Commentary for Avodah Zarah 32:13
אין בונין כו': אמר רבה בר בר חנה א"ר יוחנן ג' בסילקאות הן של מלכי עובדי כוכבים ושל מרחצאות ושל אוצרות אמר רבא ב' להיתר ואחד לאיסור וסימן (תהלים קמט, ח) לאסור מלכיהם בזיקים
One should not join them in building a basilica, an executioner’s scaffold, a stadium or a tribune. Rabbah b. Bar-Hana said in the name of R. Yohanan: There are three kinds of basilica-buildings: those of kings, baths, or store-houses. Rava said: Two of these are permitted and one is forbidden; as a reminder, “To bind their kings with chains” (Psalms 149:8).
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
Yohanan says that there are three kinds of basilicas, and Rava elaborates that only one of these is prohibited—the basilica associated with the king. One may build with idolaters basilicas associated with bath-houses and store-houses.
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