Talmud for Chagigah 30:2

עייליה לבי כנישתא אחריתי עד דעייליה לתליסר בי כנישתא כולהו פסקו ליה כי האי גוונא לבתרא א"ל פסוק לי פסוקך א"ל (תהלים נ, טז) ולרשע אמר אלהים מה לך לספר חקי וגו' ההוא ינוקא הוה מגמגם בלישניה אשתמע כמה דאמר ליה ולאלישע אמר אלהים איכא דאמרי סכינא הוה בהדיה וקרעיה ושדריה לתליסר בי כנישתי ואיכא דאמרי אמר אי הואי בידי סכינא הוה קרענא ליה

He brought him to another house of worship, until he had brought him to thirteen houses of worship; all of them told him [verses] like this. To the final one, he said, "Tell me your verse." He said, "And to the wicked (heb. La'Rasha), G-d has said, 'What [use is it] to you to tell my laws... (Psalms 50:16).'" That very child had a stutter in his tongue. It sounded as if he had said to him, "And to Elisha (heb. La'elisha), G-d has said...". There are those who say, "He had a knife with him, and he tore the child [into thirteen pieces] and sent him to the thirteen houses of worship. And there are those who say, "He said, 'If I had a knife in my hand, I would have torn him.'"

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