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The Sharia of Moses in the TORA
Part 2 - The 365 Prohibitions of the Tora
30 - ADOPTING THE HABITS AND COSTUMES OF UNBELIEVERS
“The Law prohibits everything that the idolaters, according to their doctrine, and contrary to reason, regard as being useful and acting in the manner of certain mysterious forces… Our sages call such acts ‘the ways of the Amorite’; they are kinds of witchcraft, because they are not arrived at by reason, but are similar to the performances of witchcraft, which is necessarily connected with the influence of the stars; thus the customs of the idolaters lead people to extol, worship, and praise the stars. Our sages say distinctly, ‘whatever is used as medicine’ does not come under the law of ‘the ways of the Amorite’; for they hold that only such cures as are recommended by reason are permitted, and other cures are prohibited.”*