Sin of the Golden Calf/2
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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,