Quiz — הלכות סוטה פרק ד

Question 1

On which date does the court specially review which women should be compelled to drink the bitter water?

Halacha 1 states that on the fifteenth of Adar the court attends to communal needs, including determining which women should be compelled to drink.

Question 2

If a sotah says 'I will not drink' while calm and unafraid, what happens?

Halacha 3 rules that a calm, deliberate refusal cannot be retracted.

Question 3

If a sotah refuses to drink before the scroll has been blotted out, what happens to the scroll?

Halacha 4 rules that the scroll is entombed and is not fit for another sotah.

Question 4

Which of the following disqualifies a sotah scroll?

Halacha 9 rules that using kankantum or any permanently marking substance renders the scroll unacceptable.

Question 5

Through gilgul sh'vuah, which period may a husband NOT include in his wife's sotah oath?

Halacha 17 explains the oath cannot include periods when infidelity would not make her forbidden to him.

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