Commentary for Yoma 76:4
מאי ושם רשעים ירקב אמר ר' אלעזר רקביבות תעלה בשמותן דלא מסקינן בשמייהו מתיב רבינא מעשה בדואג בן יוסף שהניחו [אביו] בן קטן לאמו בכל יום היתה אמו מודדתו בטפחים ונותנת משקלו של זהב לבית המקדש וכשגבר אויב טבחתו ואכלתו
Ben Kamzar could not find one. Concerning [all] former ones it is said: 'The memory of the righteous shall be for a blessing', with regard to Ben Kamzar and his like it is said: 'But the name of the wicked shall rot' - What is the meaning of 'But the name of the wicked shall rot'? - R'Eleazar said: Rottenness enters their names, none name their children after them. Rabina raised an objection: The story of Doeg B'Joseph whom his father left to his mother when he was a young child: Every day his mother would measure him by handbreadths<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' With her handbreadth, on her hand, to know how much he had gained since yesterday.');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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