Monday, September 27, 2010

Regular Water Doesn't Cut it (Avodah Zarah 42b)

It was a problem in Jumanji and the Mask. Just because you throw something in the water doesn't mean it disappears.



Well the Mishnah has an answer. When one finds an object that may have been used in idol worship and you are afraid a Jew might find it and worship it himself, throw it in the dead sea:
If one finds utensils and on them is a figure of the sun or a figure of the moon or the figure of a dragon, he should take them to the dead sea [and cast them into the waters]
With this act, the item will decay and it doesn't matter who finds it. If only those trying to dispose of the Jumanji and the Mask knew this advice!

More substantive posts to come, I promise.
 

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