יורה דעה קמ״בYoreh De'ah 142

Siman 142 of 402 in Yoreh De'ah — 15 se'ifim

Se’if 1א׳

כְּשֵׁם שֶׁהָעֲבוֹדוֹת כּוֹכָבִים אֲסוּרִים בַּהֲנָאָה, כָּךְ כָּל הֲנָאוֹת הַבָּאוֹת מִמֶּנָּהּ אֲסוּרוֹת, אֲפִלּוּ אִם שְׂרָפָהּ אָסוּר לֵהָנוֹת בְּגַחַלְתָּהּ וַאֲפָרָהּ. אֲבָל מֻתָּר לֵהָנוֹת מִשַּׁלְהַבְתָּהּ.

Just as idols are forbidden in benefit, so all the benefits that come from an idol are forbidden. Even if he burnt it, it is forbidden to derive benefit from its coal and from its ash. But it is permitted to derive benefit from its flame.

Se’if 2ב׳

סַכִּין שֶׁל עֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים שֶׁשָּׁחַט בָּהּ, הֲרֵי זוֹ מֻתֶּרֶת, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא מְקַלְקֵל. וְאִם הַסַּכִּין חָדָשׁ, אוֹ יָשָׁן וְלִבְּנוֹ מֵאִסּוּר שֶׁבּוֹ, אֲפִלּוּ לְכַתְּחִלָּה מֻתָּר (לְעֵיל סִימָן י'). וְאִם הָיְתָה בְּהֵמָה מְסֻכֶּנֶת, הֲרֵי זוֹ אֲסוּרָה, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא מְתַקֵּן, וַהֲרֵי זֶה הַתִּקּוּן מֵהֲנָאַת מְשַׁמְּשֵׁי עֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים. וְכֵן אָסוּר לַחְתֹּךְ בָּהּ בָּשָׂר, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא מְתַקֵּן. וְאִם חָתַךְ דֶּרֶךְ הֶפְסֵד וְהַשְׁחָתָה, מֻתָּר.

A knife of an idol with which he slaughtered — the slaughtering is permitted, because he is one who spoils. And if the knife is new, or old and he made it white-hot to clear it of the prohibition that is in it, it is permitted even at the outset (above, siman 10). And if it was an animal at the point of death (mesukenet), the slaughtering is forbidden, because he is one who mends, and this mending is from the benefit of the appurtenances of an idol. And likewise it is forbidden to cut meat with it, because he is one who mends. And if he cut by way of loss and spoiling, it is permitted.

Se’if 3ג׳

נָטַל מִמֶּנָּה כִּרְכָּר (פי' עֵץ אוֹ עֶצֶם שֶׁרֹאשׁוֹ חַד וְשׁוֹבְטִין בּוֹ הַבֶּגֶד כְּשֶׁאוֹרְגִים אוֹתוֹ לְמַעַן יִפָּרְדוּ הַחוּטִין הָעֶלְיוֹנִים מִן הַתַּחְתּוֹנִים) וְאָרַג בּוֹ אֶת הַבֶּגֶד, אָסוּר בַּהֲנָאָה. נִתְעָרֵב בִּבְגָדִים אֲחֵרִים, יוֹלִיךְ דְּמֵי אוֹתוֹ הַבֶּגֶד לְיַם הַמֶּלַח וּשְׁאָר כָּל הַבְּגָדִים מֻתָּרִים.

If he took from an idol a weaver's shuttle (that is, a piece of wood or of bone whose head is sharp, with which they beat down the cloth when they weave it, so that the upper threads may be parted from the lower) and wove the garment with it, it is forbidden in benefit. If it became mixed with other garments, he carries the value of that garment to the Dead Sea, and the rest of the garments are all permitted.

Se’if 4ד׳

נָטַל מִמֶּנָּהּ עֵצִים, אֲסוּרִים בַּהֲנָאָה. הִסִיק בָּהֶם אֶת הַתַּנּוּר, בֵּין חָדָשׁ בֵּין יָשָׁן, יֻצַּן וְאַחַר כָּךְ יַחֵם אוֹתוֹ בַּעֲצֵי הֶתֵּר. וְאִם לֹא צִנְּנוֹ וְאָפָה בּוֹ אֶת הַפַּת בְּעוֹד שֶׁהָאֲבוּקָה כְּנֶגְדּוֹ, (ב"י) הֲרֵי זֶה אָסוּר בַּהֲנָאָה, דְּיֵשׁ שֶׁבַח עֲצֵי אִסּוּר בַּפַּת (טוּר). נִתְעָרְבָה בַּאֲחֵרוֹת, יוֹלִיךְ דְּמֵי אוֹתָהּ הַפַּת לְיַם הַמֶּלַח, וּשְׁאָר כָּל הַכִּכָּרוֹת מֻתָּרִים. גָּרַף אֶת כָּל הָאֵשׁ, וְאַחַר כָּךְ בִּשֵּׁל אוֹ אָפָה בְּחֻמּוֹ שֶׁל תַּנּוּר, הֲרֵי זֶה מֻתָּר, שֶׁהֲרֵי עֲצֵי הָאִסוּר הָלְכוּ לָהֶם. הַגָּה: הָא דְּאָמְרִינַן יֵשׁ שֶׁבַח עֵצִים בְּפַת הַיְנוּ בְּדָבָר שֶׁאָסוּר בַּהֲנָאָה, אֲבָל אִם אָפָה אוֹ בִּשֵּׁל אֵצֶל דָּבָר שֶׁאָסוּר בַּאֲכִילָה, אֲפִלּוּ אֲבוּקָה כְּנֶגְדּוֹ מֻתָּר (מָרְדְּכַי פֶּרֶק הַשּׂוֹכֵר וְתוֹסָפוֹת וְעוֹד פּוֹסְקִים).

If he took wood from it, it is forbidden in benefit. If he heated the oven with it, whether new or old, it must be cooled, and afterwards he heats it with permitted wood. And if he did not cool it and baked the bread in it while the blaze was still before it, (Beit Yosef) this is forbidden in benefit, for there is in the bread an improvement from the forbidden wood (Tur). If it became mixed with others, he carries the value of that bread to the Dead Sea, and the rest of the loaves are all permitted. If he raked out all the fire and afterwards cooked or baked with the heat of the oven, this is permitted, for the forbidden wood is gone. Hagah [Rema]: This that we say, that there is in the bread an improvement from the wood, is with a thing that is forbidden in benefit; but if he baked or cooked beside a thing that is forbidden in eating, it is permitted even with the blaze before it (Mordechai, chapter "One who hires", and the Tosafot, and further poskim).

Se’if 5ה׳

קְעָרוֹת וְכוֹסוֹת וּקְדֵרוֹת וּצְלוֹחִיּוֹת שֶׁבִּשְּׁלָן הַיּוֹצֵר בַּעֲצֵי אֱלִילִים, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ אֲסוּרִים בַּהֲנָאָה, שֶׁהֲרֵי דָּבָר הָאָסוּר בַּהֲנָאָה עָשָׂה אוֹתָם חֲדָשִׁים. (הַסְעִיפִים ה' ו' ז' הוּא לְשׁוֹן הָרַמְבַּ"ם פי"ז מהמ"א רַק שֶׁהַמְחַבֵּר כָּתַב עֲצֵי אֱלִילִים בִּמְקוֹם קְלִיפֵּי עָרְלָה)

Dishes and cups and pots and flasks that the potter fired with the wood of idols are forbidden in benefit, for a thing that is forbidden in benefit made them new. (Se'ifim 5, 6 and 7 are the language of the Rambam, chapter 17 of the Laws of Forbidden Foods, save that the author wrote "the wood of idols" in place of "the shells of orlah" — the fruit of a tree's first three years, forbidden in use)

…and 10 more se'ifim in this siman.

Become a premium member

Or start free — a free account opens your first 5 gematria searches in full. Create free account

The daily learning is free on your account, every day.

Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah — Torat Emet 357 edition, via Sefaria — public domain

English: Sefaria Community Translation — CC0

English rendered from the Hebrew for this app — The Gematria's own rendering program. A rendering of the words, not a ruling; practical halacha is learned with a rav