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The Tent Of Meeting
And The Golden Calf
Shabbat Ki Tessa: Exodus 30:11-34:35;
I Kings 18:1-39.
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Sunday, March 2; 1997 at 2:00 pm
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his portion deals with a the full extent of the degrada-
number of matters con- tion and recognized the evil of
cerning the construction of the people's sins: He took th
the tabernacle. A census golden calf, burnt it, ground it
and pole tax were to be taken into powder, threw it upon the
among the Israelites. Annointing waters and made the Israelites
oil and various spices needed for drink of it.
worship are specified.
The destruction of the
The ingredients and list
golden calf seems to have
of materials to be as-
triggered a riot among the
sembled for the con-
people. Moses saw that
struction of the
they were out of control.
tabernacle are detailed,
Now it was up to him t
and a full chapter is de-
gain forgiveness for the
voted to the observance
people.
of the Sabbath.
The tragic irony in the
The account of the
episode of the golden calf
RABBI
building of the taberna-
is that the people wanted
RICHARD C.
cle is interrupted by the
to provide themselves
HERTZ
story of the making and
with a reassuring symbol
the worship of the gold- SPECIAL TO THE of God's continued pres-
en calf. The apostasy of JEWISH NEWS ence in their midst; yet
the people, their alien-
that symbol became the
ation from God, interfered with instrument of their alienation
the building of the intended sanc- from God. What Moses was con-
tuary.
cerned about was the continued
Moses ascended the mountain presence of God in the midst of
to receive the Ten Command- his people.
ments and the Israelites became
Moses pitched a private tent of
anxious about his prolonged ab- meeting outside the camp with
sence. The Israelites demanded no priesthood, no cult, no ritual
that Aaron provide them with a of any sort. The ohel moed, the
visible God to lead them. Aaron, tent of meeting, was to be acces-
always a man of peace, complies. sible to individual Israelite wor-
Hoping to gain time for Moses to shippers. O
return, Aaron collected the gold-
en ornaments of the people and
fashioned the gold into the shape
of a small calf.
Aaron exclaimed, "This is
your god, 0 Israel, who brought
you out of the land of Egypt."
The rabble had taken over and
plunged the people into pagan
orgiastic rites, singing and danc-
ing. When the boisterous revel- Congregation B'nai Moshe w
ry reached its height, God offer a four-part Purim study
informed Moses of what was series for adults on the four
happening in the camp below. Shabbat mornings leading up to
The people had violated and nul- the holiday, March 1, 8, 15 and
lified the fundamental idea of re- 22.
ligion of Israel by adopting
There will be two Purim study
pagan modes of worship.
sessions each day: learning
God said to Moses, "I see this minyan from 9:45 to 10:30 a.m.
is a stiff-necked people. My anger and the new Stay and Learn Af-
will blaze forth against them."
ter Kiddush group from 12:30 t
Moses implored God, saying, 1:30 p.m.
"Let not the Egyptians say it was
Len Wanetik, Marc Sussman
with evil intent that You deliv- and Nancy Kaplan will lead the
ered them only to kill them off in series. There is no charge.
the mountains and obliterate
them from the face of the earth.
Turn from your blazing anger
and renounce punishment for
The normal deadline for local news
your people." And God renounced
and publicity items is noon Thursday,
eight days prior to issue date. The
the punishment.
deadline for out-of-town obituaries is
When Moses witnessed the
10 a.m. Tuesday, three days prior to is-
scene in the camp, he realized
sue date.
Purim Learning
At B'nai Moshe
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