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האומר ״גד גדי, וסנוק לא אשכי ובושכי״ — יש בו משום דרכי האמורי. רבי יהודה אומר: ״גד״ אינו אלא לשון עבודה זרה, שנאמר: ״הערכים לגד שלחן״.
After some discussion of the ways of the Amorite, the Talmud cites additional statements from the Amorite chapter in the Tosefta and from other sources on this topic. One who says: My fortune be fortunate [gad gaddi] and be not weary by day or by night; that statement contains an element of the ways of the Amorite. R' Yehuda says: That is more severe than the ways of the Amorite, as gad is nothing other than a term of idolatry, as it is stated: “And you that forsake YHWH, that forget My holy mountain, that prepare a table for Gad, and that offer mingled wine in full measure to Meni” (Isaiah 65:11). Gad gaddi is a form of prayer to an idol.
הוא בשמה והיא בשמו — יש בו משום דרכי האמורי.
One who requests that he be called by his wife’s name and she be called by his name for good fortune, his request contains an element of the ways of the Amorite.
״דונו דני״ — יש בו משום דרכי האמורי. רבי יהודה אומר: אין ״דן״ אלא לשון עבודה זרה, שנאמר: ״הנשבעים באשמת שמרון ואמרו חי אלהיך דן״.
One who says: Let my jugs be strengthened [donu danei], that contains an element of the ways of the Amorite. R' Yehuda says: That is more severe than the ways of the Amorite, as Dan is nothing other than a term of idol worship, as it is stated: “They that swear by the sin of Samaria and say: As your god Dan lives” (Amos 8:14).
האומר לעורב ״צרח״, ולעורבתא ״שריקי והחזירי לי זנביך לטובה״ — יש בו משום דרכי האמורי.
One who hears a raven calling and is concerned about a bad omen and says to the raven: Scream, and says to the female raven: Whistle and turn your tail to me for the best; those statements contain an element of the ways of the Amorite.