Keeping Dolls at Home
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Question
Regarding the making of forms that the rabbi wrote about in the recent bulletin. In the commentary of the Vilna Gaon, it is mentioned that the opinion of Ramban and Maharam is to be concerned about the form of a human, even to keep them, not just to make them, and indeed this is supported by Ran and Maharam. My question is, why is there no concern about this initially, to prohibit keeping dolls at home, even if they were not made by oneself? And why did the rabbi not mention this opinion at all?
Answer
Shalom Rav,
Our teacher, the rabbi, pointed out what the Vilna Gaon wrote, that in our times, when it is known that these forms are not used for worship, it is permitted to keep them.
Source
Azmera Leshimcha, Issue 209
Vilna Gaon (Siman 141, Subsection 19),