a former beau who happens to be at the wedding. Sure you are appalled, but can you imagine the feelings of the groom? This is an accurate description of what happened at Sinai with the Jew- ish people. God was the groom, the Jewish people the bride, the mountain the canopy and the iwo tablets con- taining the Ten Commandments, the wedding ring.. Ail of a sudden the bride bolted from under the canopy anc embraced an old beau, the gold- en calf. Can you imagine the feelings of the groom ! Yet, 80 days later, with a reprieve from God, on Yom Kip- pur day, Moses came down from Sinai with the second set of tablets. It was on this day that od, with incredible mercy, com- pletely forgave ..Js for the sin of the tragic happening of the gold- en calf, as He once again pre- sented to us the wedding ring we abused the first time around. Herein lies the power of Yom