Commentary for Sanhedrin 121:9
אם אינו ענין לכדרכה דכתיב איכה יעבדו תניהו ענין לשלא כדרכה
even so will I do likewise]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XII, 30. This implies that only the normal mode of serving the deities is forbidden. But, as shewn above, the light thrown upon the general statement of Deut. XVII, 3, whether by prostration or by sacrificing, is in respect of abnormal acts of worship. Now, if prostration teaches that even extra-Temple acts are punished, what is excluded by this verse? ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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