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The Gemara (Sanhedrin, 106a) relates that Bilaam told Balak that Hashem hates prostitution, and that the Jews love linen garments. Therefore, he came up with the following plan. They made a bunch of curtains and had old harlots selling the linen garments outside for their true value, then he would have young (very attractive) harlots selling them inside (more secluded) at cheaper prices (in order so that the Jews would buy from the young harlots and realize the great deals). The Jews would (obviously) go buy their linen from the young harlots (since they came at cheaper prices), and after a few sales the young harlots would tell the Jews, "You are like family, take what you want for free." They would then pop out the wine and have the Jews drink in order to arouse their evil inclinations. After drinking the Jews would then ask the harlots to have relations with them...To which the young harlots would then take out an idol and tell them that they must first serve the idol. However, the Jews would respond that they are Jewish and thus cannot serve idolatry. To which the harlots would respond that they must simply excrete in front of it (since that's how the idol was meant to be served, and the Jews were unaware of this). And after the Jews would serve the idol, the harlots would add on a second condition--that they must deny the whole entire Torah...and the Jews (sadly) would follow through.

Source: http://jasonbehar.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/07/balak.HTML

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