Sanhedrin 63b § 1

Idolatry to Allow Immorality

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Question:  Why did the Jews of earlier
      generations get involved in Idolatry?
Answer:    The Jews knew that there is no
      substance to idolatry but they
      engaged in it only to permit for
      themselves open sexual immorality.
Their altars are like the
remembering of their sons.

Question:  Did the Jews long for idolatry like
      a father who longs after his son?
Answer:   That was after they became
      attached and addicted to Idolatry.

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