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<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="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_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> | <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="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_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> | ||
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<point><b>3,000 killed</b></point> | <point><b>3,000 killed</b></point> | ||
<point><b>Biblical parallels</b></point> | <point><b>Biblical parallels</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>People's perception of Moshe</b></point> | ||
</opinion> | </opinion> | ||
| − | <opinion> | + | <opinion name="Graven Image"> |
| + | Worship of Hashem through a Graven Image | ||
<mekorot><multilink><a href="Kuzari1-97" data-aht="source">Kuzari</a><a href="Kuzari1-97" data-aht="source">1:97</a><a href="R. Yehuda HaLevi" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yehuda HaLevi</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RashbamShemot32-1-4" data-aht="source">Rashbam</a><a href="RashbamShemot32-1-4" data-aht="source">Shemot 32:1-4</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel b. Meir</a></multilink><fn>undefined</fn>, <multilink><a href="IbnEzraShemotLongCommentary20-19" data-aht="source">Ibn Ezra,</a><a href="IbnEzraShemotLongCommentary20-19" data-aht="source">Shemot Long Commentary 20:19</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn Ezra</a></multilink> <multilink><a href="RadakMelakhimI12-28" data-aht="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakMelakhimI12-28" data-aht="source">Melakhim I 12:28</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>,</mekorot> | <mekorot><multilink><a href="Kuzari1-97" data-aht="source">Kuzari</a><a href="Kuzari1-97" data-aht="source">1:97</a><a href="R. Yehuda HaLevi" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yehuda HaLevi</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RashbamShemot32-1-4" data-aht="source">Rashbam</a><a href="RashbamShemot32-1-4" data-aht="source">Shemot 32:1-4</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel b. Meir</a></multilink><fn>undefined</fn>, <multilink><a href="IbnEzraShemotLongCommentary20-19" data-aht="source">Ibn Ezra,</a><a href="IbnEzraShemotLongCommentary20-19" data-aht="source">Shemot Long Commentary 20:19</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn Ezra</a></multilink> <multilink><a href="RadakMelakhimI12-28" data-aht="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakMelakhimI12-28" data-aht="source">Melakhim I 12:28</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>,</mekorot> | ||
</opinion> | </opinion> | ||
Version as of 13:22, 22 February 2016
Sin of the Golden Calf
Exegetical Approaches
Replacement of Hashem
Worship of Foreign Gods
Sources:Philo, Bavli Sanhedrin, Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, Rashi, Lekach Tov, R. Avraham b. HaRambam, Ralbag,1
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
Breaking of the Luchot
Role of Aharon
Sinning so soon after Matan Torah
3,000 killed
Biblical parallels
People's perception of Moshe
Worship of Hashem through a Graven Image
Replacement of Moshe
Polemical motivations
Tehillim 106:19-20
Replacement of the Mishkan
Sources:R. Eliezer Ashkenazi,
