Derasha 2 on Kedoshim 19:04

Parashas Kedoshim · Passuk 19:04

The Complete Passuk

אַל־תִּפְנוּ֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֱלִילִ֔ים וֵאלֹהֵי֙ מַסֵּכָ֔ה לֹ֥א תַעֲשׂ֖וּ לָכֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah · Toras Kohanim.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ לָכֶם — יָכוֹל יַעֲשׂוּ לָהֶם אֲחֵרִים? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר לֹא לָכֶם. אִי לֹא לָכֶם יָכוֹל יַעֲשׂוּ הֵם לַאֲחֵרִים? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ — לֹא לָכֶם.

English: “Do not make for yourselves” — might others make for them? Scripture says “not for you.” Might they make for others? Scripture says “do not make” — neither for yourselves nor that it be yours.

Type of Learning

Neither making nor owning molten gods

What Is Learned

The doubled language forbids both fashioning idols and possessing them, whether made by oneself or by others.