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July 19, 2011 1:23 pm at 1:23 pm #1158119
gavra_at_work
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This is a similar question to the more general question of:

The torah says to destroy all Avoda Zara. So what about Molech, Markulis, Ba’al, Ov, and the other Avoda Zara mentioned in Tanach & Chazal? How about the Issur of “lo Yishama Al Picha”, how can one mention the names even in context of Torah?

A simplistic (and perhaps correct) answer is that once they are discussed as Torah, those words are no longer part of the Avoda Zara, but part of Torah. I think the same idea can be applied here as well.