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This is also taught in a baraita: In what case is this statement, that a convert and a non-Jew are permitted to divide up common property that includes objects of idol worship, said? This is said with regard to property that they inherited; but if they were partners, it is prohibited.
§ The Talmud mentions another discussion among Rav Naḥman, Ulla, Avimi bar Pappi, and Rav Ḥiyya bar Ami. They were sitting again and a dilemma was raised before them: With regard to a non-Jew who resides in Eretz Yisrael and observes the 7 Noahide mitzvot [ger toshav], including the prohibition ag
Rav Naḥman said to them: It stands to reason that one who worships idols can revoke the status of one, but one who does not worship them cannot revoke the status of one.
The Talmud raises an objection to this ruling from a baraita: In the case of a Jew who found an object of idol worship in the marketplace, as long as it has not yet come into his possession, he can tell a non-Jew, and the non-Jew can revoke its idolatrous status. Once it has come into his possession
What is meant by the phrase: Worships it, and what is meant by the phrase: Does not worship it? If we say both this and that are referring to a non-Jew, this is the same as the previous statement in the baraita, that a non-Jew can revoke the status of his own object of idol worship or that of anothe