Jonah Tripp & Etan Winograd

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Name:
Gemara

Date:_________________________
I. Write whether the statement is true or false. If false correct
the underlined word.
1. For all the Mitzvot Ben al Haav both men and women are obligated.
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2. For all the Mitzvot Av al Haben both men and women are obligated.
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3. For all Positive time-bound mitzvoth both men and women are
obligated. ___________
4. Everybody say/s that swimming is one of the things a father must
teach his son. ____
5. Womens exemption in Brit Milah applies for future generations.
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II. Multiple Choice: (Write correct letter in the line).
6. All of these are Mitzvoth that a father must do for his son, except?
A. Brit Milah
B. Teaching him Torah
C. Teach him how to daven
D. Teach him a profession
7. According to the Ritva whom does the mitzvah of Brit Milah fall upon?
A. The Father
B. The Beit Din (Community)
C. The Child Himself
D. Whoever brings the child into the covenant.
8. If the Father is not there to circumcise his son, whom is obligated
next?
A. The Mother
B. The Beit Din
C. The Child himself
D. The Grandfather
9. All of these are negative commandments that Nashim are exempt
from, except?
A. Violating Shabbat

B. Bal Tashchit
C. Male Kohanim coming in contact with a dead body
D. Bal Takif
10. According to Rambam who is obligated in Karet for the Mitzvah of
Milah?
A. The Father
B. The child himself
C. The Beit Din
D. Nobody
III. Fill in the Blank:
11. The Gemara says if a Father does not teach his son a profession, it is
as if hes teaching him __________________.
12. According to the Gemara the word Tzav in most cases is connected
to the word _________________.
13. The Gemara derives the exemption of Women in the mitzvah of Brit
Milah from the statement: __________________________.
14. According to Rambam, if the Father is not at the Bris and cannot
recite the additional second Bracha, then _______________ makes the
Bracha.
15. The ____________s obligation in Milah is based on the Passuk
Vayemal Avraham.
16. The word ________________ teaches us that one will get Karet, if he
fails to get a Brit.
IV. Short answer questions:
17. List the 5 things the Gemara says a Father must do for his son:
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18. What is the reason that Women arent obligated to circumcise their
sons?
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19. What is the order of obligation regarding whom must circumcise the
son?
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20. According to the Rambam who can make the second Bracha and
WHY?
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21. What happens to the Father if he doesnt circumcise his son?
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V. Scenarios:
22. Rabbi Rodney Ruxin is the head rabbi at a local synagogue in Topeka,
Kansas. A single mother of an 8-day-old boy approaches Rabbi Ruxin and
reveals to him that the child is fatherless. The child is also uncircumcised,
and is in need of a circumcision. Is it the Rabbis responsibility to
circumcise this boy?
23. A father-less child turns 13 and is uncircumcised. He is without a
community/Beit Din, and at this point, the child must give himself a
circumcision, as he is now obligated in the Mitzvah. Does this child recite
the Second Bracha, or is it not included?

24. Selma is married to a non-Jewish man, Bernie and they have a son.
This boy is technically Jewish and Selma wants to give him a Brit Milah
without the Bernies consent. Who is obligated to give this boy a Brit
Milah? Can Serena herself circumcise him?
25. O.J Simpson, a retired football player, wants to convert to Judaism at
the age of 50. He is uncircumcised and realized he is in need of a Brit
Milah. Who is responsible to give O.J a Brit? Will his converting to Judaism
keep O.J out of trouble with the Law?