Yoga

Asked by Faiga · May 18, 2004 · Other

Question

I was recently told that Yoga by definition is avodah zora because the positions are the avodah of Hinduism and as such it is impossible to divorce the exercise from the religion. Any thoughts? Thank you.

Answer

Answered by Aaron Abadi

It's now Universal. Payos used to be for Egyptian Avoda Zara, now it isn't. AA