16b----------------------------------------16b
8)
(a) What principle does Rava extrapolate from the Pasuk "Iyov Lo be'Da'as Yedaber, u'Devarav Lo be'Haskel"?
(b) When Iyov was stricken with boils, his friends, Elifaz ha'Teimani, Bildad ha'Shuchi and Tzofer ha'Na'amasi, came to visit him. What do we learn from the Pasuk "va'Yiva'adu Yachdav la'Vo la'Nud lo u'Le'nachamo"?
(c) Considering that they lived hundreds of miles apart, how did they all get to know about Iyov's plight simultaneously?
(d) What folk-saying was born from this incident?
click for answer
9)
(a) Discussing the large percentage of female births preceding the Flood - the Pasuk uses the expression "Va'yehi Ki Heichel ha'Adam la'Rov al-P'nei ha'Adamah". What does Rebbi Yochanan mean when he says 'Revi'ah Ba'ah le'Olam'?
(b) How does Reish Lakish explain the word "la'Rov"?
(c) What did Rebbi Yochanan reply when Reish Lakish asked him why, according to him, Iyov was not blessed with twice as many daughters as he had previously had (like he was with sons)?
(d) Why did Iyov call one of his daughters ...
1. ... Yamimah?
2. ... Ketzi'ah?
click for answer
10)
(a) How did the Bnei Ma'arava react to de'bei Rebbi Yanai's explanation that Iyov called his third daughter Keren ha'Puch because she had a dark complexion, like the horn of a rhinoceros?
(b) So how does Rav Chisda explain the name?
(c) How did Rebbi console his son Rebbi Shimon, when he expressed disappointment after his wife gave birth to a daughter?
(d) bar Kapara disillusioned Rebbi Shimon bar Rebbi however, by quoting a Beraisa. What does the Beraisa say about ...
1. ... boys and girls and about someone who has only girls?
2. ... spice-makers and tanners, and someone whose profession is tannery?
click for answer
11)
(a) It appears that the status of daughters was already then an old bone of contention. Rebbi Meir explains the Pasuk "va'Hashem Beirach es Avraham ba'Kol" to mean that Avraham had no daughters. How does Rebbi Yehudah explain it?
(b) According to Rebbi Elazar ha'Muda'i, Hash-m blessed Avraham with a profound knowledge of astronomy. How did this knowledge affect the world?
(c) Whereas according to Rebbi Shimon, the blessing comprised a special chain that Avraham wore around his neck. What purpose did it serve?
(d) What happened to that chain after Avraham's death?
click for answer
12)
(a) In the opinion of others, Hashem's blessing manifested itself in that Esav did not rebel in Avraham's lifetime. What do yet others say?
(b) On the day that Avraham died, Ya'akov prepared a lentil dish, because lentils, which are completely round, hint at mourning, which rolls from one person to another. What is the other reason for using lentils?
(c) What is the practical difference between the two reasons?
(d) Rebbi Yochanan lists five sins that Esav committed on that day, three of them being that he had relations with a betrothed girl, he murdered Nimrod and he denied Hashem's existence. What are the other two?
click for answer
13)
(a) What does Rebbi Yochanan learn from the 'Gezeirah-Shavah' ...
1. ... "Sadeh" "Sadeh" from the Pesukim "Vayavo Esav min ha'Sadeh" (in Toldos) and "ki ba'Sadeh Metza'ah" (in Ki Seitzei")?
2. ... "Ayeif" "Ayeif" from the Pesukim "ve'Hu Ayeif (Ibid.) and "Oy Na li ki Ayfah Nafshi la'Horgim" (Yirmiyah)?
3. ... "Zeh" "Zeh" from the Pasuk "ve'Lamah Zeh li Bechorah" (ibid.) and "Zeh Keili ve'Anveihu" (in Beshalach)?
(b) And from where does he learn that Esav ...
1. ... denied Techi'as ha'Meisim?
2. ... despised the Bechorah?
(c) In searching for the source that Yishmael did Teshuvah in Avraham's lifetime, the Gemara cites a discussion that took place between Ravina and Rav Chama bar Buzi. In front of which Amora were they sitting?
(d) What was he doing?
click for answer
14)
(a) Rav Chama bar Buzi confirmed to Ravina that he interpreted 'Gevi'ah' as a term describing the death of Tzadikim. How did he then account for the fact that the Torah writes "va'Yigva" in connection with ...
1. ... the Dor ha'Mabul?
2. ... Yishmael?
(b) Who actually gave the latter answer?
(c) What did Rebbi Yochanan extrapolate from the Pasuk in Chayei-Sarah "Va'yikberu oso Yitzchak ve'Yishmael Banav"?
(d) From which Pasuk in Vayishlach do we learn that the Torah does not give Yitzchak precedence only because he was wiser than Yishmael?
click for answer
Next Daf
Index to Review Questions and Answers for Maseches Bava Basra
