Honoring a Fool Is Like Throwing a Stone to Merkulis

Midrash Mishlei 26:2

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(Proverbs 26:8): "As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool." Rabbi Alexandrai said: Anyone who apportions honor to a fool is like one who throws a stone to Merkulis [the pagan idol whose worship was performed precisely by hurling stones at it].

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