Unit 2

Question 1

מדקתני לקמן

Answer 1

“From That Which We Learnt Later On” - Whenever the Gemara quotes a Mishnah that is written later in the mesechet it begins with these words

Question 2

מכלל

Answer 2

“It is implied” - When an explicit statement is made one can often imply other implicit statements from it

Question 3

תנא התם קאי

Answer 3

“The Tanna Is Standing Over There” - The author of the Mishnah has just finished writing something different so in order to understand him we must make reference to his context

Question 4

זוממי בת כהן ובעלה

Answer 4

“Plotters Who Testify Regarding The Daughter Of A Cohen And Her Partner” - If the plotters were believed the Bat Cohen gets fire but the partner would only get strangulation, the witnesses get strangulation.

Question 5

דין הזמה

Answer 5

“The Judgement Of The Plotters” - The Torah says that you should do to him as he plotted so we punish them exactly how they intended to give.

Question 5

מיבעי

Answer 5

Is needed

Question 6

לקמן

Answer 6

Later on

Question 7

היאך

Answer 7

How

Question 8

Lior Davis: Why do AZ get the punishment of the partner and not the girl?

Answer 8

Rashi: The Torah says that when AZ testify about a man and a woman they always get the punishment of the man

Question 9

R. Jonathen Sacks: Why does the Mishnah start in the middle of the sections discussing AZ and not at the beginning?

Answer 9

When the Gemara was written the secular thought of the Gemara with a left brain (Putting things in sequence) whereas the Gemara was written using right brain thought (Making connections and associations). Therefore it’s assumed that you make these associations before you learn Gemara.