avodah zarah

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew עבודה זרה (“foreign worship”)

Noun

avodah zarah (uncountable)

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