Parashat Ki Tisa
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As Moshe drew close to the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing before it. Moshe became enraged, he flung the tablets from his hands, shattering them at the foot of the mountain. | As Moshe drew close to the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing before it. Moshe became enraged, he flung the tablets from his hands, shattering them at the foot of the mountain. | ||
− | The root of the sin of the golden calf was their lack of belief in the Oral Torah, causing them to act upon their own corrupt interpretation of Moshe's statement, regarding when he would descend and their placing an intermediary between themselves and Hashem. By Moshe breaking the Luchos, he established; the Written Torah has no existence without belief in the Oral Torah. By denying the Oral Torah, the entire Written Torah is also nullified. By doing this; Moshe cut off any nourishment the Nations might have from the Written Torah, showing it has no completion without the Oral Torah.<ref | + | The root of the sin of the golden calf was their lack of belief in the Oral Torah, causing them to act upon their own corrupt interpretation of Moshe's statement, regarding when he would descend and their placing an intermediary between themselves and Hashem. By Moshe breaking the Luchos, he established; the Written Torah has no existence without belief in the Oral Torah. By denying the Oral Torah, the entire Written Torah is also nullified. By doing this; Moshe cut off any nourishment the Nations might have from the Written Torah, showing it has no completion without the Oral Torah.<ref name="Likutay Halachos - Choshen Mishpat - Hilchos Halvaha 4:9"/> |
===Eradication of the Golden Calf=== | ===Eradication of the Golden Calf=== |