Commentary for Avodah Zarah 90:2

ממאי מדקתני סיפא מפני מה אשירה אסורה מפני שיש בה תפיסת ידי אדם וכל שיש בו תפיסת ידי אדם אסור וכל שיש בו תפיסת אדם לאתויי מאי לאו לאתויי אילן שנטעו ולבסוף עבדו

From where [do I know that this is R. Yose Hagalili’s opinion]? From the end of the Mishnah: And why is an asherah prohibited? Because there was manual labor connected with it, and whatever has manual labor connected with it is prohibited. And what does the phrase, “whatever has manual labor connected with it,” come to include? It surely includes the case of a tree which had been planted and was subsequently worshipped.

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