Prayer: A Ma'amar from Morinu HaRav shlit"a

Parashas Eikev – The Sin of the Golden CalfFive Opinions Regarding the Sin of the Golden Calf(Midrash Rabbah, Ki Sisa 42)First opinion: The Tanna Kamma (first anonymous sage) of the Midrash explains the verse "You strayed quickly" to mean that the moment Moshe turned his back, they planned to make the Golden Calf.The phrase "You strayed quickly" means after one day. This is the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda bar Ilai: They were with Hashem for only one day. As it says in Michah (2:8), "Yesterday My people rose up as an enemy"—yesterday you said, "We will do and we will hear" (Na'aseh V'Nishma), and today you say, "These are your gods, O Israel."Rabbi Shimon ben Chalafta says it was "two days," based on the verse, "And My people have forgotten Me days without number" (the plural "days" implies at least two). And Rabbi Yonah also says "two days," as it says (Yeshayahu 58:2), "Yet they seek Me day by day."Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai says: They were with Hashem for eleven days, and for twenty-nine days they were calculating and planning to make the Golden Calf. As it says, "Eleven days from Chorev," meaning they were only with Hashem at Chorev for eleven days.Rabbi Elazar ben Yaakov says: They were with Hashem for twenty-nine days, and for eleven days they turned toward the way of Seir and planned to make the Golden Calf. As it says, "Eleven days from Chorev, by way of Mount Seir," meaning that for the final eleven days of the forty, they turned toward the way of Seir.B"HA Ma'amar from Morinu HaRav shlit"aParashas Eikev – The Sin of the Golden CalfFive Opinions Regarding the Sin of the Golden Calf(Midrash Rabbah, Ki Sisa 42)First opinion: The Tanna Kamma (first anonymous sage) of the Midrash explains the verse "You strayed quickly" to mean that the moment Moshe turned his back, they planned to make the Golden Calf.The phrase "You strayed quickly" means after one day. This is the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda bar Ilai: They were with Hashem for only one day. As it says in Michah (2:8), "Yesterday My people rose up as an enemy"—yesterday you said, "We will do and we will hear" (Na'aseh V'Nishma), and today you say, "These are your gods, O Israel."Rabbi Shimon ben Chalafta says it was "two days," based on the verse, "And My people have forgotten Me days without number" (the plural "days" implies at least two). And Rabbi Yonah also says "two days," as it says (Yeshayahu 58:2), "Yet they seek Me day by day."Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai says: They were with Hashem for eleven days, and for twenty-nine days they were calculating and planning to make the Golden Calf. As it says, "Eleven days from Chorev," meaning they were only with Hashem at Chorev for eleven days.Rabbi Elazar ben Yaakov says: They were with Hashem for twenty-nine days, and for eleven days they turned toward the way of Seir and planned to make the Golden Calf. As it says, "Eleven days from Chorev, by way of Mount Seir," meaning that for the final eleven days of the forty, they turned toward the way of Seir.B"HA Ma'amar from Morinu HaRav shlit"aParashas Eikev – The Sin of the Golden CalfFive Opinions Regarding the Sin of the Golden Calf(Midrash Rabbah, Ki Sisa 42)First opinion: The Tanna Kamma (first anonymous sage) of the Midrash explains the verse "You strayed quickly" to mean that the moment Moshe turned his back, they planned to make the Golden Calf.The phrase "You strayed quickly" means after one day. This is the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda bar Ilai: They were with Hashem for only one day. As it says in Michah (2:8), "Yesterday My people rose up as an enemy"—yesterday you said, "We will do and we will hear" (Na'aseh V'Nishma), and today you say, "These are your gods, O Israel."Rabbi Shimon ben Chalafta says it was "two days," based on the verse, "And My people have forgotten Me days without number" (the plural "days" implies at least two). And Rabbi Yonah also says "two days," as it says (Yeshayahu 58:2), "Yet they seek Me day by day."Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai says: They were with Hashem for eleven days, and for twenty-nine days they were calculating and planning to make the Golden Calf. As it says, "Eleven days from Chorev," meaning they were only with Hashem at Chorev for eleven days.Rabbi Elazar ben Yaakov says: They were with Hashem for twenty-nine days, and for eleven days they turned toward the way of Seir and planned to make the Golden Calf. As it says, "Eleven days from Chorev, by way of Mount Seir," meaning that for the final eleven days of the forty, they turned toward the way of Seir.B"HA Ma'amar from Morinu HaRav shlit"aParashas Eikev – The Sin of the Golden CalfFive Opinions Regarding the Sin of the Golden Calf(Midrash Rabbah, Ki Sisa 42)First opinion: The Tanna Kamma (first anonymous sage) of the Midrash explains the verse "You strayed quickly" to mean that the moment Moshe turned his back, they planned to make the Golden Calf.The phrase "You strayed quickly" means after one day. This is the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda bar Ilai: They were with Hashem for only one day. As it says in Michah (2:8), "Yesterday My people rose up as an enemy"—yesterday you said, "We will do and we will hear" (Na'aseh V'Nishma), and today you say, "These are your gods, O Israel."Rabbi Shimon ben Chalafta says it was "two days," based on the verse, "And My people have forgotten Me days without number" (the plural "days" implies at least two). And Rabbi Yonah also says "two days," as it says (Yeshayahu 58:2), "Yet they seek Me day by day."Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai says: They were with Hashem for eleven days, and for twenty-nine days they were calculating and planning to make the Golden Calf. As it says, "Eleven days from Chorev," meaning they were only with Hashem at Chorev for eleven days.Rabbi Elazar ben Yaakov says: They were with Hashem for twenty-nine days, and for eleven days they turned toward the way of Seir and planned to make the Golden Calf. As it says, "Eleven days from Chorev, by way of Mount Seir," meaning that for the final eleven days of the forty, they turned toward the way of Seir.