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Avodah Zarah 13: גּוֹי שֶׁעָשָׂה מִשְׁתֶּה לִבְנוֹ

jyungar July 1, 2025

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Among the things that the Mishna prohibits selling to a pagan idol worshiper are:

itzterubalin – pinecones

benot shuaḥ – white figs

petotarot­ – stems (of the abovementioned itzterubalin and benot shuaḥ, which were hung by their stems in front of the idol)

levona ­- frankincense

tarnegol lavan­ -a white rooster

All of these are forbidden to be sold since a Jew is not allowed to assist a non-Jew in performing pagan idol worship. As one of the seven Noaḥide laws, such worship is prohibited to the non-Jew, and therefore forbidden to the Jew because of lifnei iver lo titen mikhshol – the prohibition against putting a stumbling block before the blind (see Lev. 19:14).

We explore the mythic history of the white rooster.

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