Chapter 2, Mishna 8, 9

Is animal owned by gentile disqualified if slaughtered by Jew with proper intent?
What if there was intent not to use animal for idolatry but to use blood for a later idolatrous ritual?
When do we apply stringencies for improper intent of non-sacred slaughter?
Does intent inside the Temple disqualify slaughter of sacred animal, but does intent outside disqualify non-sacred animal?
What if at time of slaughter there was not idolatrous intent but later decided to use blood in idolatrous ritual?
When is slaughter of animal owned by by gentile valid?
What is relevance of a dying man saying to people present “write a bill of divorce for my wife”?
What does it matter if delivery is included in command or not?
What if he dies an hour after saying “write a get”?
When a healthy man says “write a get for my wife” is the get written AND delivered?
Is a suicidal man in the same category as a dying man?
Can slave in household of priest eat sacred food?
What if priest doesn’t want slave gifted to him?
Can the owner acquire slave against his (owner’s) will?
Does it matter when he protested against having a slave?
Can initial acceptance of gift be retracted?
Are meat and hide of animal owned by gentile permitted to Jews?
If gentile is not violent can Jew decline to slaughter an animal on his behalf? What if gentile is violent?
What if one slaughters an animal for sake of mountains/seas/rivers/wilderness or other natural entities – is it valid?
Is it idolatry to slaughter for the sake of a mountain?
Are there angels?
Do we pray to them?
If a Jew sees the animal of another prone before an idol, and he cuts one siman, is animal forbidden?
If one bows to someone else’s animal, is the animal forbidden for all benefit?
What if he performed a sacrificial rite upon that animal?
When can a person render forbidden an item that is not his?
Does cutting one siman for idolatry render animal forbidden?
What if one makes someone else’s produce impure and that causes him a loss?
What about if someone mixes another person’s terumah with non-sacred produce?
What if someone pours someone else’s wine as libation to idol?
What is relevance of intent in these cases?
When is a Jew assumed to be committing idolatry?

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

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