• Anonymous -2 years ago

  This is one one of the most amazing classes I've heard. It puts our relationship with Hashem into perspective. WOW. 

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    Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson -2 months ago

    Thanks so so much, this means so so much to me.

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  Sara Metzger -2 years ago

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  Thank you for teaching us special relationship with G d

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  Sara Metzger -2 years ago

  Someone commented.

  Can it be that the sin of the Golden Calf never happened...what I mean by this is may be this story is an hypocritical one...it's like may be Torah is saying had HaShem not commanded the ISRAELITES to built a Mishkan they would have build an idol. Basically saying had HaShem communicated with and through only Moshe Rebbennu, only the intimate relationship with Moshe Rebbennu when he ask HaShem I wanna see you...so while Moshe Rebbennu was busy in the personal intimate relationship with HaShem, and Jewish Women are busy internalizing their connections with HaShem and the ISRAELITE Men were sitting idol/free they had nothing to do and how to built the connection with HaShem so they built a Golden Calf. So building the Mishkan becames very important for the focus and relationship between ISRAELITE Men and HaShem it's similar to the encounter of Moshe Rebbennu in a up close and personal way at Har Sinia, with Mishkan HaShem came down and dwelled amongst the whole of ISRAELITES. I need more light in this context.

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  Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago

  Let's remember that only a small minority committed

  The chait ha'egel. And that minority was the erev rav who were accustomed to physical "g-ds". Even after seeing the plagues, krias yam suf, the Mann, etc. And remember that is was Moshe on his own initiative that took them along. In reality the aveirah both by bringing them along without asking Hashem and by enabling the chait ha'egel to occur, was Moshe's aveirah. So therefore he took the rap by saying "punish me by erasing me from Your Book".

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  Sara -2 years ago

  Didn't GD know...

   that Moshe would do that? “If you don’t forgive them, then take me out of your book”? I'm thinking yes. It was HIS expectation, no?

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  Rachel Pollack -2 years ago

  Magnificent reframe for Mitzvah/ averah 

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  Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago

  One who lives a borrowed life isn't true to himself

  Yes, if one lives the life of another he isn't aligned and can sin. But...what if he tries to live the life of another who is higher than himself? HE isn't aligned with his true self but he's trying "to fake it till he makes it"! Such misalignment surely isn't bad. 

  if 

  But..what ..

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  Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago

  It's not that strange that the lawyer for the accused admits

  This reminds of the typical scenario where the defending lawyer argues vigorously against the charge of, say, drunken driving. Upon conviction, the lawyer does a 180 and states that his client is indeed an alcoholic but he's already signed up with AA!

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Ohev Yisroel Parshas Ki Sisa

Rabbi YY Jacobson

• February 17, 2022
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• 16 Adar I 5782
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