A buddah Just For Decoration?
Divine Code for August 29, 2022
Today: Page 143
Topic 5:4 -- 5:8
It is permitted to make (non-idolatrous) decorative human images that are engraved, painted, woven or embroidered. Also a three-dimensional partial human form is permitted.
It is forbidden to make three-dimensional human or angel forms.
One must be careful of what might be seen as decorative forms that are painted but are still idols, as can be the case with religious icons.
One must be careful of what might be seen as decorative forms that are painted but are still idols, as can be the case with religious icons. In addition, one should be wary of the decorative buddha images that one sees in so many places as "innocent" decoration.
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Sources
The Divine Code by rabbi Moshe Weiner
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