The Cherubs

"Said Rav Ktina: 'When the Israelites were coming on pilgrimage to the temple in Jerusalem the priests were folding up the curtains and showing them the two Cherubs that were in the midst of lovemaking with each other and telling them: 'See your love with God, like the love of masculine and feminine' ".

Babylonian Talmud, Yoma 54\a

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