Quiz – Siman 181

Welcome to your Kitzur Quiz - Siman 181

For a claimant and defendant to make a compromise, they:

A) Should each choose a representative to compromise on their behalf

B) May compromise between themselves

C) Should try to compromise before going to a court

D) May lie in order to cause the "compromised" payment to be the actual amount owed

For which of the following defendants may a claimant use a non-Jewish court to carry out proper judgment?

A) A relative

B) A non-Jew

C) Someone who refuses to attend Jewish courts

D) Anyone, as long as both parties agree

E) If there are not Jews in his town who pass the qualifications to judge

Which of the following circumstances are necessary for one to use physical aggression to retrieve an on object which was stolen from him?

A) If he couldn't retrieve it in other ways

B) If there are witnesses there at the time of aggression

C) If there are not witnesses there at the time of aggression

D) If he would lose money by waiting to retrieve it in court

Reuven has one witness who saw Shimon steal his money. Reuven asked Levi to stand next to his witness while he testifies so that Shimon will think that he has two witnesses and be scared to go to court. If Levi did so, it would be...:

A) Permitted

B) לא תענה ברעך עד שקר

C) מדבר שקר תרחק

D) לפני עור לא תתן מכשול

A single witness should testify for:

A) Monetary cases

B) Cases of violating commandments

C) Cases of someone's desire to violate a commandment

D) All of the above

ואשר לא טוב עשה בתוך עמיו - To what does this pasuk refer to?

A) One who swears unnecessarily

B) One who causes a Jew to repay a non-Jew in a secular court

C) One who acts as a middleman to claim a loan on the lender's behalf

D) A single witness who testifies about a Torah violation which occures

May a Jew testify in a secular court against another Jew if it will obligate the Jew money which he would not have been required to pay in a Jewish court?

Yes

It depends

Machlokes

Which of the following are גזרות הכתוב?

A) Not to testify with a witness who you know is invalid

B) Not to testify if one's worried that his memory may not be clear

C) Not to testify with a relative

D) Not to testify when a judge is a relative

E) Not to testify against a realtive

F) Not to testify on behalf of a realtive