Commentary for Avodah Zarah 92:10
בעי רמי בר חמא המשתחוה לקמת חטים מהו למנחות יש שינוי בנעבד או אין שינוי בנעבד
Rami b. Hama asked: What if one had worshipped a stalk of wheat [in a field]; may it be subsequently used for a minhah offering? Is there a rule of “change” when it comes to something worshipped or is there not?
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
When it comes to certain laws, if an object has been modified in some ways, it loses its original status. For instance, if a thief steals a piece of wood and then modifies it into something else, he need not return the wood. He must only return the value of the wood. The question here is whether when he harvests the grain and eventually grinds it into flour it loses its status as a worshipped thing.
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