Commentary for Avodah Zarah 124:6
ולקברינהו בעינייהו מי לא תנן אחד אבן שנסקל בה ואחד עץ שנתלה עליו ואחד סייף שנהרג בו ואחד סודר שנחנק בו כולם נקברים עמו
Let him bury it as it is, for have we not learned: The stone with which a person was stoned, the tree upon which he was hanged, the sword with which he was decapitated, and the sheet with which he was strangled are all alike buried with him!
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
As we can see, wages earned while working with ordinary wine is just as prohibited. The Talmud asks why R. Hisday told him to burn it and bury it. This is extraordinarily strict to make sure that people don’t accidentally come to use the wheat and that he not benefit from it as manure.
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Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
Why burn it and then bury it? Why not just bury it? This is what is done with the articles used in execution. As an aside it is interesting that the rabbis say that anything used to kill a human being can never again be used. It seems that there is some inherent disgrace, or perhaps even pollution accorded to these instruments. Not only should they not be glorified, essentially they must be destroyed.
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