Chapter 3, Mishna 1

Are all statues forbidden for benefit to a Jew?
What are the three things held by the statue that makes it prohibited to benefit from?
Does it matter where the statue is?
Why can one derive benefit from statue in city?
What does a staff symbolize?
What if one finds unidentifiable fragments of statues?
If one finds an object in figure of hand or foot, is it forbidden?
What is relevance of how objects of idolatry were broken?
What is relevance of treading on threshold of idol Dagon?
Can an uncertainty ever override a certainty?
If a chaver dies with produce in his storeroom, is it assumed it is tithed?
What about a regular Jew?
What is relevance of hypothetical of nonviable newborn cast into pit?
What is relevance of whether animal dragged it away?
When does an uncertainty override an uncertainty?
Why did priest go to look at nonviable newborn and what is relevance?
What if Jew buys a house and there’s an idolatrous statue in it?
Can a Jew remove the idolatrous statue of an idol, or must an idolator do it?
Why can’t a Jew revoke the status of a gentile’s statue?
If Jew bent the idol out of shape without breaking it, did he revoke its status as object of idolatry?
What is relevance of bizarre ways deity Markulis was worshipped?
Can a Jew travel on a road made of rocks that were originally thrown as an idolatrous practice?
When are shavings from an object of idolatry permitted to benefit from?

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

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