Avodat Kochavim (Idolatry) הלכות עבודת כוכבים
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139Siman 139 – Laws of Avodat Kochavim (Idolatry)Siman 139 · 1 seifim
Read this siman →+Siman 140-141 – The Law of Statues and Forms of IdolatrySiman 140 (continued) · 15 seifim
- 1.It is forbidden to make a raised human figure,…
- 2.Women who wear a wig, and have in their…
- 3.A curtain (parochet) embroidered with images of lions on…
- 4.A cross that Christians hang around their necks has…
- 5.A Jew who happened to acquire a garment embroidered…
- 6.It is permitted to have one's photograph taken. There…
- 7.A raised image of a person showing only half…
- 8.It is customary to decorate the sukkah on the…
- 9.It is permitted to hang pictures of animals and…
- 10.The practice of printing photographic portraits of people on…
- 11.It is permitted to draw images of domesticated and…
- 12.It is forbidden to make an image of the…
- 13.It is forbidden to build a house matching the…
- 14.It is forbidden to make a seven-branched menorah out…
- 15.It is permitted to make wallpaper from fabric and…
143Siman 143 – Not to Build One's Home Adjacent to a House of IdolatrySiman 143 · 9 seifim
- 1.It is proper to be careful, as the preferred…
- 2.An individual living in a multi-story building, with non-Jews…
- 3.An established synagogue where people have prayed for several…
- 4.One should be exceedingly stringent not to enter a…
- 5.Therefore, a Jewish ambassador abroad who is invited by…
- 6.A courtyard containing an idol — it is forbidden…
- 7.Even craftsmen are forbidden to enter a Christian church…
- 8.The consensus of the later authorities is that one…
- 9.It is permitted to pray inside the Cave of…
+Siman 148-150 – Laws of Pagan HolidaysSiman 148 (continued) · 6 seifim
- 1.Nowadays it is permitted to conduct business with non-Jews…
- 2.One does not sell houses and fields in the…
- 3.One who has many creditors is forbidden to flee…
- 4.It is forbidden to give an unconditional gift to…
- 5.Nowadays the custom is to be lenient and sell…
- 6.It is permitted to support the poor among the…
+Siman 150-153 – Laws of Seclusion and Eating with Non-JewsSiman 150 (continued) · 6 seifim
- 1.A Jewish man should not be secluded with idol-worshippers…
- 2.A non-Jew who made a feast for his son's…
- 3.Nowadays it is permitted to be treated by a…
- 4.Weak infants whom doctors require to be given fish…
- 5.It is permitted to get a haircut from a…
- 6.Even though it is forbidden for a man to…
157Siman 157 – For Which Transgressions One Must Be Killed Rather Than TransgressSiman 157 · 7 seifim
- 1.For all transgressions in the Torah other than idolatry,…
- 2.If they force him to transgress regarding idolatry, forbidden…
- 3.Some say that even a young child is permitted…
- 4.The Sages said: it is better for a person…
- 5.A sick person whom the doctor instructs to eat…
- 6.One who travels by airplane or ship among non-Jews…
- 7.It is forbidden to work as a librarian in…
158Siman 158 – Saving a Non-Jew from DeathSiman 158 · 2 seifim
- 1.Nowadays it is permitted to treat non-Jewish patients medically,…
- 2.The vast majority of secular Jews nowadays have the…