Commentary for Avodah Zarah 106:7

מנלן דאסרה א"ר אלעזר כתחילה של א"י דאמר רחמנא (דברים יב, ג) ואשריהם תשרפון באש מכדי ירושה היא להם מאבותיהם ואין אדם אוסר דבר שאינו שלו

How do we know it is prohibited? R. Elazar said: It is the same as happened at the beginning of the settlement of the land of Israel; for the Torah said, “And burn their asherim with fire” (Deuteronomy 12:3). But since it was an inheritance to [the Israelites] from their ancestors and a man cannot make prohibited what does not belong to him!

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