Commentary for Yoma 108:1
כאיש המעורה בלוייה שלו אמר ריש לקיש בשעה שנכנסו נכרים להיכל ראו כרובים המעורין זה בזה הוציאון לשוק ואמרו ישראל הללו שברכתן ברכה וקללתן קללה יעסקו בדברים הללו מיד הזילום שנאמר (איכה א, ח) כל מכבדיה הזילוה כי ראו ערותה
Even as a man embracing his companion.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Loyoth' is connected with the root signifying 'attach', hence 'companions'.');"><sup>1</sup></span> Resh Lakish said: When the heathens entered the Temple and saw the Cherubim whose bodies were intertwisted with one another, they carried them out and said: These Israelites, whose blessing is a blessing, and whose curse is a curse, occupy themselves with such things! And immediately they despised them, as it is said: All that honored her, despised her, because they have seen her nakedness.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lam. I, 8.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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