May I Use New Shoots From a Felled Ashera Tree?
Divine Code for September 10, 2022
Today: Page 167
Topic 8:6 -- 8:7
If my non-Jewish neighbour plants a tree and I go to worship it, he may benefit from the tree.
If I make changes to the tree, he is not allowed to profit from it.
If the neighbour plants a tree for worship (that is called an Ashera tree) or after a while decides to worship it, a pious Noahide cannot use the branches or fruits of that tree.
If the tree is cut down and the trunk remains, it may be used, because a person may profit from natural objects that are not physically adapted by man for idolatry.
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Sources
The Divine Code by rabbi Moshe Weiner
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