Chapter 1, Mishna 3, 4, 5

What was Rome’s conscious assault on the Jews/Torah during their festival?
How did they mock our patriarch Jacob?
What is relevance of this festival happening every 70 years?
What were festivals of the Persians? Babylonians?
What are the five established temples of idol worship?
What does it mean that these temples of idol worship are established?
In diaspora, why is the prohibition less strict against doing business with idolators before their festival?
What is law of traveling through place that is observing an idolatrous festival?
How far from city is considered outside the city?
What is law of bazaar of Gaza?
Is it a concern that a non-Jew in Tyre might put his meat into pot of non-Jew?
Can a Jew cook in his own pot next to a non-Jew cooking in his own pot?
When were the sages lenient in case of cooking pots?
When were and weren’t sages concerned with business dealings in Gaza before idolatrous festival?
When is it prohibited to use road that goes to place where idolatrous festival is happening?
If a thorn enters someone’s foot near idolatrous festival, why can’t he bend down to take it out?
If coins are on the ground can he pick them up?
Can one bend down and drink from a spring?
What if nobody can see him bending down?
Do sages distinguish between circumstances when one can be seen bowing down and when one can’t be seen?
What is danger of putting mouth at end of pipe and drinking water in public place?
What can be done if someone swallows a leach or a hornet?
Why is danger of drinking water at night?
What are evil spirits and how are they created?
If there’s an idolatrous city where some shops are adorned for festival, is it permitted to buy from those stores?
What is relevance of what kind of adornments they are?
What does it mean to cause benefit from idol worship and is it permitted?
Can Jew place wreath on his head and head of his donkey to avoid extra tax? (i’m confused)
Can one may go to a fair of idolators and buy animals or slaves to bring them out of world of idolatry?
Can one buy land in Israel from them to sanctify the land?
When can a priest become tamei?

Opening song: Moshe Storch leads Hallel at Beis Medrash Hancock Park

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