Translation:Shulchan Aruch/Yoreh Deah/145

Contains nine Seif.

Anything that does not have human grasp and was not made by a person, even if it was worshipped, is permitted for enjoyment. Therefore, one who bows to a mountain is not forbidden, and even the stones of the mountain that have been dislodged and are still in their place, and were worshipped there, are not forbidden. Similarly, rivers and springs of the public and trees that were not designated for idols are not forbidden. However, even though the body of the tree is not forbidden when one bows to it, all the branches, leaves, and fruits that it produces while it is worshipped are forbidden for enjoyment.

Something that does not have human grasp and was worshipped, even though the object itself is permitted for enjoyment, its covering is forbidden for enjoyment. (Servants of the mountain are like its covering and are forbidden, but the offerings of the mountain are not forbidden) (Tav, 56).

A house that was built from the beginning to be worshipped, and one who bows to a built house, is forbidden for enjoyment. If it was built and plastered and designated for idols until it was renewed, he takes what he renewed, and the renewal is forbidden for enjoyment because he made it to be worshipped. The rest of the house is permitted. If idols were brought into the house, as long as it is there, the house is forbidden for enjoyment; if it is removed, the house is permitted.

Rema: This is specifically if the house was not designated for that purpose, but if it was designated for that purpose, it is not permitted unless it is removed from there in a manner of nullification, meaning not to bring it back there (Tur in the name of Rashi). And in Israel, nullification does not work as mentioned above in section 139.

A stone that was quarried to be worshipped is forbidden for enjoyment. If it was quarried and painted and designated to be worshipped, even if it was painted and designated on the body of the stone, he takes what he renewed, and it is forbidden for enjoyment, while the rest of the stone is permitted. (And in idol worship, nullification works even if he did not take from there, only what he painted is permitted if he made it in a manner of nullification) (Rabbeinu Nissim).

A stone upon which idols of star worshippers are placed is forbidden as long as it is upon it; if it is removed, the stone is permitted.

A tree that was planted from the beginning to be worshipped is forbidden for enjoyment. If the tree was planted and it was cut down and designated for idols, even if it was grafted and produced shoots from the body of the tree, he cuts the shoots, and they are forbidden for enjoyment, while the rest of the tree is permitted. A tree that has idols placed under it is forbidden for enjoyment as long as it is under it; if it is removed from under it, it is permitted because the tree itself is not the one being worshipped.

Even though the ground of the world is not forbidden, if he performed an act in it, such as digging pits, ditches, and caves for idols, it is forbidden.

Animals are not forbidden, for even if one bows to his animal, it is not forbidden. If he performed an act by slaughtering it for idols, even one sign makes it forbidden, even if it is not his. Only a star worshipper forbids something that is not his, but a Jew does not forbid his friend's property, as he certainly does not intend to do so except to cause him pain. Some say that even if he has a share in it, he does not forbid it, and if a Jew is a transgressor or he was warned and accepted the warning, he forbids it. (And see above in section 4). (Offerings of the "Bach" and their servants are forbidden) (Tav, 17).

Even though animals are not forbidden, if he exchanged animals for idols, they are forbidden. But exchanges of exchanges, such as exchanging animals for exchanges of idols, are permitted. Some forbid even this.