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of R' Volas: No, this halakha is necessary in a case where the non-Jew has partnership in the idol, and it teaches us that it is only a Jew who cannot revoke the status of a non-Jew’s object of idol worship. But a non-Jew can revoke the status of his own object of idol worship.
There are those who teach R' Hillel’s statement with regard to a baraita: R' Shimon ben Menasya says: The status of a Jew’s object of idol worship can never be revoked. What is the reason for the additional emphasis of the term never? R' Hillel, son of R' Volas, says: The emphasis is necessary onl
Mishnah: How does a non-Jew revoke the status of an object of idol worship? If he cut off the tip of its ear, or the tip of its nose, or its fingertip; or if he crushed it, even though he did not remove any part of it, in all these cases he thereby revoked its status as an object of idol worshi
Talmud: The Mishnah teaches that if the non-Jew crushed the idol without removing any part of it, the status of the idol is revoked. The Talmud asks: In a case where he did not remove any part of it, by what action did he revoke its status? Rav Zeira says: The Mishnah is referring to a case where
§ The Mishnah teaches: If he spat before the idol or urinated before it, the status of this idol is not revoked, as this is only a temporary display of scorn. The Talmud asks: From where are these matters derived?