What is assumed about the clothes of an unlearned person (am ha'aretz) regarding purity?
Halacha 1 states: 'An unlearned person... is assumed to be impure and his clothes are considered a midras if they come into contact with pure substances.'
Question 2
Before how many chaverim must a person accept the practices to become a chaver?
Halacha 4 rules: 'When a person seeks to accept the practices of a chaver, he must formalize this acceptance in the presence of three chaverim.'
Question 3
What happens to a chaver who becomes a tax collector?
Halacha 7 states: 'When a chavair becomes a tax collector, a collector of customs duty, or the like, he is stripped of his status as a chavair.'
Question 4
If a chaver becomes suspect in one area of purity law, in how many areas is he suspect?
Halacha 8 states: 'When an unlearned person accepted the practices of a chaver and then becomes suspect with regard to a particular matter, he is suspect only with regard to that particular matter.'
Question 5
Do Torah scholars need to formally accept chaver practices?
Halacha 2 states: 'Torah scholars are assumed to be chavairim. Their word is accepted regarding pure articles and they do not have to undertake a formal acceptance of the practices of chaveirim.'