Additionally, one is liable if he performs one of the four services used in the Temple: slaughters an offering, burns an offering, pours a libation, or bows down to an idol, even if that is not its usual manner of service. One is also liable if he accepts the idol upon himself as a deity or says to it, "You are my god."
However, if one embraces, kisses, sweeps, sprinkles water, washes, anoints, clothes, or shoes an idol, he merely transgresses a negative commandment. If one vows in the name of an idol or swears in its name, one transgresses a negative commandment. Defecating to Baal Pe'or and throwing a stone at Markulis (Mercury) is a standard service for these idols.
Art: Persian Lady Worshipping the Rising Sun by Maria Hadfield Cosway
However, if one embraces, kisses, sweeps, sprinkles water, washes, anoints, clothes, or shoes an idol, he merely transgresses a negative commandment. If one vows in the name of an idol or swears in its name, one transgresses a negative commandment. Defecating to Baal Pe'or and throwing a stone at Markulis (Mercury) is a standard service for these idols.
Art: Persian Lady Worshipping the Rising Sun by Maria Hadfield Cosway
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