Abraham Smashes the Idols in Terah's Shop

"And the LORD scattered them from there." Rabbi Yehudah says: The people of Tyre went off to Sidon and the people of Sidon to Tyre. Rabbi Nehemiah says: All the lands gathered at the mountain peaks, and each one swallowed the people of its place. The Rabbis say: He flooded thirty families away from them; from where did they arise? From Abraham—sixteen from the sons of Keturah and twelve from Ishmael, and these two, "two nations are in your womb" (Genesis 25:23). "Therefore its name was called Babel." A certain student of Rabbi Yochanan was being instructed by him and did not grasp it. He said to him: Why do you not understand? He said: Because I am exiled from my place. He said to him: Where are you from? He said: From Borsif. He said to him: Do not say so, but rather "from Babel-sof," for "there the LORD confounded the language of all the earth." "And these are the generations of Terah" (Genesis 11:27). "And Haran died in the presence of Terah his father" (Genesis 11:28). He was a seller of images. One time he went off to a certain place and seated Abraham to sell in his stead. A son of Noah would come wishing to buy one. He would say to him: How old are you? He would say: Fifty or sixty. He would say to him: Woe to that man who is fifty or sixty years old and wishes to bow down to this thing made today! So he would be ashamed and go away. One time a woman came carrying a dish of fine flour. She said to him: Here, offer this before them. He arose, took a staff, and broke them, and put the staff in the hand of the largest one among them. When his father came, he said to him: Who did this to them? He said to him: Why should I conceal it from you? A woman came carrying a dish of fine flour and said to me, Offer it before them. This one said, I will eat first, and that one said, I will eat first, and the largest one among them arose, took the staff, and broke them. He said to him: Why are you mocking me? Do they have awareness? He said to him: Shall your ears not hear what your mouth speaks! He took him and handed him over to Nimrod. He said to him: Let us worship fire. Abraham said to him: Let us rather worship water, which extinguishes fire. He said to him: Then let us worship water. He said: Let us worship the cloud, which carries water. He said: Then let us worship the cloud. He said: Let us worship the wind, which scatters the cloud. He said: Then let us worship the wind. He said: Let us worship a human being, who endures the wind. He said to him: You are spouting words! I bow down to nothing but fire. Behold, I am casting you into it, and let the God you bow to come and save you from it. Haran was there, undecided. He said: Either way, if Abram wins, I am of Abram's party, and if Nimrod wins, I am of Nimrod's. When Abraham went down into the fiery furnace and was saved, they said to him: Whose party are you? He said to them: I am of Abram's. They took him and cast him into the fire, and his innards were scorched, and he came out and died in the presence of Terah his father.