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A city in which there is idol worship, outside of it, it is permitted to conduct business. If there was idol worship outside of it, it is permitted within. May one go to a place where an idolatrous festival is taking place? Should the road lead only to that place, it is forbidden; if one could go by this road to another place, it is permitted.
The Gemora asks: What does the Mishna mean when it states, “outside of the city”? Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish said in the name of Rabbi Chanina: It is referring to the meat market (which was located in close proximity to the) outside of Azza. Some say that Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish asked Rabbi Chanina: What is the law regarding the meat markets outside of Azza? Rabbi Chanina replied: Did you never go to Tzur and see a Jew and idolater cooking two separate pots on a stove? The sages did not worry about this.
We explore the notion of Marit Ayin and further the talmudic ambivalence to greco-roman iconography.