Thursday, June 28, 2018

halacha - is it permitted to make a snowman?


Is it permitted to make a snowman? Or is it considered constructing a graven image?


Prompted by this: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/saudi-arabia-issues-fatwa---4967400



Answer



According to Volume 3 Issue 8 of "Halachicly Speaking" (page 3) it is permissible for two reasons:



  1. No one bows down to snowmen


  2. A snowman does not last for very long.


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