[Avodah] Egel Zahav

[Akiva Blum]

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 6:37 PM, <cantorwolberg at cox.net> wrote:

> I have the following question.
> 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? OR, why
> wouldn't
> Aharon OFFER to lead them, rather than make an idol? Even though he had
> great
> humility, his being a leader (even for a day or less since he knew Moshe
> was returning),
> would be preferable to their sin.


 Rashi (shemos 34:1) says they really wanted many gods. So MR was great as
a leader. But now they had a opportunity for leadership change, and as good
as Aharon may have been, well, there was only one of him.

Akiva
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