{"id":122,"date":"2011-06-28T08:43:06","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T08:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noahideworldcenter.org\/ask\/2011\/06\/28\/restrictions-on-art-for-a-noahide\/"},"modified":"2011-06-28T08:43:06","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T08:43:06","slug":"restrictions-on-art-for-a-noahide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brit-olam.com\/ask\/restrictions-on-art-for-a-noahide\/","title":{"rendered":"Restrictions on Art for a Noahide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Q:<\/strong> What limitations are there for a Noahide to engage in art?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p dir=\"RTL\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Q:<\/strong> What limitations are there for a Noahide to engage in art? Do the restrictions of Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 168 apply?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"RTL\" style=\"text-align: left;\">(The following is an extract from Chapter 168 of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch \u2013 a brief summary of the Shulchan Aruch: (1) It is written, &#171;Do not make silver or golden gods with Me&#187; (Exodus 20,19). Our sages have taught that this is a prohibition to create figures that exist in the upper or lower sections of heaven. This means not to make &#8230; figures of angels and &#8230; the sun and the stars. And this even applies if the images are not engraved &#8230; (2) Creating a human form is also prohibited, and this includes making a face &#8230; this is forbidden unless it is damaged somewhat &#8230;)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"RTL\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>A: There are different opinions about the prohibition of art for Jews. The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch takes one of the most stringent positions. Today there are rabbis who take a more lenient stand and prohibit only making articles that are meant to be used directly for idol worship. In Rav Kook&#8217;s opinion, the only thing that is forbidden is a full-body sculpture of a human being, because this serves as a reminder of the original prohibition of making idols. A Noahide is forbidden to create articles directly connected to idol worship.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"RTL\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><\/strong><strong>In some cases, the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch includes customs and not only the strict halacha. In specific cases, it is best to consult a rabbi for a ruling.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: What limitations are there for a Noahide to engage in art?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3023],"tags":[1078],"class_list":["post-122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-customs-and-practices","tag-art"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brit-olam.com\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brit-olam.com\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brit-olam.com\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brit-olam.com\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brit-olam.com\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brit-olam.com\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brit-olam.com\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brit-olam.com\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brit-olam.com\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}