Chapter 4, Mishna 1

If stones adjacent to statue of Mercury were put there for idolatry and some fell off, can they be used?
What is relevance of why they fell off from the main pile?
What’s difference between two and three stones?
Can an offering made to an idol ever be used?
What is meant by term “at the side of Mercury”?
What do we define as a new pile?
How to know how stones were separated from pile?
What is considered two adjacent areas?
If stones are adjacent to each other, are they considered part of same idolatrous pile?
What kind of pile of stones is used for idolatry?
If gentiles used stones for idolatry and then non-idolatrous gentiles used them to pave roads, can a Jew travel that road?
What is difference between stones used as the idol and stones used as offerings to the idol?
Who is the person referred to as the son of holy ones?
When does idolatry prohibit an offering?
Are stones brought as offerings?
What if Jew made road using stones used for idolatry?
Why do stones have different kind of treatment than other things brought as offerings to idol?
Why are sages likened to carpenters?
What is relevance of practices allowed during shmitta year?
Can one remove worms or place manure on tree during during shmitta year or. intermediate festival days?
What is relevance of practices allowed during shmitta year or intermediate days of festivals?
Can one prune trees during shmitta year or intermediate festival days?
Can one smear oil on place tree was pruned to prevent damage during shmitta or festival intermediate days?
What is difference between what is permitted during shmitta year vs. intermediate festival days?
What is difference between placing manure and pruning?
What are two types of placing manure and which is permitted?
When may one smear manure?
What is relevance of purpose of smearing?
What is and isn’t permitted re: stick used in idolatry?
What is one’s liability for breaking a stick used in idolatry?
Is slaughtering a locust close enough to the kind of ritual/offering we bring that it would be forbidden?

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

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