1)
What are Terafim?
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Refer to Bereishis 31:19:1:1-3.
2.
Redak #1: They are copper Kelim used to tell time, even parts of hours, and through them, astrologers can tell the future. (In Bereishis 31:19, Radak said that they often lie).
3.
Radak #2: Some say that astrologers can make a form at certain times, and the form speaks - "Ki ha'Terafim Dibru Aven" (Zecharyah 10:2). 1
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Radak: There is no proof from the verse. The ones who made the forms, they speak!
2)
What is the meaning of "De'u Mah Ta'asu"?
1.
Metzudas David: Prepare yourselves to take [the Efod, Terafim, Pesel and Masechah].
