Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, Siman 168

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Which images does the Kitzur forbid a person to make or keep? From the pasuk against making gods of silver with Hashem, the Rabbanan received a tradition against depicting the figures of the upper and lower abodes.

Key points

• The Kitzur forbids the four faces of the Merkava only when all four are made together.
• The Kitzur forbids keeping a ring with a protruding human figure, but permits stamping a seal with it.
• The Kitzur forbids a seven-branched menorah even of other metals, but permits five, six or eight branches.

In this shiur

1. 0:00The Kitzur on forbidden images
2. 1:52Four faces of the Merkava
3. 3:08Images of sun, moon and stars
4. 5:03Telling a goy to make images
5. 5:46Portraits and figures of a person
6. 6:57Signet rings and wax seals
7. 9:20Gazing at images
8. 11:10Replicas of the Beis HaMikdash

Topics

• Forbidden Images
• Beis HaMikdash
• Menorah