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Exodus 33: The Golden Oy
After the sin of the golden calf, God tells Moshe that an angel of God will now lead the people into the promised land. If God would dwell amongst the people, then God would end up destroying them because of their stubbornness. “When the people heard this harsh word, they went into mourning, and none put on finery” (Exodus 33:4).
וַיִּשְׁמַע הָעָם אֶת־הַדָּבָר הָרָע הַזֶּה וַיִּתְאַבָּלוּ וְלֹא־שָׁתוּ אִישׁ עֶדְיוֹ עָלָיו׃ (שמות ל״ג:ד׳)
Why did the people react this way? What is the “finery” that they removed? Rashbam explains that the verse should be taken literally, that the people were so…
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