Commentary for Avodah Zarah 107:2

תנא נעבד שלו אסור ושל חבירו מותר ורמינהי איזהו נעבד כל שעובדים אותו בין בשוגג ובין במזיד בין באונס ובין ברצון האי אונס היכי דמי לאו כגון דאנס בהמת חבירו והשתחוה לה

It was taught: His own [animal] which he worshipped– it is prohibited; but if it belonged to another it is permitted. Against this they raised the following contradiction: Which [animal is considered to have been] worshipped? Any which was worshipped, whether inadvertently or deliberately, whether under compulsion or voluntarily. These words “under compulsion” how are they to be understood? Is it not when a man took his neighbor’s animal by force and worshipped it?

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