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<category>Replacement of Hashem | <category>Replacement of Hashem | ||
<opinion>Alternative to Worshiping Hashem | <opinion>Alternative to Worshiping Hashem | ||
− | <mekorot><multilink><a href="PhiloTheSpecialLawsIIIXXII-125" data-aht="source">Philo</a><a href="PhiloTheSpecialLawsIIIXXII-125" data-aht="source">The Special Laws, III XXII:125</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="BavliSanhedrin63a" data-aht="source">Bavli Sanhedrin</a><a href="BavliSanhedrin63a" data-aht="source">Sanhedrin 63a</a><a href="Talmud Bavli" data-aht="parshan">About the Bavli</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="TargumPseudo-JonathanShemot32-3-6" data-aht="source">Targum Pseudo-Jonathan</a><a href="TargumPseudo-JonathanShemot32-3-6" data-aht="source">Shemot 32:3-6</a><a href="Targum Pseudo-Jonathan" data-aht="parshan">About Targum Pseudo-Jonathan</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="PirkeiDeRabbiEliezer45" data-aht="source">Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer</a><a href="PirkeiDeRabbiEliezer45" data-aht="source">45</a><a href="Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer" data-aht="parshan">About Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RashiShemot32-1-6" data-aht="source">Rashi</a><a href="RashiShemot32-1-6" data-aht="source">Shemot 32:1-6</a><a href="R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shelomo Yitzchaki</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="LekachTovBereshit32-1" data-aht="source">Lekach Tov</a><a href="LekachTovBereshit32-1" data-aht="source">Bereshit 32:1</a><a href="R. Toviah b. Eliezer (Lekach Tov)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Toviah b. Eliezer</a></multilink>, | + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="PhiloTheSpecialLawsIIIXXII-125" data-aht="source">Philo</a><a href="PhiloTheSpecialLawsIIIXXII-125" data-aht="source">The Special Laws, III XXII:125</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="BavliSanhedrin63a" data-aht="source">Bavli Sanhedrin</a><a href="BavliSanhedrin63a" data-aht="source">Sanhedrin 63a</a><a href="Talmud Bavli" data-aht="parshan">About the Bavli</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="TargumPseudo-JonathanShemot32-3-6" data-aht="source">Targum Pseudo-Jonathan</a><a href="TargumPseudo-JonathanShemot32-3-6" data-aht="source">Shemot 32:3-6</a><a href="Targum Pseudo-Jonathan" data-aht="parshan">About Targum Pseudo-Jonathan</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="PirkeiDeRabbiEliezer45" data-aht="source">Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer</a><a href="PirkeiDeRabbiEliezer45" data-aht="source">45</a><a href="Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer" data-aht="parshan">About Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RashiShemot32-1-6" data-aht="source">Rashi</a><a href="RashiShemot32-1-6" data-aht="source">Shemot 32:1-6</a><a href="R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shelomo Yitzchaki</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="LekachTovBereshit32-1" data-aht="source">Lekach Tov</a><a href="LekachTovBereshit32-1" data-aht="source">Bereshit 32:1</a><a href="R. Toviah b. Eliezer (Lekach Tov)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Toviah b. Eliezer</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="IbnEzraShemotLongCommentary32-1" data-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraShemotLongCommentary32-1" data-aht="source">Shemot Long Commentary 32:1</a><a href="IbnEzraShemotShortCommentary32-1" data-aht="source">Shemot Short Commentary 32:1</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn Ezra</a></multilink>,<fn>Ibn Ezra understands that Aharon's purpose was to worship Hashem, but some of the nation thought he created idolatry and worshiped it.</fn> <multilink><a href="RAvrahambHaRambamShemot32-4-9" data-aht="source">R. Avraham b. HaRambam</a><a href="RAvrahambHaRambamShemot32-4-9" data-aht="source">Shemot 32:4-9</a><a href="RAvrahambHaRambamShemot32-22" data-aht="source">Shemot 32:22</a><a href="RAvrahambHaRambamShemot32-22_2" data-aht="source">Shemot 32:22</a><a href="R. Avraham Maimonides" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham Maimonides</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RalbagShemotBeurHaParashah31-18" data-aht="source">Ralbag</a><a href="RalbagShemotBeurHaParashah31-18" data-aht="source">Shemot Beur HaParashah 31:18</a><a href="R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Levi b. Gershom</a></multilink>,<fn>Ralbag seems to follow Ibn Ezra, that Aharon did not intend to make idolatry.</fn></mekorot> |
<point><b>Why does Moshe's delay result in the sin?</b></point> | <point><b>Why does Moshe's delay result in the sin?</b></point> | ||
<point><b>"עֲשֵׂה לָנוּ אֱלֹהִים"</b></point> | <point><b>"עֲשֵׂה לָנוּ אֱלֹהִים"</b></point> | ||
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<category>Replacement of Moshe | <category>Replacement of Moshe | ||
− | <mekorot><multilink><a href="RYosefBekhorShorShemot32-1" data-aht="source">R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorShemot32-1" data-aht="source">Shemot 32:1- | + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="RYosefBekhorShorShemot32-1" data-aht="source">R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorShemot32-1" data-aht="source">Shemot 32:1-8</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RambanShemot32-1" data-aht="source">Ramban</a><a href="RambanShemot32-1" data-aht="source">Shemot 32:1</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Moshe b. Nachman</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="AbarbanelShemot32-1-7" data-aht="source">Abarbanel</a><a href="AbarbanelShemot32-1-7" data-aht="source">Shemot 32:1-7</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel</a></multilink> <multilink><a href="ShadalShemot32-4" data-aht="source">Shadal</a><a href="ShadalShemot32-4" data-aht="source">Shemot 32:4</a><a href="ShadalShemot32-8-9" data-aht="source">Shemot 32:8-9</a><a href="ShadalShemot32-27" data-aht="source">Shemot 32:27</a><a href="R. Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel David Luzzatto</a></multilink>,</mekorot> |
+ | <point><b>Polemical motivations</b></point> | ||
+ | <point><b>Tehillim 106:19-20</b></point> | ||
</category> | </category> | ||
<category>Replacement of the Mishkan | <category>Replacement of the Mishkan |
Version as of 03:19, 22 February 2016
Sin of the Golden Calf
Exegetical Approaches
Replacement of Hashem
Alternative to Worshiping Hashem
Sources:Philo, Bavli Sanhedrin, Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, Rashi, Lekach Tov, Ibn Ezra,1 R. Avraham b. HaRambam, Ralbag,2
Why does Moshe's delay result in the sin?
"עֲשֵׂה לָנוּ אֱלֹהִים"
"אֵלֶּה אֱלֹהֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלוּךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם"
"חַג לַי"י מָחָר"
Offering sacrifices
Why a calf?
Water test
Role of Aharon
Sinning so soon after Matan Torah
3,000 killed
Biblical parallels
Representation of Hashem Through the Calf
Replacement of Moshe
Replacement of the Mishkan
Sources:R. Eliezer Ashkenazi,