Quoting%20commentary for Sanhedrin 127:6
נפק כגוריא דנורא מבית קדשי הקדשים אמר להו נביא לישראל היינו יצרא דע"ז בהדי דקתפסי ליה אישתמיט ביניתא מיניה ואזל קליה בארבע מאה פרסי אמרו היכי ניעבד דילמא משמיא מרחמי עליה
— That too was afterthey were seduced by it. [Continuing Rab Judah's statement:] They fastedfor three days, entreating for mercy; thereafter their sentence fell fromHeaven, the word emeth [truth] written upon it. (R. Hanina said: This provesthat the seal of the Holy One, blessed be He, is emeth.) The shape of a fierylion's whelp issued from the Holy of Holies, and the Prophet said to Israel,That is the Tempter of Idolatry. Whilst they held it fast, a hair [of itsbody] fell out, and his roar of pain was heard for 400 parasangs.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A parasang is 8000 cubits. ');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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