Halakhah for Sanhedrin 125:12
לר' עקיבא פשיטא היינו מגדף
— I might think that only for blasphemy does R. Akiba rule that a sacrifice is incurred, since extinction is prescribed for it [if committed deliberately]; but not in this case, since extinction is not prescribed. Therefore Rab teaches that a sacrifice is due, because they [sc. the sacrificing to an idol and the declaring 'thou art my god'] are equalized for it is written, [They have made them a molten calf,] and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and have said, these be thy gods, O Israel [which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXXII, 8. ');"><sup>9</sup></span>
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