Chapter 3, Mishna 3, 4, 5

Is it permitted to fashion image of servant of God?
Can Jewish artists paint a figure of a human being?
What about a sculpture of a human being?
What does it mean “you shall not make gods of silver and gold”?
Who are the top ministering angels?
Is it permitted to fashion figures of sun and moon?
What is relevance of protruding vs sunken seal?
Can one put a ring whose seal protrudes on one’s finger?
Can it be used to create a seal?
Are only complete figures forbidden?
Can damaging a prohibited figure make it permitted?
Is it permitted to perform certain acts for sake of Torah study that would otherwise be prohibited?
What’s an example of this?
Which vessels are respectable and which are disgraceful?
How to distinguish between respectable and disgraceful when it’s not obvious?
What is the proper way to dispose of an idol that comes into our possession?
Is there an issue if ground up idol is thrown into (vegetation of) Kidron River?
Can blood of consecrated animal be desacralized and used as fertilizer?
What is relevance of whether Kidron River yields produce?
How was Moses’ staff with coiled serpent misused?
What is relevance of whether snake staff belongs to Moses or the Jewish people?
If someone worships something that belongs to you, does that make it legally an idolatrous object?
What is relevance of idols burned before/after Itay the Gittite came?
How could David’s crown have been an object of idol worship?
What is relevance of Adonijah exalted himself over king by trying to make crown fit him?
What is relevance of Adonijah’s runners having bodies modified to make them faster?
What was Rabban Gamliel doing in bathhouse of Greek god Aphrodite?
Can one answer questions related to Torah in bathhouse?
Is it permitted to contemplate matters of Torah in the bathroom?
Is it permitted to make secular statements in Hebrew in bathhouse?
What did Rabban Gamliel do when gentile officer Proklus asked question in bathhouse?
What was deception in Rabban Gamliel’s response and what is relevance?
Can one use bathroom on grounds of idolatrous temple?

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

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