Quiz on עבודה זרה מב

Is the Kohen, who looked over the pit with the Shifchah’s Naifel, Tamei?
1. Yes, a Safaik does not remove a Chezkas Tumah that was there.
2. Yes, if we know of one Naifel that was put there, there are probably others as well.
3. No, since the Kohen didn’t see the Naifel, we can assume that an animal had already taken it away.
4. No, a Shifchah does not have Tumas Leidah.
5. No, a Naifel does not transmit Tumas Ohel.
Why can't a Yisrael be Mevatel a Nochri’s Avoda Zara?
1. It belongs to someone else.
2. It’s a Gezeira, perhaps he was Koneh it before he was Mevatel it.
3. A Yisrael can never be Mevatel an Avoda Zara, even when it does not belong to him, because he is supposed to destroy it.
4. Machlokes between answers A and B.
5. Machlokes between answers B and C.
Why are the leaves that fall from an Ashaira tree Assur?
1. They do not become Batel as long as they are still useful (to use as fertilizer).
2. Because the Avoda Zara (the Ashaira tree) is still standing.
3. An Ashaira is unique, in that there is no Bitul.
4. Perhaps the Nuchri didn’t know about the falling leaves to be Mevatel them.
5. Falling leaves is natural by trees, so there is no Bittul.
What is the Halachah about grown birds and eggs on top of an Ashaira tree?
1. They are both forbidden, because they use the tree for support.
2. They are both permitted, because they are independent of the tree.
3. The grown birds are forbidden because they probably eat from the tree, and the eggs are permitted because they do not.
4. The eggs are forbidden because the need the tree for warmth. The grown birds are permitted because they do not.
5. The severity of Ashaira forbids anything that is associated with it.
Who do Nuchrim worship?
1. Anything; the sky (literally) is the limit.
2. The sun, the moon, and Darkon.
3. Anything in the sky.
4. Machlokes between answers A and B.
5. Machlokes between answers B and C.