Commentary for Avodah Zarah 24:1

פרצופות ל"ל משום דקבעי למיתני כיוצא בו לא יניח פיו על גבי הסילון וישתה מפני הסכנה

Why then do we need to learn the case of [placing one’s mouth on the faces of the] figures? That is only because he wanted to teach “so also one should not place one’s mouth on a water pipe and drink from it for fear of danger.”

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