Quoting%20commentary for Avodah Zarah 128:5

מאי עובדה ומאי שאינו עובדה אילימא אידי ואידי עובד כוכבים היינו שלו ושל חבירו אלא לאו עובדה עובד כוכבים ומאי שאינו עובדה גר תושב וש"מ גר תושב נמי מבטל

What does it mean “he worships it” and what means “he does not worship it”? If I say that both refer to an idolater, then what is the difference between “belonging to himself or to another idolater”! Rather is it not that “he worships it” refers to an idolater and “he does not worship it” refers to a ger toshav, and we can learn from this that a ger toshav can also annul?

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