Quoting%20commentary for Avodah Zarah 21:9

והא תניא שורפין על המלכים ולא מדרכי האמורי ואי חוקה היא אנן היכי שרפינן והכתיב (ויקרא יח, ג) ובחוקותיהם לא תלכו

But has it not been taught, The burning of articles at a king’s [funeral] is permitted and it is not “the way of the Amorites”? ow if it is an idolatrous practice how could such burning be allowed?... Is it not written, “And in their statutes you shall not walk” (Leviticus 18:3)?

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