Mesorat%20hashas for Sanhedrin 125:13
מהו דתימא עד כאן לא מחייב ר"ע קרבן אלא במגדף דכתיב ביה כרת אבל הכא דלא כתיב ביה כרת אימא לא
R. Johanan said: But for the <i>waw</i> in 'who have brought thee up', the wicked of Israel would have deserved extermination.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The verb [H] lit., 'they have brought thee up', is in the plural, the sign of which is a waw (u). By using the plural, they shewed that they did not recognise the molten calf as the sole god, but admitted the divinity of the Almighty too. This circumstance in their favour saved them from complete annihilation. ');"><sup>10</sup></span>
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