Jewish%20thought for Yoma 171:9

היכי דמי חילול השם אמר רב כגון אנא אי שקילנא בישרא מטבחא ולא יהיבנא דמי לאלתר אמר אביי לא שנו אלא באתרא דלא תבעי אבל באתרא דתבעי לית לן בה

But if he has been guilty of the profanation of the Name, then penitence has no power to suspend punishment, nor the Day of Atonement to procure atonement, nor suffering to finish it, but all of them together suspend the punishment and only death finishes it , as it is said : And the Lord of hosts revealed Himself in my ears; surely this iniquity shal not be expiated by you till ye die.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' lsa. XXII, 14.');">¹⁵</span> What constitutes profanation of the Name? - Rab said: If, e.g. , I take meat for the butcher and do not pay him at once.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He would learn from my bad example to treat debts dishonestly by delaying and ultimately ignoring the payment.');">¹⁶</span> Abaye said: That we have learnt [to regard as profanation] only in a place wherein one does not go out to collect payment, but in a place where one does not go out to collect , there is no harm in it [not paying at once].

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