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Beit Midrash
- Torah Portion and Tanach
- Shmot
- Ki Tisa
Moshe receives the Luchot with the Ten Commandments. The mixed multitude that left Egypt with Bnai Yisrael panic when Moshe's descent seems to be delayed, forcing Ahron to make them a golden calf to worship. G-d threatens to destroy everyone & build a new nation from Moshe. Moshe smashes the tablets & destroys the golden calf. The tribe of Levi executes 3,000 men.
Moshe prays for forgiveness for the people using the "13 Attributes of Hashem;" Hashem accepts his prayer. Hashem tells Moshe to hew new tablets.
Idol worship, intermarriage, & the combination of milk & meat are prohibited. Laws of the first-born, firstfruits, Shabbat & Shalosh Regalim are taught.
Moshe descends with the second set of tablets; his face glows due to contact with the Divine & he covers it with a mask.
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Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 16: "Exodus- Even More Miraculous than We Thought" (i, 83-86)
The Kuzari details that if you read between the lined, the exodus from Egypt is even more miraculous than we thought.
