To throw stone at Mecury/to intend to do good and yet commit a crime (Mercury was worshipped by stonethrowing)

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To throw stone at Mecury/to intend to do good and yet commit a crime (Mercury was worshipped by stonethrowing)

To throw stone at Mecury/to intend to do good and yet commit a crime (Mercury was worshipped by stonethrowing)

Figuratively by metaphor: to perform an act with good intention and pure heart, yet it is found to be doing an evil thing (originally: to throw a stone at the idol statue Marculis in order to harm it, but also the worshippers of this idol customarily worshipped it by throwing stones at it).

("Like a stone in a mortar - as one who throws a stone at Mercury, this is his work, so everyone who honors the wicked, this is his work" - added Masque of Evil (Zuckermandel), chapter 6, and so: "He who throws a stone at Mercury - this is his work, even on the back of a donkey To stone her (as if to say: Even if one intends only to stone her with stones and not to do any other work)" - Sanhedrin 33 a.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

זָרַק אֶבֶן לְמַרְקוּלִיס

Definition (Hebrew)

בִּמְלִיצָה בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: עָשָׂה מַעֲשֶׂה מִתּוֹךְ כַּוָּנָה טוֹבָה וּבְתֹם לֵב אַךְ נִמְצָא עוֹשֶׂה דָּבָר רַע (בַּמָּקוֹר: זָרַק אֶבֶן כְּלַפֵּי פֶּסֶל הָאֱלִיל מַרְקוּלִיס כְּדֵי לִפְגֹּעַ בּוֹ, וְאוּלָם גַּם עוֹבְדֵי אֱלִיל זֶה דַּרְכָּם לַעֲבֹד אוֹתוֹ בִּזְרִיקַת אֲבָנִים כְּלַפָּיו).

("כִּצְרוֹר אֶבֶן בַּמַּרְגֵּמָה- כְּשֵׁם שֶׁזּוֹרֵק אֶבֶן לְמֶרְקוּלִיס הֲרֵי זֶה עוֹבֵד עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה, כָּךְ כָּל הַמְּכַבֵּד אֶת הָרֶשַׁע הֲרֵי הוּא כְּאִלּוּ עוֹבֵד עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה"- תּוֹסֶפְתָּא מַסֶּכֶת עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה (צוּקֶרְמַנְדֶּל) פֶּרֶק ו, וְכֵן:"הַזּוֹרֵק אֶבֶן לְמֶרְקוּלִיס- זוֹ הִיא עֲבוֹדָתוֹ, אַף עַל גַּב דְּמִכַּוֵּן לְמִרְגְּמֵהּ (כְּלוֹמַר: אֲפִלּוּ שֶׁמִּתְכַּוֵּן רַק לִרְגֹּם בַּאֲבָנִים וְלֹא לַעֲבֹד עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה)"-סַנְהֶדְרִין סַד ע"א)

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