Related%20passage for Avodah Zarah 91:2

יכול לשבח לשבח ס"ד אלא יכול לא לשבח ולא לגנאי ת"ל (דברים ז, כו) שקץ תשקצנו ותעב תתעבנו כי חרם הוא

You might have thought [it should be renamed] for praise. For praise? Would you really think such a thing! Rather, you might have thought [that the renaming should be] neither for praise nor contempt; Scripture says, “You shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it for it is proscribed” (Deuteronomy 7:26).

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