General Riddles

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

Place the following letters in such a manner that it becomes something which is used to clean: boas
soap (flip the alphabet b so that it becomes p).

Decode the following message: AENDFNDFNNIRDERDESIIEIIEAEND
A friend in need is a friend indeed. Explanation: Write the alphabets in four rows for example:

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Forward I am ton, backwards I am not

I am a part of your body. You can hold me in your left hand but not in your right hand. Who am I?
Right hand.

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
An onion.

Fill in the blanks in the following sentence with an anagram: Almost a _________ started between two brothers to decide who will use their father's _________.
battle and tablet.

If there are 8 chocolates and you take away 5, how many do you have?
5 of course. If you take 5, what else do you expect to have?

As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, and I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready. Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts. What am I?
A Stable

Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.
A matchstick.

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