Commentary for Avodah Zarah 88:9
ואני אומר אינה גנובה זו עבודתה בכך וזו אין עבודתה בכך
But I maintain that [R. Gamaliel’s answer] was not deceptive, because [in the case of Peor] that is how it is worshipped, but [with Aphrodite] that is not how she is worshipped.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
R. Hama b. Joseph says that there is a difference between the Peor statue and Aphrodite. Peor is worshipped by defecating in front of it (at least according to the rabbis). But Aphrodite is not worshipped in this way, and therefore one who urinates in front of her has disrespected the idol and thereby annulled it.
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