Quoting%20commentary for Sanhedrin 121:7
אלא למעוטי הפוער עצמו למרקוליס ס"ד אמינא הואיל ועבודתו בזיון הוא אף כל בזיון קמ"ל
R. Aha the son of R. Ika demurred: Would the verse singling out sacrificing not be superfluous on the view of Resh Lakish? Surely he merely rules that the animal is permitted, yet the person may be punishable by death, just as in the case of one who prostrates himself before a mountain, the mountain remaining free for use though the person thereby renders himself liable to decapitation!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., though Resh Lakish rejects the analogy of piggul, he might accept that of mountain worship. For he rejects the former because piggul is in the course of service within the Temple, whilst ordinary slaughter is without. But mountain service, being also without, may provide the basis of an analogy. ');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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