trying to untangle the threads of connection between idolatry and different sources of impurity can lead one to despair.that's ok. Reish Lakish says that engaging in Torah should be something that you could kill yourself over.
(multi-stranded lines of discussion about what type of impurity is idolatry, comparing it to a niddah, a corpse, a zav, a gentile man or woman, a creeping insect, animal carcass.... trying to follow the arguments got confusing but thankfully Reish Lakish thinks that the Torah that endures is the type of learning that really pushes the limits. for full english translation of this page of talmud, see here)
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