Category: Makkos

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• Last week we pointed out the מחלוקת between תוס & the ריטב”א whether the גזירה שוה of שיבה שיבה from עבד עברי to רוצח is needed just for the דין of ר”מ or also for the דין of ר”י as well.  What is their point of disagreement?
• Can a רוצח be appointed to a new position after he is set free from גלות?
• Does ר”מ & ר”י also argue regarding a person who commits a different crime other then murder. For example theft or idolatry?
• If a person of stature commits an Aveirah, does he get dismissed from his position?  If he does Teshuva can he get reinstated?  Learn ריטבא

The next two weeks will be designated for a review of the entire second perek.

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Tonight’s סוגיא: The differences between the 6 ערי מקלט and the 42 ערי לויה.  & חזרה לשררה

• Why does רש”י mean that the city has to pay for the rent of the רוצח, and not the רוצח himself?
• According to תוס explanation of ר”י does the רוצח have to pay the rent?
• What are the other differences in הלכה between the 6 ערי מקלט and the 42 ערי לויה?
• Point to ponder: Why are they different?

Learn the גמרא until end of the .פרק
Learn רש”י וכן בגולה very carefully, תוס’ גמר

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Makkos: Monday night shiur (פלכו קלטו)‎

Quickly review : גמרא יב  after the משנה until next  משנה
Learn תוס’ פלכו
Learn  ” תוס ” זבחים קי”ז. “עיר

If a רוצח living in the עיר מקלט kills accidentally again, the דין is he has to leave that neighborhood.

• Is the רוצח A) confined to the neighborhood he runs to or B) free to roam anywhere in the עיר מקלט just forbidden to return to the neighborhood in which he committed the murder?  Bring a proof.
• If the רוצח does not leave the neighborhood can the גואל הדם kill the רוצח in the עיר מקלט?
• Is the דין of פלכו קלטו dealing with a first time offender or a second time offender?

• The גמרא says מכאן אמרו, “from here”.  What is the “here” referring to? ריטבא

• What is the חידוש of the first דין of the משנה?
• Why does תוס say שכר means taxes and not the simple meaning of the word “rent”?

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Learn  “משנה יב: “הרג and גמרא until next  משנה
Learn תוס’ פלכו

• How is תוס understanding the דין of גולה מפלך לפלך, and the דין of פלכו קלטו?
• Does רש”י agree with תוס explanation?
• The גמרא says מכאן אמרו, “from here”.  What is the “here” referring to? ריטבא

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• Why does the רמב”ם ה’ רוצח ח,י”א  explain the משנה is referring to someone standing underneath the branches as opposed to תוס and Ritva who explained the person is standing on top of the branches?

Learn next “משנה “הרג and גמרא until משנה “כיוצא

Review the  גמרא יב עמוד ב until רב אשי continue the next line of גמרא until the משנה

Questions;

• If the  רוצח is standing outside the עיר מקלט, is the גואל הדם permitted to stand inside the עיר מקלט and shoot an arrow outside the עיר מקלט to kill the רוצח? Bring a proof from רש”י אמר רבא. Learn ריטבא
• What is the difference between how רבה and  רב אשי explain the מחלוקת between the רבנן and ר”י?

Quickly review  גמרא  יב עמוד א from second to bottom line of the Amud until second line on עמוד ב

Learn the  גמרא יב עמוד ב until רב אשי (one line before the משנה )

• Why does the גמרא assume that רבי יהודה only said his דין as a חומרא? Learn תוס’ אימור
• According to רבה does מעשר שני have the same parameters as ערי מקלט in regards to when one is considered to be inside the city of ירושלים?
• According to רבה what is the מחלוקת between the רבנן and ר”י?
• If the  רוצח is standing outside the עיר מקלט, is the גואל הדם permitted to stand inside the עיר מקלט and shoot an arrow outside the עיר מקלט to kill the רוצח? Bring a proof from רש”י אמר רבא

Quickly review  משנה  יב עמוד א & גמרא  until second line on עמוד ב

• What is the הוה אמינא of the גמרא to compare the דין by עיר מקלט to מעשר שני?
• Why do we not consider the trunk/roots of the tree which is the source of its nutrients the main part of the tree as the גמרא גיטין concludes in regards to the law of מעשר?  Learn ריטב”א

Continue the גמרא until רב אשי (one line before the משנה )

• Why does the גמרא assume that רבי יהודה only said his דין as a חומרא? See תוס’ אימור
• According to רבה does מעשר שני have the same parameters as ערי מקלט in regards to when one is considered to be inside the city of ירושלים?
• According to רבה what is the מחלוקת between the רבנן and ר”י?

Quickly review  גמרא יב עמוד א from תני חדא (six lines before the Mishna) until the Mishna

• The יו”ד ס’ ר”מ סע’ כ”ד ,רמ”א  rules that a grandson is obligated in honoring the grandfather.  How does this opinion explain our גמרא which clearly seems to conclude to the contrary?

Learn משנה & גמרא until second line on עמוד ב

• Is the person standing under the branches of the tree or in the branches of the tree? Learn  תוס “אילן
• What is the הוה אמינא of the גמרא to compare the דין by עיר מקלט to מעשר שני? Learn ריטבא

Review גמרא י”ב. “נגמר דינו (six lines from the top of the Amud) until אמר ר”ל

• The רמב”ם says the מזבח grants asylum to someone who is trying to escape the death penalty of the king .  So why was יואב mistaken for holding on to the מזבח ? Learn (כסף משנה, מאירי, ערוך לנר )
• How could the Angel of Rome make such blatant mistakes?
• Why does the גמרא not offer as an answer that the רוצח was living in the מגרש with just a pillow and blanket and no house?

• Why does one who kills a Kohen Godal, or a Kohen Godal that accidently kills another men not punished with Galus? (Ritva)
• Why is the Rotzaich not allowed to leave even if he is needed to save lives, but Pikuach Nefashos overrides all commandments of the Torah except for the three cardinal sins? (Bartunura, Tiferes Yisroel on the Mishna)

Review . גמרא יא nine lines from the bottom עמוד until : משנה י”א

• Why does the קללה of a חכם come true if it was not for a valid cause?
•  Why does the קללה על תנאי  of a חכם come true even when the condition is fulfilled?
•  How does the admission of ראובן annul the נידוי of יהודה?

Review quickly גמרא יא  after the משנה
until the bottom of the עמוד.

• Why does the כ”ג deserve to die for not praying for his generation? מהרש”א
• How does the תפלה of the כ”ג help prevent others from sinning? See מכתב מאליהו ח”ג page 86)
• Why does the death of the כ”ג free the רוצח from the עיר מקלט? (See מכתב מאליהו ח”ג page 87)
• Everyone was going to  drown if דוד המלך did not put this piece of pottery with Hashem’s name back in place at the risk of erasing Hashem’s name. Why did דוד המלך need the ק”ו of אחיתופל, it should be obvious that it is permitted since peoples lives were at stake? (See ערוך לנר)

• Why doesn’t the כ”ג or his wife provide the food for the רוצחים? (See בן יהוידע, ערוך לנר)
• Why does the כ”ג deserve to die for not praying for his generation? מהרש”א
• How does the תפלה of the כ”ג help prevent others from sinning?
• Why does the death of the כ”ג free the רוצח from the עיר מקלט? (See מכתב מאליהו ח”ג page 86)
• Everyone was going to  drown if דוד המלך did not put this piece of pottery with Hashem’s name back in place at the risk of erasing Hashem’s name. Why did דוד המלך need the ק”ו of אחיתופל, it should be obvious that it is permitted since peoples lives were at stake? (See ערוך לנר)