Following God’s promise not to destroy the Jewish people, after the sin of the Golden Calf, Moses requested that God make known to him the qualities of Divine mercy. In response, God showed Moses a prophetic vision, in which He was wrapped in a Tallit as a
Read more →The sin of the Golden Calf is one of the most difficult to comprehend episodes in the Torah. The commentaries discuss at length how the Jewish people could stumble in such a severe sin just forty days after the Revelation at Sinai.[1] The events that led up to the
Read more →The parsha starts with the counting of the Jewish people. The Torah tells us we can’t just count the Jews but they must each give a half shekel and then the shekels will be counted and the number of the Jews will be known.The Torah says that
Read more →Chet HaEgel The Meforshim explain in various ways how Bnai Yisrael could have done avoda zara especially so quickly after Matan Torah. Generally, the mehalchim show how the avoda zara was not really actual avoda zara but that Bnai Yisrael were using the calf as a symbol
Read more →Goal: Understanding of what is Klal Israel. Teacher’s note: Though the lesson of this class is simple, the class itself is a little complex. Make sure each section is totally clear before you go on to the next. Beginning to learn: Ask your class: “Why do we
Read more →30:13 Rav K. brings from the midrash Yalkut Shmoni 386, that Rebbi Yona said with the word “zeh” (this) B’nai Yisrael fell in level when they said “this man Moshe, we don’t know where he is” by the sin of the golden calf. With the word “zeh” they were raised in level – when
Read more →Based on Rav Noah Weinberg In Egypt the Jewish people witnessed miracle after miracle, the culmination being their ultimate release from slavery. At the Red Sea, again they experienced the hand of G-d, as the waters split before them. And then, Mt. Sinai, where The Almighty revealed
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