Mesorat%20hashas for Avodah Zarah 103:2

והא בכלים אוקימנא לה אמר קרא (דברים יב, ב) אשר אתם יורשים אותם את אלהיהם מקיש אלהיהם לכלים מה כלים עד שיעבדו אף אלהיהם נמי עד שיעבדו ור"ע דלא מקיש אמר לך את הפסיק הענין

But we explained the verse as referring to vessels [and not to idols]! The verse says, “Where [the nations] that you are to dispossess served their gods” (Deuteronomy 12:2), it compares their gods to vessels — just as vessels [are not prohibited] until they are used in worship so their gods likewise [are not prohibited] until they are worshipped. R. Akiva, who does not draw this comparison, would tell you that the “et” interrupts the subject.

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