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SUMMARY
1. If a utensil with a diagram of the sun, moon, or a dragon is found, it must be thrown into the Dead Sea, according to the Tana Kama. Rebbi Yehudah adds also a utensil with a diagram of a nursing woman or a diagram of Yosef.
2. A Nochri can nullify his own or his friend’s Avodah Zarah.
3. A minor Nochri cannot nullify an Avodah Zarah.
4. If a person saves an item from a wild animal or from a raging river, he may keep it because the owner forfeited his ownership.
5. If a Nochri loses an Avodah Zarah, it retains its status as an Avodah Zarah.
6. It is forbidden to make a structure with the dimensions of the Heichal or of the Ulam, or to make a courtyard with the dimensions of the Azarah, or a table or candelabrum with the dimensions of the Shulchan or Menorah.
7. It is forbidden to make a candelabrum with the dimensions of the Menorah from any type of metal, according to the Tana Kama. Rebbi Yosi maintains that it is forbidden to make it even out of wood.
8. It is forbidden to make an image of the four faces of the Merkavah, of a person, of an angel, and of the sun, moon, and stars.
9. A ring with a protruding stamp may not be worn. The stamp may be used.
10. A ring with a sunken stamp may be worn, but the stamp may not be used.
11. If a person finds a metal Avodah Zarah, he should grind it up and let the wind carry it away, or throw it into the sea, according to Rebbi Yosi. The Rabanan disagree.
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A BIT MORE
1. According to Rebbi Yehudah, it is forbidden only if there is a diagram of Yosef measuring grain, or of a woman nursing a child.
2. Even if a Nochri is forced against his will to nullify an Avodah Zarah, the nullification is valid.
3. Only a Gadol who understands the intricacies of an Avodah Zarah can nullify it.
4. If a person finds an item in a thoroughfare or a town square, he may keep it because the owner forfeited his ownership.
5. Although the Nochri forfeited his ownership of the Avodah Zarah, he still considers it an Avodah Zarah. He assumes that it will be found by another Nochri who will worship it, or that if a Yisrael finds it he will sell it to a Nochri who will worship it.
6. However, it is only forbidden to make a candelabrum with seven branches. If it is made with five, six, or eight branches, it is permitted.
7. The Menorah in the Beis ha'Mikdash was valid even if it was made from a metal other than gold. According to Rebbi Yosi, the Menorah was valid even if it was made from wood.
8. The prohibition against making the four faces of the Merkavah applies only when all four faces of the Merkavah are made together. The exception is making an image of a person, which is prohibited even if it is made separately.
9. The ring may not be worn because of the concern that people will think he worships it as an Avodah Zarah. The stamp may be used because the seal that is made will not protrude.
10. The stamp may not be used because the seal will protrude.
11. According to the Rabanan, he should throw it into the sea. He should not grind it up and allow the wind to carry it away, because it may fertilize his friend's field and thus he will be benefiting from an Avodah Zarah.
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