Musar for Sanhedrin 206:10

[אחז בטל את העבודה] וחתם את התורה שנאמר (ישעיהו ח, טז) צור תעודה חתום תורה בלמודי מנשה קדר את האזכרות והרס את המזבח אמון [שרף את התורה] והעלה שממית על גבי המזבח אחז התיר את הערוה מנשה בא על אחותו

Amon introduced it into the Holy of Holies, as it is said, For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. XXVIII, 20. ');">¹⁸</span> Now, what is meant by 'For the bed is shorter than that one can stretch himself on it'? — R. Samuel b. Nahmani said in the name of R. Jonathan: For this bed is too short that two neighbours may rule therein together.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A play on the word [H] I.e., the Holy of Holies is too small that God and the idol should rule together. ');">¹⁹</span>

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