Rabbinic Opposition to Images
All images are prohibited because they are worshiped once a year, according to the opinion of R. Meir, but the sages say: [An image] is not prohibited except one that has a staff or bird or orb in its hand. Rabban Simeon ben Gamaliel says: Any [image] that has anything in its hand [is prohibited].
Adapted from the translation of Joshua Kulp.
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m. Avodah Zarah 3:1, adapted from Mishnah Yomit, trans. Joshua Kulp, www.sefaria.org. Originally from https://learn.conservativeyeshiva.org. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) License.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.
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