If a priest purifies his keilim for grape-pressing season and sets them aside for the following year, are they still assumed pure?
Halacha 1 states: 'It is assumed that their status remains unchanged, for unlearned persons do not enter during the off-season to press grapes or olives.'
Question 2
If a source of impurity is found near grape harvesters and they say 'we didn't touch it,' is their word accepted?
Halacha 2 states: 'If they say, "We did not touch it," their word is accepted. This also applies if their children say: "We did not touch it."'
Question 3
When a chaver dies and leaves keilim, are they assumed pure or impure?
Halacha 6 states: 'When he leaves keilim, they are impure. The rationale is that we suspect that perhaps they became impure and he had immersed them, intending to inform people of the need to handle them as pure.'
Question 4
A chaver declares only his tunic was guarded for purity during travel. What is the status of his cloak?
Halacha 5 rules: 'If he said: In my heart, I intended to guard the tunic from contracting impurity but not the cloak, the tunic is pure and the cloak is impure.'
Question 5
One witness testifies that a person's pure foods became impure. The owner contradicts him, saying he inspected and found them pure. Whose word prevails?
Halacha 7 states: 'If he contradicts him and maintains that he inspected them and found them to be pure, his word is accepted and the foods are considered as pure.'