Yerushalmi Avodah Zarah 3:8 ירושלמי עבודה זרה ג׳:ח׳

MISHNAH: There are three kinds of stone. If he quarried them from the start as pedestal²³¹Greek βωμός. The expression is used exclusively for pedestals of idols (including statues of emperors). From the comparison with the next Mishnaiot one must assume that a pedestal in itself was an object of veneration. it is forbidden. If he whitewashed it and ornamented it for idolatry and renovated, one removes what he renovated. If he put an idol on it and removed it, it is permitted.

HALAKHAH: “There are three kinds of stones,” etc. Rebbi Abba in the name of Rav: This²³²The first part of the Mishnah is not only about stones quarried but about everything intentionally manufactured as an idol. Therefore if a metal statue was cast, the process of casting makes it forbidden even before it is polished and worshipped. implies that what is cast for idolatry is immediately forbidden. Rebbi Jeremiah in the name of Rebbi Eleazar: This implies that if one casts a cup for idolatry it is immediately forbidden²³³A cup is an implement of worship; it is not an object of worship. The statement of R. Eleazar is stronger than that of Rav. The Babli disagrees, 52a..

Rebbi Ila in the name of Rebbi Eleazar: Only if he put an idol on it²³⁴This refers to the second case in the Mishnah, where a stone quarried indifferently is adorned to become an altar.. The opinions of Rav²³⁵It seems that one has to read: R. Eleazar. seem inconsistent. There he says, if one casts a cup for idolatry it is immediately forbidden, and here he says so²³⁶Why for a cup it is immediately forbidden but for a decorated stone only by actually being used in idolatry?? Explain it following what has been stated²³⁷Mishnah 4:4. It is presumed that only a Gentile would make something from the start for idolatry; the most a Jew would do is to adorn an object.: “A Gentile’s idol is immediately forbidden, but a Jew’s when it was worshipped.” There is disagreement about an idol, maybe also for its appurtenances²³⁸In Halakhah 4:4 there is an opinion to the reverse: the idol of a Gentile becomes forbidden only by being worshipped, the Jew’s idol immediately upon acquisition or manufacture.? Rebbi Simeon in the name of Rebbi Eleazar: There is disagreement also about appurtenances²³⁹Even though Mishnah 4:4 and the corresponding baraita are formulated for idols, they are valid for all implements of idolatry. The Babli disagrees, 52a..

²⁴⁰This is completely parallel to the corresponding paragraph in Halakhah 9. Rebbi Ila in the name of Rebbi Eleazar: Only if he put an idol on it. In the opinion of Rebbi Eleazar there are two stones. But have we not stated “there are three stones”? Here temporarily, there permanently.