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What obligates someone who works with another person’s animal to feed the animal during its work?
1. The actual threshing.
2. The initial Kinyan of Meshicah to begin his rental or borrowing.
3. When the animal puts its head down to try to eat.
4. Machlokes between answers A and B.
5. Machlokes between answers B and C.
May someone put an animal in a pen together with its own species, as well as with a different species?
1. Yes, we assume that it will mate with its own species.
2. Only when a Shomer is constantly present.
3. No, although we assume that it will mate with its own species, we are concerned that it will lead to lewdness.
4. No, we must be concerned that it will mate with the other species.
5. The question remains unresolved.
May someone muzzle a threshing duck?
1. Yes, the Torah says Shor, and this Mitzvah only applies to a Shor.
2. No, it works with its full strength, just like a Shor.
3. Yes, the animal whose muzzling the Torah forbade — a Shor — has four legs, and a bird only has two legs.
4. The question isn't practical; ducks don’t know how to thresh.
5. The question remains unresolved.
May workers eat the fruits from a tree they just picked, as they are walking away from it?
1. No, it is no longer “during their work”!
2. Yes, when they picked it on the condition to eat it as they are walking away.
3. Yes, they are still in the field, and are considered still involved in the work.
4. Really not, but the Chachamim permitted it because this way they waste less work time.
5. Really not, but the Chachamim permitted it because it’s better for worker-employer relations.
May a worker eat from one type of food while he is working with another?
1. Always.
2. Never.
3. Only when he takes it by himself.
4. Only when his wife or children take it for him.
5. Only when he's walking.

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