Commentary for Chullin 79:8

אמר רב הונא

Here [in our Mishnah] he declared it to be a sacrifice to the mountain itself,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mountains and other inanimate things the works of nature cannot, according to Deut. XII, 2, be in law regarded as idols; v. A.Z. 45a. Hence sacrifices unto them are not sacrifices unto idols, and therefore the animal is not forbidden for use; it is however forbidden to be eaten since it has the appearance of idol worship.');">³</span>

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