Mesorat%20hashas for Avodah Zarah 108:3

כי אתא רב דימי א"ר יוחנן אע"פ שאמרו המשתחוה לקרקע עולם לא אסרה חפר בה בורות שיחין ומערות אסרה כי אתא רב שמואל בר יהודה א"ר יוחנן אע"פ שאמרו המשתחוה לבעלי חיים לא אסרן עשאן חליפין לעבודת כוכבים אסרן

When R. Dimi came [from Eretz Yisrael] he stated in the name of R. Yohanan: Although [the rabbis] declared that he who worships a piece of ground does not render it prohibited, yet if he dug in it wells, pits or caves he has rendered it prohibited. When R. Shmuel b. Judah came [from Eretz Yisrael] he reported that R. Yohanan said: Although [the rabbis] declared that he who worships animals has not rendered them prohibited, if he used them in exchange for an idol he has rendered them prohibited.

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