{"interpretation": "Cooking on Shabbat is forbidden under the prohibition of kindling fire (Shemot 35:3).", "kushya": "If the prohibition is specifically kindling fire, what about cooking by direct sunlight where no kindling occurs — does Shemot 35:3 forbid that as well?", "torah_refs": ["Shemot 35:3"], "type": "scope_narrowing"}
{"interpretation": "Pikuach nefesh overrides all Torah prohibitions.", "kushya": "If pikuach nefesh overrides all prohibitions, why does the Torah list three exceptions in Vayikra 18:5 and Sanhedrin 74a (avodah zarah, gilui arayot, shfichut damim)?", "torah_refs": ["Vayikra 18:5"], "type": "exception_test"}
{"interpretation": "The eved ivri (Shemot 21:2-6) goes free in the seventh year.", "kushya": "What is the status of the eved ivri's spouse and children acquired during service? Verses 3-4 introduce a complication the principle alone does not address.", "torah_refs": ["Shemot 21:3", "Shemot 21:4"], "type": "edge_case"}
{"interpretation": "The owner of a goring ox is liable when the ox kills (Shemot 21:28).", "kushya": "Verse 28 says the owner is innocent (naki) on the first incident. How can the same verse establish both liability and innocence?", "torah_refs": ["Shemot 21:28"], "type": "internal_tension"}
{"interpretation": "Tzitzit must be worn on a four-cornered garment (Bamidbar 15:38).", "kushya": "What if the garment has more than four corners — does each pair require tzitzit or only four total? The verse specifies kanfei begadeihem without numbering.", "torah_refs": ["Bamidbar 15:38"], "type": "scope_application"}
{"interpretation": "The mitzvah of honoring parents (Shemot 20:12) is unconditional.", "kushya": "Vayikra 19:3 places ish imo v'aviv tira'u alongside et shabtotai tishmoru — the ordering suggests parent-honor cannot override Shabbat. How does that constrain the unconditional reading?", "torah_refs": ["Shemot 20:12", "Vayikra 19:3"], "type": "harmonization"}
{"interpretation": "The Sanhedrin issues capital punishment by majority decision.", "kushya": "Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:1 states a unanimous guilty verdict on capital cases triggers acquittal. Does majority therefore mean strictly between simple majority and unanimity? What about 70-1 vs 71-0?", "torah_refs": [], "type": "rabbinic_constraint"}
{"interpretation": "The terumah of Shemot 25:2 was a free-will offering (yidvenu libo).", "kushya": "Shemot 30:13 commands every adult male to give a half-shekel — that is not free-will. How do these two collection mechanisms coexist for the same mishkan?", "torah_refs": ["Shemot 25:2", "Shemot 30:13"], "type": "harmonization"}
{"interpretation": "The middle letter of Torah is the vav of gachon (Vayikra 11:42), enlarged in the scroll.", "kushya": "If the count is by letter, why are some scrolls' counts off by exactly the difference of including or excluding the enlarged letters as separate items? What is the unit of measure?", "torah_refs": ["Vayikra 11:42"], "type": "method_question"}
{"interpretation": "An eglah arufah ceremony is required when a corpse is found between cities (Devarim 21:1-9).", "kushya": "If the elders declare yadeinu lo shafchu et hadam hazeh, who exactly is being absolved — the elders, the city, the unknown actual killer, or the system that failed to prevent it?", "torah_refs": ["Devarim 21:7"], "type": "subject_identification"}