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Hush, so as not to mention the name of YHWH (see Amos 6:10). The child did not want to even hear the mention of the name of YHWH, which his father and his mother did not teach him.
Immediately, the child removed his god from his bosom and began hugging it and kissing it, until his stomach burst from hunger, and his god fell to the earth and he fell upon it, in fulfillment of that which is stated: “And I shall cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols” (Leviticus 26
The Talmud suggests: Come and hear another proof, from the verse: “And they cried in a loud voice to YHWH their God” (Nehemiah 9:4). What did they say in that prayer? Rav Yehuda says, and some say it is Rav Yonatan who says: Woe, woe [baya, baya], this evil inclination for idol worship is what destr
The Talmud continues to relate the story of the prayer in the days of Nehemiah: The people fasted for 3 days and prayed for mercy. In response to their prayer a note fell for them from the heavens in which was written: Truth, indicating that God accepted their request.
The Talmud makes a parenthetical observation. R' Ḥanina says: Conclude from it that the seal of God is truth.