Quoting%20commentary for Avodah Zarah 8:19

ולא ישראל ראוין לאותו מעשה דכתיב מי יתן והיה לבבם זה להם ליראה אותי כל הימים אלא למה עשו

“Would that it were possible that this heart would stay with them and they would revere me forever.” Why, then, did they do these things?

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