Commentary for Avodah Zarah 104:8
לימא מסייע ליה מזרחית צפונית בה גנזו בית חשמונאי את אבני המזבח ששקצו אנשי יון ואמר רב ששת ששקצו לעבודת כוכבים
Shall we say that [Rabbi] has support [from this Mishnah]: In the north-east the Hasmoneans stored away the altar-stones which the Greeks had made abominable. And R. Sheshet said: They had made them abominable through idolatry?
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
Rabbi’s opinion might be supported by a tradition that the Hasmoneans (the Maccabees) stored away (put in a geniza) the stones from the altar which the Greeks had defiled through idolatry.
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