[Avodah] Egel Zahav

[Lisa Liel]

On 7/11/2012 5:01 PM, cantorwolberg at cox.net wrote:
> I pose this very interesting question for which the answer I've seen
> is far from satisfactory and therefore I won't even give it.
> The question is that since the people thought Moshe Rabbeinu was dead,
> they were in a panic and needed something to take
> the place of Moshe. They said they needed a leader and hence insisted
> upon the golden calf. So why didn't they say to Aaron:
> Your brother Moshe is dead. We want YOU to lead us. That would have
> been the most logical choice. Why then, didn't that occur to them?

Maybe Aaron didn't come across as the leader type.