Commentary for Avodah Zarah 103:9
ואידך ההוא מיבעי ליה לכדתני רב יוסף דתני רב יוסף מנין לעובד כוכבים שפוסל אלוהו שנאמר פסילי אלהיהם תשרפון באש
And the other [how does he explain this verse]? He requires it in accordance with the teaching of Rav Joseph, for R. Joseph taught: From where do we know that an idolater can disqualify his god? As it is stated, “The graven images of their gods you shall burn with fire.”
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
1. Ishmael would use this verse for a different derashah. The word for graven is “pesilei” and the word for disqualify is “posel.” So R. Ishmael makes a wordplay—how do we know that a non-Jew can annul or disqualify an idol? From the wordplay on this verse.
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