## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 146

###### Sifrei Devarim 146:1
[Sifrei Devarim 146:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/146:1)

(דברים טז כב) **וְלֹא תָקִים לְךָ מַצֵּבָה**, אֵין לִי אֶלָּא מַצֵּבָה. עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה מִנַּיִן? וְדִין הוּא: וּמָה מַצֵּבָה, שֶׁאֲהוּבָה לָאָבוֹת – שְׂנוּאָה לַבָּנִים, עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה, שֶׁשְּׂנוּאָה לָאָבוֹת – דִּין הוּא שֶׁתְּהֵא שְׂנוּאָה לַבָּנִים!

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 16:22) "And you shall not set up for yourself a monument (*matzeivah*), which the L-rd your G-d hates": This tells me only of a *matzeivah*. Whence do I derive (the same for) an *asheirah* and idolatrous images? It follows, viz.: If a *matzeivah*, which was "loved" for the fathers, is "hated" for the sons, then an *asheirah* and idolatrous images, which were "hated" for the fathers, how much more so are they hated for the sons!