Quoting%20commentary for Avodah Zarah 85:17

ושמשין שאי אפשר לעשות כמותן מי שרי והתניא לא תעשון אתי לא תעשון כדמות שמשי המשמשים לפני במרום

And are His attendants which cannot be reproduced in their likeness really allowed? Has it not been taught: “You shall not make with Me”, which means “You shall not make according to the likeness of My attendants who serve before Me in the heavens”!

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