Commentary for Sanhedrin 125:5
גופא אמר אביי שלש השתחואות בעבודת כוכבים למה אחת לכדרכה ואחת שלא כדרכה ואחת לחלק
To revert to the main text: Abaye said: Why is prostration forbidden three times? Once to prohibit it when it is the normal mode of service, the second even if abnormal, and the third teaches separation' — But is not the normal mode of worship derived from [Take heed … that thou enquire not after their gods saying,] How did these nations serve their gods? [Even so will I do likewise]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XII, 30. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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