Eikev 7:26 · unit 6
Parashas Eikev · Passuk 7:26
The Complete Passuk
וְלֹא־תָבִ֤יא תֽוֹעֵבָה֙ אֶל־בֵּיתֶ֔ךָ וְהָיִ֥יתָ חֵ֖רֶם כָּמֹ֑הוּ שַׁקֵּ֧ץ ׀ תְּשַׁקְּצֶ֛נּוּ וְתַעֵ֥ב ׀ תְּֽתַעֲבֶ֖נּוּ כִּי־חֵ֥רֶם הֽוּא׃ {פ}
You must not bring an abhorrent thing into your house, or you will be proscribed like it; you must reject it as abominable and abhorrent, for it is proscribed.
Chabad / Judaica Press
Source Citation
Torah Temimah points to Avodah Zarah 46a .
TT lemma: שקץ תשקצנו (unit 6 of 7).
Sefaria — Avodah Zarah 46a
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
שקץ תשקצנו. מכאן לעבודת כוכבים שמצוה לכנות לה שם לגנאי יתבאר לקמן ר"פ ראה בפ' ואבדתם את שמם, יעו"ש.
English: “You shall utterly detest it” — from here, that it is a mitzvah to give an idol a pejorative name.
On the daf / in context: Avodah Zarah 46a; expanded in Re’eh on destroying their names.
Type of Learning
Custom (derogatory names for idols)
What Is Learned
One is obligated to call idols by contemptuous names, not honorable ones.
Source pointed to by Torah Temimah. Only Chazal’s words and what they derived are presented. Ashkenazi transliteration.