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Mitzvot by Theme
Idolatry and Gentile Customs

Prohibitions:

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Do not make an idol to worship

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Do not make an idol to be worshipped, even by a heathen

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Do not bow down to an idol

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Do not worship an idol in the way it is usually served.

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Do not swear in the name of an idol.

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Do not lead a town in Israel to worship idolatry.

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Do not eat or drink anything from an offering to an idol.

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Do not turn one’s attention to idolatry.

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Do not benefit from the decoration or ornaments of an idol.

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Do not benefit from idolatry, from its offerings or priests or anything done on its behalf.

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Do not intermarry with a non-Jew

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Do not have mercy on idol worshippers

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Do not follow the fixed customs of non-Jews

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Do not listen to prophesying in the name of an idol.

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Do not entice any Jewish person to worship an idol

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For the enticed person not to bear any affection for the enticer.

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The enticed person may not relinquish his hatred for the enticer

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Do not rescue the enticer if one sees him in danger of death.

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Do not prophesise in the name of an idol.

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Do not make gashes or incisions in one’s flesh in idol-worship over ones dead.

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