English: It is taught: If one was walking in filthy alleys and was reading the Shema — he must stop; and if he did not stop, of him the verse says: “Because he has despised the word of Hashem.”
Type of Learning
Despising the divine word through careless speech of holiness.
What Is Learned
Continuing sacred words in a place of filth is read as contempt for Hashem’s word.