Responsum: On Painting Synagogue Walls
In answer to those who ask me whether or not it is permitted to paint the walls of the synagogue with pictures of grass, trees, and calyxes, we researched the question and our answer is as follows:
At first glance, it would seem that it is permitted because Maimonides wrote . . . “One may form images of animals and other living creatures, except…
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