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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">R’Wolberg wrote:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">: And the COW was the RIGHT type of
leader??<BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">RMB wrote:<BR>They thought it was. The cow was
Apis, the deity in the Egyptian pantheon<BR>that delivered people's petitions to
the other gods. Moshe had an air<BR>of remoteness and loftiness, and they
therefore replaced him with a<BR>messenger who was closer to divinity than
humanity.</FONT><BR><BR>CM notes:</DIV>
<DIV>If I recall correctly, the Ramban learns that the Shor was the choice as an
alternate face of the Merkovo from the pnai adam represented by MR that they
thought they had just lost. Of course I always wondered, well what was wrong
with the pnai nesher or the pnai ari? Perhaps RMB’s use of the Egyptian pantheon
might explain the preference? (Anyone know if the nesher or the ari are also
part of this pantheon?) I rather suspect that the Ramban must be frowning right
about now for trying to use this pantheon to explain his peshat in chumash and
mixing merkovo and pantheon in one breath.</DIV>
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<DIV>Kol tuv</DIV>
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<DIV>Chaim Manaster</DIV>
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