Commentary for Sanhedrin 120:17

סלקא דעתך אמינא כי אתרו ביה קטלא כי לא אתרו ביה כרת קמ"ל

I might think that I may alsoinclude embracing, kissing, and putting on its shoes [as punishable bydeath]:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since prostration is specially stated, I might think that it teaches that for any act of adoration, even if it is not the normal mode of worship, and not performed within the Temple precincts, just as prostration, guilt is incurred. ');">¹⁶</span>

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