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avodah zarah en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (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. 1992 September 8, Yechezkal Shimon Gutfreund, “Not a Charm?”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet):
    • The eradication of the mindset of avodah zarah is a lifelong quest. 2022 September 1, Rabbi Elie Feder, Gematria Refigured, Mosaica Press, →ISBN, page 44: