Drawing or Sculpting Forbidden Images
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- It’s forbidden to make a menorah of seven branches even of other metals besides gold, even if it’s not 18 Tefachim tall, and even without the appropriate designs such as the cups, flowers, and bolts of the menorah. [1] However, it’s permissible to make it out of wood or non-metals. [2]
- If a shul has an electric menorah made with seven braches, the menorah should be kept as is, but menorah’s like that shouldn’t not be made lechatchila. [3]
- It’s forbidden to make a picture or sculpture of a sun, moon, or stars [4] whether the image is protruding or is a flat image. [5]
- One may own a bust or head used to store a wig. [6]
- Some say that it is forbidden to own a full body manikin [7], while others permit but suggest that if one wants to be strict one may cut off a finger of the manikin.[8]
- It is permissible to make or own a toy doll. [9]
Sources
- ↑ S”A Y”D 141:8
- ↑ Shach 141:35
- ↑ Rabbi Ovadyah Yosef in Sh”t Yabea Omer Y”D 1:12, Sh”t Yechava Daat 3:61 (pg 194), Rabbi Mansour on Dailyhalacha.com. See Igrot Moshe YD 3:33.
- ↑ S”A Y”D 141:4
- ↑ Halichot Olam (vol 7 pg 287), Rabbi Mansour on Dailyhalacha.com
- ↑ Rabbi Mansour on Dailyhalacha.com
- ↑ Rabbi Mansour on Dailyhalacha.com
- ↑ Az Nidabru 8:59 writes that it is permitted to own a store manikin which is used to show how certain clothing looks on a person. He bases his ruling on the logic of the Chachmat Adam 85:6 who writes that nowadays there's no suspicion that people worship a human image and also that the manikin is meant to be viewed by the public. He adds that if one wants to be strict one one can avoid all issues by cutting off a finger.
- ↑ Rabbi Mansour on Dailyhalacha.com
