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PARASHAT KI TISA MAKING THE GOLDEN CALF "And Aaron said unto them, take off the golden earrings which are in your wives' ears..." (Shemot 32:2) Rashi explains that Aaron had in mind to postpone the matter of making the golden calf, since he knew that the women would not easily part with their jewelry. He hoped that in the meantime Moses would arrive. However, the men did not wait until the women made up their minds, but they took off their own golden earrings. This is understood from the following verse, which reads: "And all the people pulled off the golden pendants that were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron." (Shemot 32:3) The word "their ears" (Ozneihem) is written in the masculine form suggesting the fact that the men pulled off their own earrings, without any reference to the pendants belonging to the women. Mincha Belula is of the opinion that the men pulled the earrings off their wives by force. In any case the women refused to participate in the making of the golden calf. TO BE RENEWED LIKE THE MOON When the wives refused to hand over their earrings to their husbands,
they told them, "We will not listen to you and make a disgusting
thing, which has no power." For this, G-d rewarded them in
this world to be able to celebrate Rosh Chodesh (The festival of
the New Moon) more than the men. He also gave them the reward in
the world to come, to be renewed like the moon… (Perkey D'Rav
Eliezer 125) *******~~~~~*******~~~~~*******~~~~~*******~~~~~*******~~~~~******* |
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