And nothing of the devoted thing shall cling to your hand, so that Hashem may turn from His burning anger and grant you mercy and have compassion on you and multiply you, as He swore to your fathers.
English: “And nothing… shall cling” — Proclos the son of a philosopher asked Rabban Gamliel: Why do you bathe in the bathhouse of Aphrodite, seeing that it is written “and nothing of the devoted thing shall cling to your hand”? He answered him: I did not come into her domain; she came into mine.
On the daf / in context: The presence of an idol in a public bathhouse does not render the bathhouse itself forbidden when the primary purpose of the place is not idolatrous.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Sifrei / Bavli) — the status of a bathhouse containing an idol.
What Is Learned
One may use a public facility that contains an idol when the facility’s primary purpose is not idolatrous and the idol is incidental.