12-30-2009, 03:01 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-30-2009, 03:03 AM by Director Michael.)
Rabbi Moshe Weiner, author of "The Divine Code," sent the following answer to this question:
Clouds, the sun, the moon, and the planets and stars are all examples of natural objects. Therefore the ruling for those is the same as written in the book regarding a mountain or a sea (p.225):
"Any natural object (such as a mountain, hill, tree or animal) that was worshiped as a deity, but which was not altered by the worshiper through an act of the idol worship, does not become forbidden for benefit."
Clouds, the sun, the moon, and the planets and stars are all examples of natural objects. Therefore the ruling for those is the same as written in the book regarding a mountain or a sea (p.225):
"Any natural object (such as a mountain, hill, tree or animal) that was worshiped as a deity, but which was not altered by the worshiper through an act of the idol worship, does not become forbidden for benefit."