Ho To Nullify or Destroy an Idol?
Divine Code for September 12, 2022
Today: Page 171
Topic 8:13 -- 8:14
An idol of a non-Jew can be nullified by any mentally healthy and mature non-Jew.
A Jew cannot nullify an idol but he have the obligation to destroy it.
An expression in the Talmud is that it should be "removed from sight". This expression today means that the idol must be totally destroyed if an idol comes into the possession of a Jew and is not nullified.
An expression in the Talmud is that it must be "removed from sight". This expression today means that if an idol, if it is not nullified, comes into the possession of a Jew, it must be totally destroyed.
After the idol has been nullified by a non-Jew, both Jew and non-Jew may benefit from it.
If the idol-object has not been nullified, a Jew is commanded that he may not benefit from it (Deut. 7:26 and 13:18). This is a logical prohibition for Gentiles.
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Sources
The Divine Code by rabbi Moshe Weiner
With Thanks to dr. Michael Schulman
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