Meseches Berachos - Sugyah #17

Where is the פסוק of לועג לרש found?

• תהילים
• משלי
• ישעיהו
• קהלת
• מיכה

What is derived from the Mishna with the words "מתו אין"?

• He should not do certain things near the dead.
• When his relative dies then yes he is exempt from Mitzvos.
• When a person dies he is exempt from mitzvos.
• A person who relative dies is not always exempt from mitzvos.

What else is also then derived from the Mishna?

• There is an obligation to watch a מת.
• Only a relative of the מת should watch the body.
• If he is watching any מת he is also exempt from Mitzvos.
• If he is watching any other מת he is obligated in Mitzvos.

What Halacha in the ברייתא is against the Mishna?

• There is no obligation to watch a מת.
• Not only a relative of the מת could watch the body.
• If he is watching any מת he is also exempt from Mitzvos.
• If he is watching any other מת he is obligated in Mitzvos.

The גמרא resolves this contradiction by stating…

• Both a relative and the שומר of the מת are exempt from Mitzvos.
• Both a relative and the שומר of the מת are actually obligated in Mitzvos.
• The Mishna is mistaken and only a שומר is exempt.
• The Braysa is mistaken and only a relative is exempt.

The next question of the Gemara involves a person who is…

• watching a מת.
• eating next to a מת.
• doing a מצוה while carrying a מת.
• walking in a cemetery.

This person walking in a cemetery seems also…

• …obligated in mitzvos.
• ..exempt from mitzvos.
• ...forbidden to eat.
• …allowed to learn Torah.

What is the reason for his exemption?

• Honor to the dead.
• His mind should think only about the dead.
• Doing a מצוה would be mocking the dead - לועג לרש.
• Doing a mitzvah may cause harm from the נשמות in the cemetery.

The Gemara explains that this exemption only is if the person…

• ...is within 4 amos of a grave.
• ...is also a relative of somebody buried there.
• …is also watching the grave from thieves.
• is about to bury a different מת.

What happens if there are two שומרים watchimg the מת?

• They are both exempt.
• They take turns saying shema.
• One should go home since both are not needed.
• They are giving more honor to the dead.