Some of them accepted the golden calf as their god. Moses’s brother Aaron , who acted as their leader in Moses’s absence, was grieved and spoke up: “0 my people! You have been deceived.

Psalm 106:19-21 They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a molten image. [20] They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass. [21] They forgot God, their Savior, who had ...

Why Moses’s brother worshipped a golden calf. Although Aaron induced plagues against Pharaoh, his weak faith led to the death of 3,000 men and the destruction of the original Ten Commandments.

Welcome to the Golden Calf, ... virtually all of the commentators agree with Moses. The Golden Calf was ... they allowed the greatest sin imaginable — the replacement of G-d with a molten image.

But Moses feared that if he only destroyed the golden calf and not the tablets, perhaps the people would conclude that the tablets were sub-deities. In the words of Rabbi Meir Simcha quoted by ...

ASHKELON, Israel — It is tiny — just about 4 1/2 inches long, 1/4 inches tall, weighing just under a pound. It is the only one of its kind to be found, and the American team that discov… ...

It’s an icon in the culture—the satisfaction of what I already know that I need. No need to think or to dream. The Golden Calf appeals to a dead imagination. The life of imagination moves restlessly ...

Aaron’s calf was a god the people could identify with, a god that reminded them of themselves, a vulnerable, comfortable, available god, rather than Moses’ difficult, remote, normally ...

Moses was clearly trying to uplift the Jewish People and secure them forgiveness for the sin of the Golden Calf. Moses prayed intensely and used many different creative arguments.

When the golden calf was done, Aaron felt very sad but he did not give up hope that Moses would soon return. Tomorrow would be 40 days since Moses went up to the top of Mount Sinai.

The calf is about 4 1/2 inches long, 4 1/4 inches tall and weighs just under one pound. The figure is well articulated and was formed in parts.