from becoming Tamei.
(b) The Torah states (Vayikra 14:39) "v'*Shav* ha'Kohen," to prescribe that the Kohen *return* six days later to check the house. If the Tzara'as has spread, one must remove (Choletz) the stones with Tzara'as from the house, scrape off the surrounding plaster, insert new stones and re-plaster the entire house. The house is then put into quarantine for another week. If the Tzara'as returns to the house during the following week, the owner must dismantle (Notetz) the entire house (Vayikra 14:45). The stones from the house must be taken out of the city, and they remain Asur b'Hana'ah forever.
(c) On the other hand, if the Tzara'as did not change after the first week, the Kohen leaves it as is and returns again six days later. The verse states (Vayikra 14:44) "u'*Va* Ha'kohen," which means "if, when the Kohen *comes* back to the house to inspect it a second time, he finds that the spot of Tzara'as has spread, the house is Tamei." Chazal teach that this verse is referring to a spot of Tzara'as that does *not* spread during its first week. The Kohen "comes back to the house" after a second week to see whether the spot has spread, remains, or has disappeared. If the Tzara'as has *either* spread *or* remained, one must remove (Choletz) the stones with Tzara'as from the house, scrape off the surrounding plaster, insert new stones and re- plaster the entire house. The house is then put into quarantine for another week (Vayikra 14:40). If the Tzara'as returns to the house during the following week, the owner must dismantle (Notetz) the entire house (Vayikra 14:45). The stones from the house must be taken out of the city, and they remain Asur b'Hana'ah forever.
(d) Even though the words "v'Shav" and "u'Va" are not identical, they are referring to the same action; namely, the Kohen entering the house to inspect it. This relates the two verses to each other with a Gezerah Shavah. Just as the house is not dismantled if the Tzara'as spreads during the first week -- unless the stones are scraped and the Tzara'as returned to the house after a week of quarantine -- so, too, the house is not dismantled if the Tzara'as spread during the second week unless it returns to the house after the quarantine period that follows the scraping.
(e) If during one of the inspections at the end of the first or second week the Kohen finds that the Tzara'as has disappeared or diminished in intensity such that it can no longer be classified as a Nega, the location of the spot alone is scraped and the house is declared Tahor after the owner follows the procedure for being Metaher houses (see Background to Sukah 13:11:IV). (RAMBAM Hilchos Tum'as Tzara'as 15:2)

22) [line 21] D'MAFNEI - since it (the word "Achim") is free (to infer from it a Gezerah Shavah)

23) [line 25] LAI, AFNUYEI MAFNEI - indeed, it (the word "Achim") is certainly free (for inferring a Gezerah Shavah) 24) [line 36] EIN ZIKAH - Zikah, the bond formed between the wife (or wives) of a man who dies childless and her brother-in-law (or brothers-in-law) for the purpose of performing the Mitzvah of Yibum, is not strong enough for the brother-in-law to be already considered the relative of his sister-in-law. It cannot prohibit the brother-in-law from marrying the close relatives of his sister-in-law, should he not perform Yibum or Chalitzah with her.

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