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Asher Ben Haim
The context of this warning is very understandable, as Bnei Yisrael had just been guilty of making a god of gold. Thus, Hashem had to reiterate and stress that the problem would arise again in full force when Bnei Yisrael would enter the Land and be exposed to the dangerous, local practices. What is more difficult to understand is the context of the immediately subsequent topic. The Torah goes into the matter of the three regalim (festivals), during which Bnei Yisrael were to go up to celebrate and serve Hashem at the religious center of the nation, the Mishkan and, later, the Beit Hamikdash (ibid. 34:18-26). What is the connection between the aftermath of the chet haegel and the regalim? And what need is there to discuss the regalim since the Torah said just about the same thing in Parashat Mishpatim?
It is possible that the key to the reference to the regalim is contained in the phrase of "lo yeira’u panay reikam" (they shall not see My Face empty-handed). What is this concept of seeing "Hashem’s Face," which is mentioned prominently in the section of the regalim more than once? The answer is that Hashem’s refusal to show His Face after the chet haegel would be relaxed, and Bnei Yisrael would be able to and be expected to go to see It in Yerushalayim during the festivals. These aliyot laregel, then, would serve as atonement for the chet haegel.
May we merit that we should soon be able to fulfill this special mitzva and have the special opportunity to encounter "Hashem’s Face" in the near future.
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Hosha'ana Rabba FLYDUBAI & HOSHANA RABBA- ANI VAHU HOSHIA NA- I & HIM SAVE US
"Ani vaHu Hoshia Na", "I and Him, Save Us". We don't just pray to Him, but we also pray to and for ourselves that we should emulate and educate our children to have that instinctive altruism with which He created the world. President Trump seemed amused about Yaniv Hayon, our PLUMBER who confidently worked with G-d like Superman (he learned from a pilot on a TV show!) to save 174 lives on the Dubai hijacking, but we in Israel are totally accustomed already 78 years to our plumbers, teachers, garbage-men, rabbis, farmers & doctors being Hashem's shlichim! This is what Zionism is about.
Moreshet Shaul Hashem Is your Shadow – part I
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 420 – an address from 1941
P'ninat Mishpat A Non-Contractor in Changing Times – part I
(based on ruling 85128 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Moreshet Shaul Our King on Rosh Hashana, Our Father on Yom Kippur.
Based on Aroch Siach, p. 221 (Rav Shaul Yisraeli)
