[Avodah] Egel Zahav

[Lisa Liel]

On 3/6/2012 9:37 AM, cantorwolberg at cox.net wrote:
> If the people believed Moshe was dead and therefore they needed another leader,
> why didn't they ask Aharon to be their leader instead of the egel?...

The explanation I heard for Aaron's agreeing to make the egel was that 
they only gave him the choice of making the egel or being killed like 
Chur.  Why were those the only choices?  Because they were hysterical.