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WorksheetsRosh Hashana 28a-b
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
From where to where was the Halacha sent to שמואל's father
From ארץ ישראל to בבל
From בבל to ארץ ישראל
From ארץ ישראל to סורא
From נהרדעא to ארץ ישראל
In which city did שמואל's father live?
נהרדעא
סורא
פומבדיתא
מתא מחסיא
מחוזא
One who experiences episodes when he is insane
Is always responsible to keep all מצות
Is responsible to keep all מצות when he is sane
Is never responsible to keep מצות
Is not responsible to keep any מצות when he is insane
רב אשי explained, the Halacha sent to שמואל's father regarding one being compelled to each מצה, was discussing one who was compelled:
by a demon
by Persians
by hunger
some unknown reason
The Gemara ruled out, that the Halacha sent to שמואל's father regarding one being compelled to each מצה, was discussing one who was compelled:
by a demon
by Persians
by hunger
some unknown reason
רבא implies from the statement sent to שמואל's father that One who blows שופר for music:
has fulfilled his obligation
has not fulfilled his obligation
has fulfilled his obligation only if he also has in mind the מצוה
needs to verbalise that he also has in mind the מצוה
The reason why מצה and blowing שופר might be different is because:
By מצה one needs to eat, where by שופר it needs to be a memorial
Regardless what the intent is, eating מצה is a poor mans bread
מצה is something that needs to be done personally, where by שופר one can blow for many
מצה is made from the growing specie, where as a שופר comes from the animal specie
From רבא's statement, that one who blows a שופר for music has fulfilled his Shofar blowing obligation, we learn:
One does not need intent when fulfilling a מצוה
One needs intent when fulfilling a מצוה
One needs to do the מצוה in the correct time
When the act has no substance to it (like sound), one needs intent
The questioner learnt: When reading the Torah during the time for reading קריאת שמע:
One needs intent to fulfil the מצוה
One needs intent to read correctly
One doesn't need intent
The responder learnt: When reading the Torah during the time for reading קריאת שמע:
One needs intent to fulfil the מצוה
One needs intent to read correctly
One doesn't need intent
The reason one needs intent to read properly when checking the ספר תורה is:
When vocalising during checking one might pronounce the extra or missing letters of the word
If one doesn't have in mind to read properly, it is possible to make mistakes in the vowels
Since he is reading to check, it is not obvious from his actins that he is doing it for the מצוה of reading שמע
