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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Dovid Hofstedter’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

[Music] Worship of idols, page 44, beginning with the help of God, page 33, page 2, in the lower Mishnah, Moses studies 40 days and 40 nights in holiness and purity with the Holy One, blessed be He Himself. 40 days end days end after he has been so exalted. The Holy One, blessed be He, tells him, Moses, go, come down, return to this world, I have hard news to tell you. He will redeem your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt. They made a calf for themselves, they made a mask for themselves, they committed idolatry. Do you believe? believe? Moses himself recounts such a thing in the Book of Deuteronomy: "I took your grain that you made into a calf," says Moses. "I took the golden calf and burned it in the fire. Grind it thoroughly until it is as fine as dust. There is a better way to deal with idolatry than what Moses himself did. Therefore, Rabbi Yossi says, "In my opinion, everyone should do as Moses did. If he finds idolatry or tools of idolatry, he should grind it and scatter the ashes to the wind so that a judge will not stumble over it, or he should throw it into the sea." The sages told him, "But there is a problem here." sages told him, "But there is a problem here." If you scatter the chips, these little pieces, this thin layer of dirt from the statue, it becomes garbage. They will enjoy it because it will litter the fields. And this is forbidden, as it is said, "Nothing from the forbidden shall stick to your hand ." Ta'aniyah in the Baraita said to them, "Rabbi Yossi, if you ask about me, ask our Lord Moses, but he has

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1. 0:00[Music] Worship of idols, page 44, beginning with the help of God, page 33, page 2,…
2. 2:02sages told him, "But there is a problem here." If you scatter the chips, these little…
3. 4:42from that idolatry. The Gemara asks, "And he placed the Kidron Valley on the Kidron Valley…
4. 6:50grind it down to make it just like fine dust, and there is no fear of…
5. 9:30until he came with it, he would say that he was an idolater and abolished idolatry.…
6. 12:04He was the son of King David, trying to say, "I will reign." He wanted to…
7. 14:15idolatry here. This idolatry cannot rob us of our bathhouse and make it forbidden to us,"…
8. 16:52Fraudulent matters are permitted to be said in the bathhouse, even in the holy language, but…
9. 18:59Gamliel when he said to me, I did not come within the boundaries of that Aphrodite.…
10. 21:41now he is angry with her and despises her, and later he appeases her, therefore he…

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