An animal was found with its legs cut off. No snake bite is visible. Is it permitted to eat?
Halacha 1 rules that an animal found with cut legs is forbidden due to suspicion of a snake bite — it must be tested by roasting; if the meat does not react abnormally, it is permitted.
Question 2
A person wants to receive medical care from a heretic (apikores) for a life-threatening illness. Is this permitted?
Halacha 9 rules that while treatment from a gentile doctor is permitted when there is no hope for life, treatment from a heretic is always forbidden — the spiritual danger of being drawn toward heresy outweighs even the physical danger.
Question 3
A Jew and a gentile are descending a hill together. Where must the Jew position himself?
Halacha 7 rules that when ascending or descending together, the Jew must always be in the higher position and the gentile in the lower — lest the gentile fall on him to kill him.
Question 4
Why is it forbidden to sell a knife to a gentile?
Halacha 11 prohibits selling any weaponry — including knives, chains, iron, bears, and lions — to gentiles, as these can cause public danger. Shields are permitted since they are purely defensive.
Question 5
Daniel was 'tested' (punished) for advising Nebuchadnezzar to give charity. What principle does this illustrate?
Halacha 14 derives from Daniel's case that it is forbidden to give beneficial advice even toward a mitzvah — to a wicked person who remains wicked, since it strengthens his wickedness.