[Avodah] yaarog v' al.....how many? and why?

[Lisa Liel]

On 6/19/2012 9:52 AM, Micha Berger wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 11:46:34AM -0500, Lisa Liel wrote:
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>> On 6/15/2012 11:39 AM, Micha Berger wrote:
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>>> On Sun, Jun 03, 2012 at 02:48:31PM -0700, Harvey Benton wrote:
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>>> : shita, and why? since it is not one  of the 3 yaareg v' al yaavors.....
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>>> CH might be subsumed under AZ, though.
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>> Pardon? Why on earth would chillul Hashem be a toladah of avodah zarah?
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> Now I can get to the actual connection: I could see calling an issur
> against doing that which dissuades others from following the G-d of the
> Jews a toladah of the issur against worshipping another god (or the real
> G-d but not as the Torah says).
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Okay, I see your argument, but I disagree.  The opposite of following 
God is not avodah zarah.

Lisa