We also noted, like Rosh, the view of Chida that coins with human forms are not treated as forbidden objects, even though the depicted images protrude.Īnswer: The reason for leniency in this matter finds its source in the Talmud ( Sanhedrin 64a) where we find the following, which in itself reflects the ongoing battle that Bnei Yisrael had waged against idolatry. We also noted that an object that was never served as an idol is also not in violation. We then cited Rabban Gamaliel’s response to a gentile who questioned him about his using a bathhouse that was adorned with Aphrodite, that when the idol adorns a place that has a very mundane use such as a bathhouse there is no violation of any biblical law as regards idolatry. We noted that the image was probably only a headshot and, as such, Rosh would permit it. We also discussed the image on the coinage of the time of the patriarch Abraham, where there seems to have been a graven image of Abraham, Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca. He is inclined to permit it in certain specific guidelines. We cited the Chatam Sofer in relation to whether one who wishes to sculpt (for a living) is allowed to do so. Synopsis: We first reviewed the Torah’s prohibition as it relates to graven images and the reverence that we accord the reading of the Ten Commandments by standing during their twice-yearly reading.
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