The first version Machon LiYahadus (5763/ 2003).How could the Yiden have made an eigel (Golden Calf) so soon after recieving the Torah? This class was given at Machon Chana (5763). An introductory level lecture on the perplexing question of how the Jewish people got involved in making a golden calf¹. This class is not text...

32-01. The Ramban (5767). The Ramban has a very unique understanding of the story of the Egel. Aharon intended it to be a representation of G-Dly gevura. It didn’t work out that way and a new prohibition was added as a precaution.This is an intermediate level class on the golden calf. The class provides a...

The עגל הזהב and what relates to it (Machon Chana 5777/ 2017)The same thing is wonderful for one and terrible for another based on their level of faith (and sense of unity). 1) כרובים היו מותרים אחרי מתן תורה -ולהרמב”ן- זה הי’ כונת אהרון בעשיית העגל, אלא שקלקלו הערב רב, ואחר כך אסר הקב”ה כרובים...