Commentary for Sanhedrin 121:13

א"ל באומר איני מקבלו עלי אלא בעבודה

Now, [on Raba son of R. Hanan's hypothesis that prostration throws light on the general statement] is not abnormal worship derived from prostration? — That verse teaches that even if he sacrificed to merculis merely as an act of provocation<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., to God. ');">¹⁰</span>

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