Commentary for Avodah Zarah 102:21
עבודת כוכבים של עובד כוכבים אסורה מיד: מתני' מני ר"ע היא דתניא (דברים יב, ב) אבד תאבדון את כל המקומות אשר עבדו שם הגוים בכלים שנשתמשו בהן לעבודת כוכבים הכתוב מדבר
The idol of an idolater is prohibited immediately. Whose teaching is our Mishnah? It is R. Akiva’s, for it has been taught: “You shall destroy all the places where the nations worshipped” (Deuteronomy 12:2). The verse refers to the vessels which are used for idolatry.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
The mishnah accords with the opinion of R. Akiva—an idol made by an idolater is prohibited immediately. In contrast, R. Yishmael says that such an idol is not prohibited to a Jew until it has actually been worshipped. He derives this from the words of the verse “where the nations worshipped.”
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