avodah zarah

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avodah zarah

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Borrowed from Hebrew עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה (avodá zará, “foreign worship”).

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Judaism, uncountable idolatry One SCJ commentator said how he felt that the custom of kissing the mezzuzah was something that should be banned as being too close to avodah zarah.

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@misc{avodah_zarah_2026,
  title = {avodah zarah},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/avodah%20zarah},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}