Translation:Mishnah/Seder Nezikin/Tractate Avodah Zarah/Chapter 3/3

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English Translation

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If one finds a vessel and on it a drawing of the sun or a drawing of the moon, or a drawing of a dragon, he should cast them into the Salt Sea. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says; if they are treated with honor, they are forbidden, if they are treated disparagingly, they are permitted. Rabbi Yose says; One should grind it (the vessel) to powder and disperse it among the wind, or hurl it into the sea. The Sages said; Even though it might become manure? As it is said: "And let nothing of the ban cling to your hand" (Devarim/Deuteronomy 13:18).


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