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Creating Figures of Priests for Learning

Question

Is it permissible to create a figure of a High Priest or a regular priest with his garments?

Answer

It is permissible even for a Jew to do this, as it is done to learn how they appeared.

Source

Tosafot, Tractate Avodah Zarah, page 43. Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 141, סעיף 4.

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