Q&A: Do Not Make for Yourself a Graven Image or a Likeness
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Do Not Make for Yourself a Graven Image or a Likeness
Question
Hello Rabbi Michi!
How’s life during the intermediate days of the festival?
I have no idea whether the universities are operating, but in any case there’s a bit of a break.
My question is:
If there’s no problem with so-and-so hanging up pictures of Rabbi Kaduri, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, or Rabbi Ovadia, then what’s the problem with hanging up pictures of just ordinary public figures? For example, someone admires Amnon Abramovich, Zalman Shazar, or even Hegel.
What’s the problem with hanging posters of public figures in general? What prohibition is there in that?
Answer
There is no prohibition at all. Let him hang up whoever he wants.