While Isaac’s near death was, thankfully, substituted by a sacrifice, offerings by the cow-kowtowing Israelites result in their own punishment with death. The Golden Calf, in other words ...

after producing the Golden Calf, “There will be a festival for the Lord [Y-H-V-H] tomorrow.” Aaron knows that by the morrow Moses will return. Tragically, the Israelites take the material ...

In the tale of the Israelites and the golden calf, fear and doubt drive a once-faithful people to embrace a shiny object – a symbol of misplaced trust and faith. This story finds a poignant parallel ...

A picture of the goat idol ... god who shall go before us.” Using the Israelites’ golden earrings and ornaments, Aaron constructed a golden calf, and he declared, “‘This is your god ...

Harvard University archeologists excavating Canaanite ruins surrounding the site of the ancient port city of Ashkelon have unearthed a ”golden calf” that was an object of worship dating from ...

Two other crucial events in this portion are when Moses brings down the stone tablets with the Ten Commandments inscribed on them and his fury at seeing the people worshipping the golden calf, the ...

Parshat Vayakhel starts directly after Moshe descends from Har Sinai the second time upon successfully gaining G-d’s forgiveness on behalf of the nation for the sin of the golden calf.

For the Israelites after centuries of assimilation, it is already a fixture in their unconscious minds. The Golden Calf represents a profound craving ... inability to sit quietly in a room alone? You ...

You can purchase it here. The Golden Calf is one of the most famous stories in the Old Testament. The Israelites, newly freed from Egyptian slavery, have a crisis of faith while God is speaking ...