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The Talmud teaches us that both the First and Second Temples were destroyed because of baseless or wanton hatred, Sinat Hinam (שנאת חנם). Yoma 9b:8 explains that the First Temple was destroyed due to “idol worship, forbidden sexual relations and bloodshed” and that the Second Temple suffered the same fate because of Sinat Hinam. As it says, “the sin of wanton/baseless hatred is equivalent to the three transgressions.” “שנאת חנם כנגד שלש עבירות”
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